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A commercial plane flies over smog-covered Chiang Mai on Tuesday
World
11.08.2024
Thai junta chief demands action to cut smog
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen here with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on February 27, is to hold his latest talks with the Russian leader in Moscow on Thursday, just five days before Israel go to the polls
World
11.08.2024
Netanyahu to meet Putin days before Israel vote
Whatsapp has launched a hotline in India to flag rumours ahead of the upcoming election
World
11.08.2024
Whatsapp targets fake messages ahead of India mega-election
Nur Bekri, former chairman of the government of China's troubled northwest region of Xinjiang, has been arrested for graft
World
11.08.2024
Former chairman of China's Xinjiang region arrested for graft
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European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said a British tax break is "illegal under EU State aid rules"
World 11.08.2024
EU hits Britain over illegal tax break to multinationals
An Afghan orthopaedic technician makes artificial limbs in a workshop at the International Committee of the Red Cross hospital for war victims and the disabled in Kabul
World 11.08.2024
Landmines take growing toll in Afghanistan conflict
Pope Francis issued the stark 'fake news' warning in a letter to young people around the world following last year's youth-themed bishops' synod
World 11.08.2024
Pope warns against hate-fomenting 'fake news'
Pedestrians reflected in the wall of the Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday after the government unveiled a big-spending federal budget
World 11.08.2024
Australia's government cuts taxes ahead of election
As Israel approaches an April 9 general election, Netanyahu is again resorting to right-wing populism that critics say amounts to the demonisation of Arab Israelis and others to appeal to his support base
World 11.08.2024
In close election, Netanyahu relies on 'us versus them'
The weekend shooting renewed public anger over police units like the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), seen here in Kano in February, whose members have been accused of brutality, extra-judicial killings and exortion
World 11.08.2024
Police team held after Nigeria football fan shot dead
The Tanzanian government has been imposing "restrictive" laws on political parties with police attacking or banning internal opposition meetings, the rights coalition said
World 11.08.2024
Tanzania rights crackdown a threat to peace: rights groups
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev (L) and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met in June last year when the name-change deal was signed
World 11.08.2024
Greek PM visits N. Macedonia in afterglow of name deal
Around two-thirds of those facing severe food shortages live in war-torn countries like Yemen
World 11.08.2024
More than 113 milion people suffer 'acute hunger': UN
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