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China General Nuclear Power (CGN) is working alongside France's EDF in the construction of a nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point, in southwest England, which is due to be completed in 2025
World
17.08.2024
After Huawei, spotlight on China's role in UK nuclear
The gigantic explosion at Beirut port on August 4 killed 181 people, wounded thousands and laid waste to windows and doors across swathes of Lebanon's capital
World
17.08.2024
After port disaster, Lebanese brace for virus lockdown
US President Donald Trump has issued executive orders giving TikTok parent ByteDance, which is based in China, deadlines to stop running the app in the US and divest TikTok
World
17.08.2024
TikTok pulls 380,000 videos in US for hate content
Former president of Bolivia Evo Morales, pictured in February 2020, is accused of having an alleged sexual relationship with a minor
World
17.08.2024
Bolivia probes alleged Morales affair with minor
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President Vladimir Putin said Russia had become the first country to register a coronavirus vaccine, though the announcement was met with caution from scientists and the World Health Organization who said it still needed a rigorous safety review
World 17.08.2024
Russia to test coronavirus vaccine on 40,000 people
Mexico's former leader Felipe Calderon, pictured in 2012, accused President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of "political persecution"
World 17.08.2024
Mexico graft scandal turns up heat on ex-presidents
Prime Minister Keith Rowley shows the indelible ink mark on his finger after casting his vote in Westmoorings, west of Port-of-Spain, on August 10, 2020
World 17.08.2024
Trinidad PM sworn in, vows 'radical reform' of education
A symbol of a city known for its breathtaking beauty, sultry nights and bossa nova beats, the Copacabana Palace has hosted the likes of Rita Hayworth, Brigitte Bardot, Mick Jagger, Princess Diana and Madonna
World 17.08.2024
Iconic hotel Copacabana Palace reopens in Rio
Members of the Kayapo indigenous tribe are blocking a highway through the Brazilian Amazon demanding help against the new coronavirus and an end to illegal mining and deforestation
World 17.08.2024
Amazon indigenous protesters vow indefinite roadblock
Scientists in Swansea have used 3D imaging to work out how this mummified Ancient Egyptian cat (left) and snake (right) both died
World 17.08.2024
X-rays shed light on animal mummies' secrets
Moroccans wearing protective face masks in Casablanca
World 17.08.2024
Morocco closes net on Marrakesh, Casablanca as virus spikes
Iranian fishermen seen in this 2015 picture clean their nets after unloading their catch in the southern port of Chabahar
World 17.08.2024
Iran says holding UAE boat after fishermen deaths
Colonel Assimi Goita, the head of Mali's new junta -- the self-described National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP)
World 17.08.2024
West African leaders start talks on Mali crisis
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