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Tianwen-1 launched aboard a Long March 5, China's biggest space rocket
World
11.08.2024
China launches Mars probe in space race with US
Papua New Guinea had largely avoided the coronavirus pandemic, until the recent outbreak
World
11.08.2024
Fearful Papua New Guinea calls for WHO virus help
The US House approved a measure to remove from Capitol Hill statues of people who served in the Confederacy during the 1861-1865 Civil War, including this one of Confederate vice president Alexander Hamilton Stephens (L)
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11.08.2024
US House approves removing Confederate statues from Capitol
Bike sales are exploding in countries across the world
World
11.08.2024
On yer bike: cycling industry out-pedalled by demand
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The reimposition of a lockdown on five million people in Melbourne has dealt a blow to hopes for Australia's economic recovery
World 11.08.2024
Australia warns economy to shrink record 7% in Q2
China's one-child rule, which ran from 1979 to 2016, meant daughters have also been tasked with safeguarding their parents' wealth and bloodline -- previously this had been the preserve of male heirs
World 11.08.2024
China's two-child policy means more babies named after mum
A protest in Mali capital's Bamako earlier this month, as the country's opposition demands the president resign
World 11.08.2024
Five African leaders in Mali to resolve political crisis
Singapore (pictured) and Hong Kong have long been compared
World 11.08.2024
Will Hong Kong become like tightly-ruled but stable Singapore?
A Donald Trump supporter holding a QAnon flag at Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota
World 11.08.2024
Despite Twitter crackdown, QAnon moves into conservative mainstream
Police and fire services gave conflicting accounts of what went wrong. The picture shows a memorial service a week after the fire
World 11.08.2024
Cover-up claims as Greece marks two years since fire tragedy
AFP spoke to people in countries around the world who have lost their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic, including Honduran domestic worker Sonia Herrera, based in Madrid
World 11.08.2024
Jobless and desperate: the post-lockdown reality for many
The Emir of Kuwait, who has ruled the oil-rich Gulf state since 2006, had been in hospital since the weekend
World 11.08.2024
Kuwait's emir travels to US for medical treatment
Police drive Nicolas Zepeda (C), suspected in the disappearance of a Japanese student in France in 2016, to the airport to be extradited to France
World 11.08.2024
Extradition of Chilean accused of murdering Japanese ex-girlfriend begins
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