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Police clashed with demonstrators at nearly a dozen locations on Sunday
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07.08.2024
Hong Kong police unveil water cannon trucks after new protests
The dispute between South Korea and Japan has raised concerns over the potential implications for their security cooperation in the face of North Korean missile tests, and the possible impact on global supply chains
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07.08.2024
S. Korea tightens export controls on Japan in trade row
The protests in Hong Kong have infuriated Beijing and left Cathay Pacific in a difficult position
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07.08.2024
Cathay Pacific warns it could fire staff for supporting 'illegal protests'
Officials plan to keep security tight to block any big gatherings of people during Eid al-Adha, a major religious holiday for Muslims
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07.08.2024
India imposes Kashmir clampdown to head off Eid protests
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Low-lying Pacific island nations such as the Marshall Islands are threatened by rising seas and storms that have become more powerful and regular due to climate change
World 07.08.2024
Australian coal use an 'existential threat' to islands: Fiji PM
Footage on state broadcaster CCTV showed fields and streets flooded by muddy water, submerged vehicles, scattered debris and trees blown over as strong winds and rain from Typhoon Lekima pounded cities along the seaboard
World 07.08.2024
Typhoon Lekima death toll rises to 44 in eastern China
Police fire tear gas in Londonderry on August 13, 1969, the second day of rioting by protesting Catholics which led to the deployment of British troops
World 07.08.2024
Northern Ireland: when British troops moved in 50 years ago
The Wong Tai Sin neighbourhood, home to many police officers, has seen some of the worst clashes in protests that began in opposition to a bill allowing extraditions to mainland China
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'They're being used': Hong Kong protests divide neighbourhood
Journalists at work at AFP in 1946, two years after it was reclaimed from the pro-Nazi regime during the uprising that liberated Paris from German occupation
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AFP established in tumult of 1944 Paris uprising
Parisians celebrate the liberation of the capital on August 25, 1944, less than three months after D-Day
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From D-Day beaches to the Champs-Elysees
French Resistance fighters take position behind a wall in August 1944 during the battle for the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation during World War II
World 07.08.2024
75 years ago, Paris freed from Nazi occupation
As the clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police in the former British colony have grown increasingly violent, Beijing's condemnation has become more ominous
World 07.08.2024
Would China risk another Tiananmen in Hong Kong?
South Africa is feeling the strain from having to deal with hundreds of unidentified cadavers. The most populous province of Gauteng reports an average of 1,000 each year
World 07.08.2024
Searching for lost lives: S.Africa's unidentified corpses
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