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At its current rate of growth, the Ghazipur landfill will be taller than the Taj Mahal, some 73 metres high, in 2020
World
06.08.2024
India rubbish mountain to rise higher than Taj Mahal
Even stock market numbers can inadvertently fall foul of mainland Chinese censors
World
06.08.2024
89/64: China stocks reference Tiananmen anniversary... again
Children of the Hamisha Gul family in Afghanisatan lost their legs after discovering an unexploded mortar bomb
World
06.08.2024
Rural Afghans bear brutal cost of endless war
Pig trotters hang from hooks at a meat market in Hong Kong, where the price of pork has soared since the outbreak of African swine fever
World
06.08.2024
Despite culls, import bans, swine fever to hit pork market for years
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The organisers are calling on women to stop work whether they have paid employment or do housework at home
World 06.08.2024
Swiss women strike for equal pay again, three decades on
'A sad guy who gave himself God's powers', was one psychiatrist's assessment of Niels Hoegel
World 06.08.2024
The German killer nurse who took himself for God
Psychiatrists says former nurse Niels Hoegel suffers from a severe narcissistic disorder
World 06.08.2024
Mounting suspicion, missed chances: German killer nurse case
A reproduction of a black and white photograph taken in 1944 and shown to AFP by former D-Day switchboard operator Marie Scott, shows women at work in the tunnels at Fort Southwick in Portsmouth, southern England.
World 06.08.2024
D-Day switchboard operator sends her last message
Hann Bay, with its long beach separating an industrial zone in the capital Dakar from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, is a shocking sight
World 06.08.2024
In pursuit of 'zero waste', Senegalese tackle trash
People gather at Tiananmen Square on May 15, 1989, disrupting a scheduled visit by reformist Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
World 06.08.2024
Tiananmen's key moments: hope crushed by soldiers and tanks
Sudan's military forcefully broke up a weeks-long sit-in outside Khartoum's army headquarters
World 06.08.2024
Sudan military ruler calls for elections within nine months
Australian National University said the vast hack by a 'sophisticated operator' had gained access to 19 years of sensitive data
World 06.08.2024
Top Australian university reports vast, 'sophisticated' hack
The UK-US 'special relationship' has been under strain
World 06.08.2024
Trump turns to trade talks on UK state visit
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