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"Statistics, Media, and Organizations of Jewry in the United States and Canada" is a 137-page report produced in 1944 by Heinz Kloss, a famed German liguist who had contact with US Nazi sympathizers
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10.08.2024
Canada acquires rare book previously owned by Adolf Hitler
Sports-loving Sultan Abdullah (L), who is the new ruler of Pahang state, is expected to be elected king by Malaysia's royal families
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10.08.2024
Malaysian royals pick new king after historic abdication
Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama -- seen here at his trial in 2017 -- won praise for his efforts to clean up Jakarta before his fall from grace
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10.08.2024
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama: Jakarta's ex-governor jailed for blasphemy
Nigeria overtook India as the country with the most number of people living in extreme poverty last year, with 87 million people in dire financial hardship
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10.08.2024
Nigeria: Africa's top oil producer, world's extreme poverty capital
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DR Congo's new president Felix Tshisekedi took over the country's largest opposition party just two years ago
World 10.08.2024
DR Congo's Tshisekedi: son, heir and unexpected president
The case of Ghosn has gripped Japan and the business world
World 10.08.2024
Key players in the Ghosn saga
The son also rises: Felix Tshisekedi's father was veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, who died nearly two years ago
World 10.08.2024
DR Congo set for historic political transition
A mannequin sits on a couch inside the Theatre du Chatelet, where "Dau" -- one of the strangest and most mind-boggling artistic projects ever undertaken -- will begin unfurling on Thursday
World 10.08.2024
'Stalinist Truman Show' claims it will change art forever
Some survivors of the WWII siege of Leningrad are among those protesting at the planned military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of its endthe lifting of the Nazi siege
World 10.08.2024
Parade to mark wartime siege stirs anger in Saint Petersburg
Egypt's ancient craft of Khayamiya refers nowadays to handstitched appliques ranging from wall hangings to pillow cases
World 10.08.2024
A stitch in time to save Egypt's ancient tentmaking craft
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (L) said 'the ball is still in Russia's court' after talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
World 10.08.2024
German FM says up to Russia to save missile treaty
Relations between Australia and China have been tested amid increased competition for influence in the Pacific
World 10.08.2024
Australia demands China treat detained national 'fairly'
The 16-year-old has galvanised protests by schoolchildren around the world, after delivering a fiery speech to world leaders at last month's UN climate talks in Poland
World 10.08.2024
Time to 'get angry', teen climate activist says in Davos
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