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Greenland doesn't quite live up to its lush name -- 85 percent of the island is covered by a 1.9-mile-thick (three-kilometer) ice sheet that contains 10 percent of the world's fresh water -- but which has seen unprecedented levels of melting
World
25.06.2024
Ex-real estate developer Trump wants US to buy Greenland: report
Hong Kong's protesters have been gearing up with increasingly protective levels of equipment as clashes become more violent
World
25.06.2024
Gas masks and hard hats at Hong Kong's protest pop-up store
Millions of pro-democracy protesters have taken to the streets over the past 10 weeks
World
25.06.2024
Hong Kong protesters face crucial weekend test after airport setback
Nigerian Shiite cleric Ibrahim Zakzaky had been in custody in Nigeria since his arrest in December 2015
World
25.06.2024
Detained Nigerian cleric leaves Indian hospital
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The fire broke out on Tuesday and has destroyed over 1,000 hectares of dense pine forest, according to state agency ANA
World 25.06.2024
Greek fire crews make progress on island blaze
Tens of thousands of extra troops have been deployed in Kashmir -- joining 500,000 already there -- turning parts of Srinagar into a fortress of roadblocks and barbed wire
World 25.06.2024
India says some Kashmir restrictions eased
Wildlife authorities are investigating how the emaciated 70-year-old elephant was forced to take part in a parade
World 25.06.2024
Sri Lanka probes elephant cruelty at Buddhist parade
The July 4 seizure of the Iranian tanker Grace 1 in Gibraltar, with the help of British Royal Marines, had triggered a sharp deterioration in relations between Tehran and London and the tit-for-tat detention by Iran of a British-flagged ship
World 25.06.2024
Iran says tanker freed by Gibraltar poised to set sail
Nora Quoirin went missing from Dusun Resort a day after checking in for a holiday with her family
World 25.06.2024
Parents claim body of Franco-Irish teen found dead in Malaysia
President Joko Widodo, wearing a traditional outfit for his address, wants to relocate the Indonesian capital to the island of Borneo but did not give a timetable for the move
World 25.06.2024
Indonesian leader pledges to move capital city, boost economy
US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib -- seen here in July 2019 -- is of Palestinian descent
World 25.06.2024
Israel says to let in barred US lawmaker for 'humanitarian' visit
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over from long-time autocrat Robert Mugabe
World 25.06.2024
Zimbabwe police break up protests after court ban
The UN experts said arrests of women's activists have risen in recent weeks in Iran, where the government issued an official warning that those who do not wear a veil will face severe punishment
World 25.06.2024
Iran must free women held over veil protests: UN experts
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