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Bogota, which has almost a third of the 211,038 virus infections recorded in the country since March 6, is trying to avoid the collapse of its intensive care facilities
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17.08.2024
Bogota mayor extends virus lockdown after govt refuses
Teal Lindseth reacts to tear gas after federal officers dispersed protesters from in front of the Mark O. Hatfield US Courthouse on July 20, 2020 in Portland
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17.08.2024
Federal crackdown in Portland reenergizes protesters
After a stop in the UK, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due to arrive in Denmark
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17.08.2024
A year after diplomatic tussle over Greenland, Pompeo visits Denmark
Masons and painters have been putting the finishing touches on the building, which is roughly the size of a hypermarket
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17.08.2024
Benin tech innovation hub sees bright future
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Elenice da Silva practices breathing exercises in a post-COVID-19 care unit at the Pedro Ernesto University Hospital in Rio de Janeiro
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Post-COVID care unit helps hard-hit patients in Brazil
A Cirque du Soleil performer rehearses as part of the 'Joya' show in Mexico that relaunched the circus following three months of lockdown
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Struggling Cirque du Soleil returns to Mexico
Sao Paulo State Governor Joao Doria displays the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech during its trials in Brazil
World 17.08.2024
Chinese COVID-19 vaccine starts final tests in Brazil
The chief justice of Venezuela's supreme court, Maikal Jose Moreno Perez (C), seen in Caracas in June 2020, has been indicted in the United States on money laundering charges
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US offers $5 mn reward for arrest of Venezuela chief justice
The government initially imposed a 21-day lockdown on March 30, banning large gatherings and ordering most businesses to close
World 17.08.2024
Zimbabwe introduces curfew as coronavirus infections spike
Zambian President Edgar Lungu (pictured during a November 2019 press briefing) made the appeal in a telephone call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
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Zambia seeks Chinese debt relief for virus-hit economy
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (pictured July 17, 2020) slammed China's treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in the country as "unacceptable" and said Paris condemns the actions
World 17.08.2024
France slams 'unacceptable' Chinese imprisonment of Uighurs
The World Health Organization has warned that the drink's effects have not been tested
World 17.08.2024
Madagascar hospitals 'overwhelmed' by coronavirus surge
TikTok has come up against backlash in the deeply conservative Islamic country, with critics blaming it for spreading nudity and pornography
World 17.08.2024
Pakistan warns video-sharing app TikTok over 'immoral content'
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