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This year's hajj is the smallest in modern times
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17.08.2024
Record economic slumps hit Europe in face of resurgent virus
Awatef Mirghani holds a portrait of her brother Esmat, a Sudanese officer who was executed following the 1990 coup attempt
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17.08.2024
Families seek justice for Sudan's slain anti-Bashir plotters
Beijing has said the law will restore stability in Hong Kong
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17.08.2024
How Hong Kong's freedoms are fast eroding
Restrictions imposed by the Saudi authorities to avoid a coronavirus outbreak saw a trickle of pilgrims on Mount Arafat compared with the sea of faithful last year
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17.08.2024
Pilgrims stone Satan in last major rite of scaled-back hajj
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The halt in fighting is slated to last for the duration of Eid al-Adha and is only the third official truce in nearly 19 years of war
World 17.08.2024
Three-day Afghan ceasefire begins ahead of possible talks
As Melbourne passed the halfway point of a six week lockdown, the state premier warned it would be stuck in 'limbo' unless it could cut the infection rate
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Major Australian city in virus 'limbo' as outbreak rages
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, seen visiting the island of Santorini, insists the Corfu project is good for the island and also respects the environment
World 17.08.2024
Unlikely alliance against Corfu luxury resort
In this handout file photo released by Chile's mining ministry and taken on September 17, 2010, trapped Chilean miners pose inside the San Jose mine during their harrowing ordeal
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A decade on, hero Chilean miners are bitter and divided
Libyans at a livestock market in Tajoura, east of the capital Tripoli, ahead of the Eid Al-Adha annual festival
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Gloomy mood in war-torn Libya on eve of Eid al-Adha
In 1980, Iceland's Vigdis Finnbogadottir became history's first elected head of state
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Vigdis Finnbogadottir, the world's first elected female president
The bar and restaurant sector is expected to lose around a million jobs, both direct and indirect, as a result of the crisis, with turnover likely to be halved this year, industry figures say
World 17.08.2024
Crushed by COVID, small Spanish firms struggle to survive
In the marshy coastal area near the Karavasta Lagoon, the blue crab clogs nets and weirs
World 17.08.2024
Blue crab invasion spells doom for Albanian fishermen
Facebook and Google have strongly opposed any move forcing them to share advertising revenue
World 17.08.2024
Australia unveils law forcing tech giants to pay for news
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