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Two newborn babies who lost their mothers in an attack on a maternity ward in the Afghanistan capital Kabul
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17.08.2024
Afghan hospital attackers 'came to kill mothers': MSF
In early April 2020 authorities imposed a complete lockdown on the surrounding Cox's Bazar district following a number of COVID-19 cases, restricting all traffic in and out of the camps
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17.08.2024
Race to prevent coronavirus 'nightmare' in Rohingya camps
Beijing wants Hong Kong's education system to be more patriotic as calls for democracy in the city grow
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17.08.2024
Hong Kong history exam questions sparks China rebuke
Lula accused President Jair Bolsonaro of steering Brazil toward "chaos" with his calls to reopen the economy despite the coronavirus pandemic
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17.08.2024
Lula fears 'genocide' in Brazil under Bolsonaro
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Shop owner Mudaver Uygur shows the book where he notes money owed him by costumers -- wealthier ones have stepped into the breach to pay off debts worth hundreds of dollars in some cases
World 17.08.2024
Erdogan attacks opposition mayors over virus aid
Governments and private companies around the world -- like Sinovac Biotech in Beijing, seen here -- are working to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus
World 17.08.2024
Trump threatens to cut China ties as virus toll tops 300,000
UN diplomats will vote on new Security Council members in person despite the coronavirus pandemic
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UN won't vote electronically in Security Council election
Coronavirus lockdowns have upended the German economy, with many firms such as resaurants forced to close
World 17.08.2024
German first-quarter GDP data to give early taste of virus impact
A man disinfects an empty supermarket in Dakar
World 17.08.2024
African e-commerce firms get coronavirus boost
Lucian Cojocaru, a volunteer from "Casa Buna" (The Good Home) NGO, shows a Romanian schoolgirl and her mother how to use a desktop computer, aiding their access to home schooling during the pandemic
World 17.08.2024
With few computers, Romania and Bulgaria face homeschool hurdles
A human footprint dated to between 19,100 and 5,760 years ago at the Engare Sero site, south of Tanzania's Lake Natron
World 17.08.2024
Making tracks: ancient footprints shed light on early humans
AFP followed an extended family in France under lockdown, to chart how they fared through the unprecedented upheaval of family life for eight weeks
World 17.08.2024
Close, yet apart: Diary of a family under lockdown
Researchers warned that surging hospital admissions for COVID-19 would divert already limited resources to tackle major health issues in the region
World 17.08.2024
Virus could infect more than 200 mn in Africa: WHO modelling
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