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The three Baltic states had been closed since mid-March to all traffic except commercial cargo and returning citizens
World
17.08.2024
Baltic states reopen shared borders for travel bubble
Eighteen babies were rescued from the Kabul hospital attacked by gunmen
World
17.08.2024
Headscarves and bare hands: women deliver baby during Kabul hospital attack
Tunisia has eased strict lockdown measures as COVID-19 cases stall with zero cases reported in five days
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17.08.2024
Tunisia eases lockdown as zero cases registered in five days
The semi-desert African region has seen years of conflict with Islamic militants
World
17.08.2024
Al-Qaeda and Islamic State cross swords in Sahel
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The French government has banned alcohol consumption alongside the Seine and the city's canals in a bid to dissuade merrymakers
World 17.08.2024
France urges caution as first post-lockdown weekend beckons
Yosef Moliso, 20, is one of 14 men who survived when 64 Ethiopian migrants suffocated to death in a shopping container in Mozambique, while trying to make their way to South Africa. He speaks to AFP in a transit centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
World 17.08.2024
Ethiopian migrants head home after brush with death in Mozambique
A handout photograph from the UK Parliament shows Green Party MP Caroline Lucas speaking via video link during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London.
World 17.08.2024
UK parliament eyes return to old ways after digital flirtation
Thousands are attending rallies in defiance of a ban on large gatherings
World 17.08.2024
Coronavirus or election? Malawi gambles in push for votes
South African craft beer makers have joined an effort to provide soup for thousands of people who have lost incomes owing to the coronavirus pandemic
World 17.08.2024
S.African brewery vats become soup pots to feed needy
Sydney's city centre remained eerily quiet even as baristas, waiters and barmaids returned to work
World 17.08.2024
Aussies book out Sydney bars as virus measures ease
Excess deaths in the United States since early January, and details of excess deaths in New York
World 17.08.2024
How official figures may hide true virus death toll
China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called for US cooperation on the pandemic
World 17.08.2024
China asks US to 'meet halfway' after Trump threatens to cut ties
Hong Kong's police watchdog cleared the force of major wrongdoing
World 17.08.2024
Hong Kong police watchdog clears force over protest response
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