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Retailers, restaurants, malls, cinemas, cafes, gyms and playgrounds were all allowed to reopen after the government relaxed COVID-19 restrictions
World
17.08.2024
Crewcuts and catch-ups as New Zealand lockdown ends
High production costs are hobbling Nigeria and its oil producers as global crude prices have tumbled
World
17.08.2024
Nigeria oil industry scrambles as price fall slams economy
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has cultivated personal relationships with US President Donald Trump, Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. These friendships have translated into considerable arms purchases.
World
17.08.2024
Egypt leverages 'soft power' through medical aid in pandemic
The Action union representing medical workers said the failure to pay the promised bonuses was a 'cruel joke'
World
17.08.2024
Russian medics ask where Putin's virus bonuses went
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Mosques in Guinea have been closed since late March to stem the spread of the coronavirus
World 17.08.2024
Mosques reopened in Guinea by anti-lockdown protesters
'I'm dreaming of visiting the Imam Ali shrine, which we Shiites normally pray at every single night in Ramadan,' lamented Numan al-Saadi, a Najaf resident
World 17.08.2024
In virus-hit Iraq, shrine visits go virtual
Buzzfeed has said it is closing its news operations in Britain and Australia as it tries to cut costs
World 17.08.2024
Buzzfeed closes news operations in Britain, Australia
Yemen's health system has all but collapsed since the conflict broke out in 2014
World 17.08.2024
Fear of virus grows in Yemen's squalid camps
While protecting physical health has been the main concern during the first months of the crisis, it is also placing huge mental strains on large swathes of the global population, UN says
World 17.08.2024
'Major' mental health crisis looming from pandemic: UN
Japan is hoping to lift a state of emergency over the coronavirus early in much of the country as infections drop
World 17.08.2024
Japan seeks to lift virus emergency in most regions
Australia last month announced plans to force Google, Facebook, and other internet firms to share advertising revenues earned from news content featured by their search engines
World 17.08.2024
Australia media group wants tech giants to pay $400m a year
Japan is expected to begin lifting a state of emergency in large parts of the country as new coronavirus infections come under control
World 17.08.2024
Has Japan dodged the coronavirus bullet?
Mara the elephant arrives at the Elephant Sactuary in Mato Grosso state in Brazil after a four-day journey from Buenos Aires, Argentina
World 17.08.2024
Mara the ex-circus elephant retires to Brazil
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