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This file picture obtained by AFP from Iranian news agency Tasnim on June 13, 2019 reportedly shows an Iranian navy boat trying to control fire from Norwegian owned Front Altair tanker after it was attacked in the Gulf of Oman
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07.08.2024
Iran 'categorically rejects' US tanker attack allegations
Artisans are restoring the stone sculptures that adorn the Royal Chapel at Versailles, southwest of Paris, as part of an extensive three-year renovation.
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07.08.2024
Versailles' Royal Chapel gets painstaking restoration
Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy aims to reinvent the ancient Silk Road to connect Asia to Europe and Africa
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07.08.2024
Reforms and transparency needed for Belt and Road success: World Bank
Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown on the Rohingya in August 2017, causing some 740,000 to flood into Bangladesh
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07.08.2024
ASEAN leaders told to get serious on Rohingya issue
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In a tense session, Hong Kong opposition lawmakers criticised the government's handling of the political crisis
World 07.08.2024
Hong Kong lawmakers grill security chief over protest violence
Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was in custody for nearly six years prior to his death, much of it in solitary confinement, and there have been allegations that his lack of access to proper medical care contributed to his death
World 07.08.2024
Egypt accuses UN of seeking to 'politicise' Morsi death
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong poses during an interview with AFP outside the government headquarters
World 07.08.2024
Hong Kong's 'leaderless' protesters mull next move
Sled dogs wade through water on melting sea ice during an expedition in North Western Greenland, as shown in this June 13, 2019 image by Steffen Olsen of the Centre for Ocean and Ice at the Danish Meteoroligical Institute
World 07.08.2024
Arctic could face another scorching annus horribilis
Between the two of them, Argentine couple carpenter Ariel Fernandez (2nd R) and his wife, teacher Natalia Morales (L), earn the equivalent of around $1,200 a month as more and more people in the country fall below the poverty line
World 07.08.2024
Argentina's new poor sink deeper amid recession
Five-year-old primate Elaine was one of two critically endangered Sumatran Orangutans released back into the wild
World 07.08.2024
Indonesia pet orangutans released back into the wild
An estimated 3.3 million people have left Venezuela since the start of 2016, according to the UN.
World 07.08.2024
Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN
An estimated 169 million children missed out on the vital first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, according to a UN report
World 07.08.2024
France has lowest levels of trust in vaccines globally: poll
One of the apps allows women to contact three people if they are victims of violence
World 07.08.2024
Senegal shines in showcase for female tech innovation
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