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Agnes Varda, easily recognisable for her bowl-cut bob, worked up to the end, with an autobiographical documentary premiering in Berlin last month
World
11.08.2024
French New Wave film director Agnes Varda dead at 90
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, seen here in an artwork by Daria Marchenko, has sought to position himself as the only candidate who can stand up to Moscow
World
11.08.2024
Ukraine's Poroshenko vows to beat comedian rival as campaign closes
Gambling has become hugely popular in recent years in Kosovo, one of Europe's poorest countries
World
11.08.2024
Kosovo bans gambling after casino murders
Egyptian pro-democracy campaigner Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been released from prison under strict supervision, was among hundreds of secular activists detained in a crackdown after the army overthrew elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013
World
11.08.2024
Leading Egypt activist out on probation after 5 years in jail
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North Korea has been banned by the UN Security Council from carrying out space launches, and Kim had promised to dismantle the Sohae rocket site
World 11.08.2024
Rebuilding at N. Korea's rocket site 'almost complete': Seoul
Vietnamese customs officials inspect a huge haul of suspected ivory seized from a timber shipment from the Republic of Congo
World 11.08.2024
Vietnam seizes 9 tonnes of suspected ivory from Congo
Two female cubs and their brother explored the outside environment for the first time at Sydney's Taronga Zoo
World 11.08.2024
Rare Sumatran tiger cubs make public debut at Sydney zoo
The House of Commons has twice rejected May's withdrawal agreement but has not been able to agree on any alternative
World 11.08.2024
UK lawmakers poised for pivotal vote on May's Brexit deal
Furdiki Sherpa and Nima Doma Sherpa hail from the Himalayan people revered for their skill at high altitudes as climbing guides, but as it is traditionally a male domain neither dreamed of reaching Everest themselves -- until now
World 11.08.2024
Sherpa widows breaking down taboos as they eye Everest
Moscow-based Ukrainian programmer Ruslan Burma -- not his real name - said he would follow the poll in spirit as having to return home to cast a ballot would be too expensive
World 11.08.2024
Russia-based Ukrainians miss out on vote amid conflict
The group had long suspected a lost shipping container was to blame for the plastic pieces of the novelty landline phones, that have plagued the northern Finistere beaches
World 11.08.2024
Garfield beach phone mystery solved after 30 years
US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in April in Washington
World 11.08.2024
Trump, Moon to meet in Washington in April: Seoul
Migrants are left stranded in a makeshift camp in Morocco after failing in attempts to get to Europe
World 11.08.2024
Migrants see no end to misery as pope visits Morocco
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