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Mahathir Mohamad, 94, has been trying to stay in shape during Malaysia's coronavirus lockdown
World
17.08.2024
Keeping fit, going hi-tech: Malaysia's Mahathir, 94, in lockdown
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told officials at all levels to 'tighten their belts'
World
17.08.2024
No annual growth target for virus-hit China, a first in years
Experts say evidence is mounting that other determining factors -- specifically race and income -- play a key role in how the virus chooses its victims
World
17.08.2024
Coronavirus, race and income: how the virus discriminates
Virus testing in Goma, capital of eastern DR Congo's North Kivu province
World
17.08.2024
Coronavirus fails to halt conflict in DR Congo's powder-keg east
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In the opening weeks of the lockdown, Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney's promise of reward for endurance struck a chord across Ireland
World 17.08.2024
Ireland and the healing power of words in a time of crisis
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi -- a royal family insider turned critic -- was killed and dismembered at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, in a case that triggered international outrage
World 17.08.2024
Sons of murdered Saudi journalist Khashoggi say 'forgive' killers
Indigenous Kaingang leader Kretan Kaingang marches in protest against President Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil's COVID-19 death toll reaches new heights
World 17.08.2024
Brazil passes 20,000 virus deaths after record 24-hour toll
A child looks on as Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok visits a camp for internally displaced people in North Darfur state in November 2019
World 17.08.2024
Sudan's bloody tribal clashes threaten fragile transition
After bearing the brunt of a deadly Ebola epidemic, Guinea is looking for help to fight coronavirus
World 17.08.2024
MSF doctors return to Guinea to fight virus
US singer Cher, shown here performing in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2014, has long called for Kaavan's release
World 17.08.2024
Cher tweets joy as Pakistan agrees to free lonely elephant Kaavan
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (pictured May 14, 2020) has accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of being directly responsible for a failed maritime raid, which Maduro claimed was a plot to assassinate him
World 17.08.2024
Venezuela sends US Congress letter on alleged invasion
Russia's health ministry predicted a third-quarter decrease of 6.3 percent, and a 5.2 percent decrease in the fourth quarter, with economic activity picking up as coronavirus restrictions are lifted
World 17.08.2024
Russian economy to shrink 9.5% in Q2 in virus standstill: minister
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Premier Li Keqiang (R) arrive for the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 21, 2020
World 17.08.2024
China's premier to address nation on pandemic, economy
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