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Maria Butina, leader of a Russian pro-gun organization who built a network in US Republican circles, is to be sentenced in Washington for acting illegally as an agent of a foreign government
World
06.08.2024
Russian 'agent' Maria Butina faces sentencing in US
US student Otto Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years hard labour in North Korea for stealing a propaganda poster at a hotel in Pyongyang
World
06.08.2024
North Korea demands US pay for comatose student's medical bill: report
The US has recorded the highest number of measles cases this year since the disease was declared eradicated at the turn of the century
World
06.08.2024
Dozens quarantined in California after measles exposure
A Waorani indigenous man takes part in a march over oil exploration in his ancestral lands
World
06.08.2024
Ecuador's Waorani tribe vows to protect life in Amazon
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is marking one year serving in the turbulent Trump administration
World 06.08.2024
With 'swagger,' Pompeo navigates tightrope between Trump and world
Chinese President Xi Jinping says his Belt and Road Initiative will create a 'good investment environment'
World 06.08.2024
Xi asks for 'fair and friendly' treatment for Chinese
A loya jirga -- literally 'grand assembly' in Pashto -- is traditionally comprised of Afghan elders
World 06.08.2024
Afghanistan's grand assembly for troubled peace process
Mongla lures the playboy wealthy, with sex and gambling the main businesses in town
World 06.08.2024
Sex, casinos and tiger parts: Myanmar's vice-riddled China frontier
Emperor Akihito will abdicate on Tuesday in the 'Room of Pine'
World 06.08.2024
Pine room and a secret jewel: Japan abdication rituals
Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (L) Emperor Akihito (C) and late emperor Hirohito
World 06.08.2024
Japan's emperor to abdicate, first time in 200 years
A young member of the 'Coloured' community stands in the courtyard of Oakdale Secondary School in Eldorado Park, on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Several classrooms were destroyed during a student strike in April
World 06.08.2024
In new S. Africa, some in 'Coloured' community nostalgic for apartheid
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lays a wreath at a World War II memorial to Russia's Pacific Fleet
World 06.08.2024
Will he? Won't he? N.Korea's Kim late for Vladivostok ceremony
St Anthony's Shrine in Colombo -- one of the churches targeted in the Easter bombings
World 06.08.2024
Sri Lanka toll revision grim sign of bombings force
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