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American astronaut Anne McClain at work at the International Space Station on March 22, 2019
World
26.05.2024
NASA scraps all-women space walk for lack of well-fitting suits
The dispute over the local staffer from the US consulate in Istanbul is one source of friction between the US and its NATO ally Turkey
World
26.05.2024
Turkey court opens espionage trial of US consulate staffer
Brenton Tarrant, the man charged in relation to the Christchurch massacre, faces another court appearance either in person or via video link on April 5
World
26.05.2024
Popular NZ website seeks comments detox after Christchurch attack
US President Donald Trump is jubilant after the Russia collusion probe cleared him of wrongdoing
World
26.05.2024
Trump jubilant, vengeful as Russia probe ends in win
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro (C) ordered the armed forces to hold "appropriate commemorations" of the March 1964 military coup -- while denying it was a coup
World 26.05.2024
Bolsonaro orders celebration of Brazil military coup: spokesman
In wartorn South Sudan, there has been growing interest in chess, with the young country hosting its first-ever tournament in 2014
World 26.05.2024
Chess, the war game building bridges in South Sudan
A geiger counter attached to a fence near the Daiichi power plant measures radiation in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture
World 26.05.2024
Japan to lift evacuation order in town hosting Fukushima plant
Media interest in the trial of Cardinal George Pell was intense despite a court-imposed gag order
World 26.05.2024
Australia seeks possible jail for journalists over Pell gag order
Fatmeh is one of 460,000 refugees in Turkey -- most of them Syrian -- whose family benefits from monthly supplements aimed at keeping school-age children in class rather than out working
World 26.05.2024
In Turkey, small sums spell success as Syria kids go back to school
US Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan has authorised $1 billion to build part of the border wall sought by President Donald Trump
World 26.05.2024
Pentagon authorizes $1 bn for Trump's border wall
Five Star Movement leader and deputy PM Luigi Di Maio has run into trouble, losing ground with the voters and to erstwhile coalition partner the Northern League
World 26.05.2024
Italy's 'orphaned' Five Stars on brink of crisis
A 2.3 percent jump in global energy demand last year outstripped the expansion of renewables and helped drive record-high greenhouse gas emissions
World 26.05.2024
2018 spike in energy demand spells climate trouble: IEA
A student prepares to sit for college entrance exams in Seoul last year. South Korea's hyper-competitive education system frequently leads parents into breaking the rules to give their children an advantage
World 26.05.2024
South Korea professor forced students to write daughter's thesis: report
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