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From the expansive dunes of the Taklamakan Desert to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan, Chinese authorities are selling troubled Xinjiang as a tourist idyll, welcoming travellers even as they send locals to internment camps
World
07.08.2024
As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to tourists
Malawian fishermen fix their fishing nets on the shores of Lake Malawi where fish stocks are falling due to overfishing and climate change
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07.08.2024
Empty nets as overfishing and climate change sap Lake Malawi
The war in Yemen has seen the arms market surge, and traditional trades pushed aside
World
07.08.2024
From crafts to Kalashnikovs: arms souk thrives in Yemen's Taez
South Africa's 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya says she is being treated as a "human guinea pig"
World
07.08.2024
Caster Semenya v IAAF: a ground-breaking gender test case
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The Red Cross says the biggest challenge is ensuring robust monitoring along the porous border with DRC
World 07.08.2024
Pastor confirmed with Ebola as disease spreads in DR Congo
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that began in August 2018 has so far killed 1,655 people and 694 have been cured by July 2019, according to a health ministry bulletin
World 07.08.2024
Ebola case confirmed in eastern DR Congo city of Goma: official
India's Chandrayaan-2 mission to the Moon
World 07.08.2024
India postpones Moon mission launch over 'technical snag'
An attack on the Medina hotel in Kismayo, Somalia killed 26 people and wounded 56 others
World 07.08.2024
Trudeau honors journalist killed in Shabaab attack
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has postponed a meeting with US President Donald Trump
World 07.08.2024
Guatemala president calls off US meeting with Trump
Algeria's former industry minister Youcef Yousfi, seen in this October 2018 picture, has been placed in preventive detention on allegations of squandering public money
World 07.08.2024
Algeria ex-industry minister detained in graft probe
Supporters of independent candidates in upcoming local Moscow elections rallied to demand their names be included on the ballot
World 07.08.2024
Opposition figures arrested during Moscow vote demo
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on July 14, 2019, shows a wounded civilian lying on a hospital bed following a rocket attack in the government-held northern city of Aleppo. Rockets fired by jihadists today kill...
World 07.08.2024
Rockets kill 6 civilians in Syria's Aleppo: state media
Britain, France and Germany have urged dialogue and an end to escalation over Iran's nuclear programme, with a 2010 file image of its Bushehr nuclear plant here; Attention is once again focused on how close Iran could be to a nuclear weapon
World 07.08.2024
European powers urge dialogue, end to escalation in Iran nuclear crisis
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