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Many of those attending held placards with the names of major global cities that have been unable to celebrate Pride Month this June because of the coronavirus
World
10.08.2024
Freed from coronavirus, Taiwan celebrates Pride Month
Lazarus Chakwera won the re-run election with almost 59 percent of the vote
World
10.08.2024
Malawi opposition leader sworn in as president after vote re-run
Mick Jagger and his Rolling Stones bandmates have enlisted performing rights organisation BMI to stop Donald Trump using their song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" at campaign events
World
10.08.2024
Hey, You! Rolling Stones warn Trump of legal action over song use
A new virus cluster has prompted fears of a resurgence of COVID-19 in China
World
10.08.2024
Half a million in lockdown as Beijing fights new virus cluster
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Rafał Trzaskowski, the main challenger bidding to defeat right-wing President Andrzej Duda
World 10.08.2024
Europhile Trzaskowski has sights on Polish presidency
A handful of worshippers pray at the Islam's holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, usually teeming with pilgrims as the annual hajj pilgrimage approaches
World 10.08.2024
Curtailed hajj compounds Saudi economic woes
Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim majority nation, and neighbouring Malaysia are favoured destinations for Rohingya fleeing persecution and violence in mostly Buddhist Myanmar
World 10.08.2024
Death and despair: Rescued Rohingya describe high-seas terror
An Indian fighter jet flies over Leh, the joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh, on June 25, 2020, part of a show of strength after a border showdown between Delhi and Beijing
World 10.08.2024
China sent martial artists to India border before deadly clash: state media
Inflation anger: A protester holds a bottle of cooking oil during a demonstration in Harare last August over the cost of food
World 10.08.2024
Zimbabwe: On the edge again?
The sun is setting on the Fessenheim nuclear powerplant
World 10.08.2024
France pulls plug on country's oldest nuclear plant
Analysts expect the election will underline the failure of Macron's centrist LREM party to gain a strong foothold at a local level
World 10.08.2024
Macron braces for setback in France's local polls
A pedestrian walks past a passed-out drug user on June 25, 2020 in Ottawa, Canada; an emergency government pandemic payment has been used by some addicts to buy drugs, and overdoses have surged
World 10.08.2024
Pandemic leads to rise in Canada fatal drug overdoses
Polish President Andrzej Duda is a key ally for the government
World 10.08.2024
Poles choose president in election delayed by pandemic
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