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Like many other airlines, most of Lufthansa's fleet is grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic
World
17.08.2024
Lufthansa confirms in talks with Berlin on $10 bn rescue
In a large street market in Damascus, customers perused stalls days ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan
World
17.08.2024
Syrians turn to flea markets for frugal Eid al-Fitr
Fadia Khalil, a 22-year-old member of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, plays violin on the roof of her house in Baghdad
World
17.08.2024
In Baghdad's new Ramadan rhythm, calls to pray and keep COVID-19 away
Togo is on the front line after its northern neighbour, Burkina Faso, fell prey to the jihadist chaos that had begun in neighbouring Mali
World
17.08.2024
Worried Togo finds itself on front line of Sahel's jihadist war
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Legendary photographer Sebastiao Salgado warns the Amazon's indigenous peoples face a "genocide" if the Brazilian government does not do more to protect them from the coronavirus
World 17.08.2024
A world redrawn: virus a 'genocide' threat for Amazon, warns Salgado
Health workers protest about the lack of protective medical equipment outside the Hipolito Unanue hospital in Lima
World 17.08.2024
Peru passes 100,000 COVID-19 cases, 3,000 dead
The WTO is seeking a new head to replace Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down a year early on August 31
World 17.08.2024
WTO to open nominations for next director on June 8
The WHO's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that on May 19, 2020 (pictured), there were "106,000 cases reported to WHO -- the most in a single day since the outbreak began"
World 17.08.2024
WHO records highest daily number of COVID-19 cases
Emergency personnel wearing protective gear spray disinfectant on colleagues at the site of a fire linked to ventilators at the Saint George hospital in Saint Petersburg on May 12, 2020
World 17.08.2024
Returning favor, US says donating ventilators to Russia
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, pictured (center, in blue) on May 17 2020, shares his US counterpart's tendency to disregard scientific evidence that contradicts him
World 17.08.2024
Bolsonaro bets big on 'right-wing' drug against virus
Berlin will take a 20 percent stake in Lufthansa, topping it with a convertible bond worth five percent plus one share -- "putting the state in a position to build a blocking minority in case of a hostile takeover," business daily Handelsblatt said
World 17.08.2024
German govt agrees Lufthansa rescue offer: report
More mellow times in 2019 as Indian and Chinese border troops do yoga together at the Nathu La Pass
World 17.08.2024
US warns India of China 'aggression' at border
Health minister Marcelo Navajas (pictured April 2020) was detained by police in La Paz on suspicion of corruption after it came to light that Bolivia had bought ventilators at grossly inflated prices
World 17.08.2024
Bolivian health minister held for suspected corruption
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