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Billboards in Pristina proclaim Kosovo President Hashim Thaci (L) and ex-parliament speaker Kadri Veseli (R) as "heroes of war and peace"
World
17.08.2024
Kosovo's Thaci quizzed by war crimes prosecutors
The action targets some of the most outspoken critics of China
World
17.08.2024
China hits top US lawmakers, envoy with sanctions over Xinjiang
The action targets some of the most outspoken critics of China
World
17.08.2024
China slaps tit-for-tat sanctions on US lawmakers, envoy over Xinjiang
Summer flooding has been an annual scourge in China since ancient times, often focused along the vast Yangtze basin that drains much of the central part of the country
World
17.08.2024
Chinese rivers and lakes swell perilously as summer flood season crests
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Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong marked anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown despite a ban on public gatherings
World 17.08.2024
Leading Hong Kong activists charged for Tiananmen vigil gathering
At least 72 people are confirmed to have died in torrential rains in Japan that triggered flooding and landslides
World 17.08.2024
Japan PM pledges billions for flood-hit region
Xu Zhangrun was deeply critical of China's President Xi Jinping (centre)
World 17.08.2024
Detained Chinese professor who criticised Xi is freed, friends say
Maasai Mara's entire reserve model is under threat
World 17.08.2024
Kenya wildlife reserves threatened as tourists stay away
Save the Children said that for the first time ever, "an entire generation of children globally have had their education disrupted"
World 17.08.2024
Ten million kids 'may never return to school' after virus
Burkina Faso's President Roch Kabore last month in Nouakchott during a summit of G5 Sahel countries
World 17.08.2024
Roch Kabore, Burkina president hampered by jihadist insurgency
A picture taken on June 3, 2020 shows an oil refinery in Libya's northern town of Ras Lanuf
World 17.08.2024
Pro-Haftar forces say will maintain Libya oil blockade
Hong Kong protesters say the new security law gives Beijing carte blanche to move against them
World 17.08.2024
Mixed reaction from Hong Kong expats to UK visas offer
A Lebanese pupil looks out of the window of his empty classroom at Our Lady of Lourdes school, a century-old establishment in the city of Zahle that is due to close because of Lebanon's worst economic crisis sine the 1975-1990 civil war
World 17.08.2024
In crisis-hit Lebanon, will French-language schools survive?
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