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Mayor Bill De Blasio has been testing the political waters for months ahead of his expected announcement that he will run for US president
World
06.08.2024
New York mayor de Blasio expected to join 2020 race
Kenya's Olympic 800m bronze medallist Margaret Nyairera Wambui tells AFP in an interview that she fears her career may be over after new rules on testosterone levels are introduced
World
06.08.2024
Kenyan runner Wambui fears testosterone rules will end career
Fashion gians Gucci, Versace and Burberry have discontinued the use of fur in their designs
World
06.08.2024
Dispute erupts over New York fur ban proposal
Mexico City is naturally prone to air pollution: it is surrounded by a ring of mountains that often trap smog over the capital, preventing it from dissipating
World
06.08.2024
Mexico City extends pollution alert, cancels school
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran is showing 'maximum restraint' despite the US withdrawal from their nuclear deal
World 06.08.2024
Iran showing 'maximum restraint,' US escalation 'unacceptable': Zarif
Texas police served search warrants at the headquarters of the Catholic diocese in Dallas, a storage location and offices of a local church
World 06.08.2024
Texas police raid Catholic offices in sexual abuse probe
Abortion rights supporters and opponents mark the anniversary of the decision in Roe vs Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in the US
World 06.08.2024
Republicans bid for US Supreme Court showdown over abortion
Protesters take to the streets in Rio de Janeiro as part of a nationwide strike by universities and schools in 'defense of education' following a raft of budget cuts announced by President Jair Bolsonaro's government
World 06.08.2024
Brazil students, teachers protest budget cuts
Syrian forces and their Russian allies have stepped up attacks on the jihadist-controlled Idlib region, raising alarm that a full-on offensive is imminent to seize the territory
World 06.08.2024
UN Security Council set to discuss northwest Syria
Bill co-sponsor Senator Tom Cotton (pictured May 2017) said "keeping PLA scientists out of our research laboratories is a basic act of self-defense"
World 06.08.2024
Republicans: No US research visas for China military scientists
To avoid charges that the law discriminates against Muslims, the text refers to any "ideologically or religiously influenced clothing" associated with head covering, but coalition members made it clear the law is targeted at the Islamic headscarf
World 06.08.2024
Austrian MPs approve headscarf ban in primary schools
Colombia's Attorney General Nestor Humberto Martinez (C) resigned in reponse to the order from the Special Jurisdiction for Peace to release Jesus Santrich
World 06.08.2024
Special peace court orders release of Colombian former guerrilla
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hosted Abu Dhabi's crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (pictured January 2019), to discuss the attacks on ships off the Emirati coast, according to a presidential statement
World 06.08.2024
Egypt's Sisi hosts Abu Dhabi crown prince amid Gulf tensions
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