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Work to secure the cathedral was suspended on July 25 to allow for decontamination of the lead that had spread during the fire
World
07.08.2024
Notre-Dame cathedral 'still at risk of collapse' after fire
Mural portraits of slain demonstrators that became one of the symbols of the popular uprising that toppled veteran Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, are now under threat as the military attempts to whitewash its memory, the protest movement says
World
07.08.2024
Leave our graffiti on the walls, say Sudan protesters
Rosatom said the accident occurred while a missile was being tested on an offshore platform in the far northern Arkhangelsk region not far from this military base
World
07.08.2024
Secret Russia weapon project: gamechanger or PR stunt?
A year on, a legal battle is still raging over who is responsible for the Genoa motorway bridge disaster
World
07.08.2024
Italy marks bridge disaster in shadow of political crisis
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The saltwater crocodile is the world's heaviest reptile and grows to up to six metres long
World 07.08.2024
Philippine boy eaten by croc in latest attack
The tax agency blast smashed windows and tore apart the front of the building in Copenhagen's Osterbro neighbourhood
World 07.08.2024
Two Swedes suspected in Danish tax agency blast
Charts showing Hong Kong protesters' gender, age, education, socioeconomic status and their primary motives to join the protests
World 07.08.2024
Young, educated and furious: a survey of Hong Kong's protesters
The trial, conviction and sentencing to death of former Tehran mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi for murdering his wife received unusually extensive state media coverage in Iran where scandals related to politicians rarely appear on television
World 07.08.2024
Family spares ex-Tehran mayor facing death over wife's murder
Two men were beaten by protesters at Hong Kong airport on Tuesday, one accused of being a Chinese spy and the other of being an undercover police officer
World 07.08.2024
Airport beatings spark soul-searching over Hong Kong's radicals
Work shared by Twitter teams highlighted ongoing efforts to make sharing thoughts on the platform safe and easy
World 07.08.2024
Twitter to let users follow interests as well as people
Airport authorities cancelled flights and closed check-ins at Hong Kong airport on Monday and Tuesday as protesters swarmed the building, stranding thousands of passengers
World 07.08.2024
Cathay Pacific caught in crossfire of Hong Kong's crisis
Over 200 firefighters were on the front line on Greece's second largest island, backed by 75 fire trucks, nine water-bombing helicopters and seven planes
World 07.08.2024
Ecological disaster on Greek island as fire burns on
Von der Leyen is trying to accommodate the competing demands of different political parties to make sure her team survives a confirmation vote by MEPs in October
World 07.08.2024
New EU chief treads carefully as she builds team
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