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Cardinal Jaime Ortega, pictured in Havana in 2016, was a key figure in the secret talks that brought a rapprochement with Washington
World
13.08.2024
Cuban cardinal who fostered thaw with US dead at 82
Nigeria has many snakes, including venomous vipers, spitting cobras and puff adders such as the one pictured here. It is not known what type of snake disrupted a parliament sitting in Nigeria's Ondo State
World
13.08.2024
Snake chases lawmakers from Nigerian state parliament
Monday air strikes which razed a busy market were some of the deadliest so far in three months of intensifed bombardment by the Syrian government and its allies that has displaced more than 400,000 people in the jihadist-held northwest, the UN says
World
13.08.2024
More than 400,000 displaced in northwest Syria in 3 months: UN
Figures released by China Airlines show inexplicably high quantities of duty-free cigarettes were routinely ordered ahead of presidential trips
World
13.08.2024
Taiwan presidential smuggling scandal engulfs China Airlines
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The Somali government, under pressure from foreign backers, has started paying troops directly, bypassing army commanders previously tasked with disbursing their pay but diverting the money instead
World 13.08.2024
Under siege, Somalia moves to reform its army, pay troops
Patients infected with dengue fever receive treatment in a hospital chapel in La Paz, in the west of Honduras
World 13.08.2024
Honduran hospitals overrun by dengue fever epidemic
The victims were shot in an upscale mall in the sprawling capital, Mexico City
World 13.08.2024
Two suspected Israeli mafiosi murdered in Mexico
An impromptu meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un produced an agreement to continue denuclearization talks
World 13.08.2024
US says wants talks with North Korea, not 'provocations'
Brazil's justice ministry has informed President Jair Bolsonaro that hackers had targeted his mobile devices
World 13.08.2024
Suspected hackers targeted Brazil president's phones: officials
The UN has documented over 3,000 human rights violations in the DRC this year
World 13.08.2024
Almost 700 summary executions in DR Congo in six months: UN
Tunisian President Beji Ceid Essebsi was veteran politician, who helped shepherd his country to its first free elections
World 13.08.2024
Essebsi: veteran politician who ushered in Tunisian democracy
There are 18 Indian nationals on board the Stena Impero
World 13.08.2024
India seeks release of crew from UK tanker seized by Iran
Tunisia's 92-year-old President Beji Caid Essebsi was briefly hospitalised in late June with a severe illness
World 13.08.2024
Tunisia's Essebsi, world's oldest president, dies at 92
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