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Fireboats battling to extinguish a fire on the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond off Sri Lanka's eastern coast
World
11.08.2024
Race to assess damage to stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka
The shooting of Jacob Blake touched off a new round of demonstrations
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11.08.2024
Blake says 'hurts to breathe' in video from hospital bed
Tam, a former radio presenter known "Fast Beat", was arrested at his home in north east Hong Kong
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11.08.2024
Hong Kong activist arrested for 'seditious words' before rally
Junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita is a battle-hardened soldier
World
11.08.2024
Mali's ill-equipped army in spotlight after coup
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Ranj Abderrahman Cohen, an Iraqi Kurdish Jew, stands before a ruined synagogue in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq
World 11.08.2024
Iraq's Jews fled long ago, heritage struggles on
China is trying to highlight the recovery in Wuhan, the central city which was ground zero for the coronavirus pandemic
World 11.08.2024
China tries to flip the pandemic script, starring a 'reborn' Wuhan
Over the past decade Vladimir Putin's government has spent billions of dollars to renovate Soviet-era towns and cities, and in 2017 authorities approved a 50 billion ruble ($663 million) plan to transform Svobodny
World 11.08.2024
Russian ex-Gulag town on China's doorstep eyes rebirth
A glass blower shapes traditional water pitchers at the Uniglass factory in Tripoli, north Lebanon, where glass broken in the Beirut port explosion is being repurposed
World 11.08.2024
From window to jug: Lebanese recycle glass from Beirut blast
Products made in Hong Kong are having to be relabelled as 'Made in China' if they are bound for the US
World 11.08.2024
'Made in Hong Kong' brand suffers as US-China tensions deepen
Transgender sex worker Luna Veras, 47, is seen in her apartment in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on August 12, 2020; the pandemic has drastically reduced her income
World 11.08.2024
Pandemic devastating to Dominican transgender sex workers
Residents in the path of Typhoon Haishen are preparing for strong winds and heavy rains
World 11.08.2024
Powerful typhoon approaches Japan with violent winds, heavy rain
This image taken from police bodycam video released by the Rochester, New York, Police Department, shows police arresting Daniel Prude on March 23, 2020 after putting a hood on his head
World 11.08.2024
Grand jury to probe death of black man hooded by NY police
US President Donald Trump has found himself under criticism for his alleged disparaging comments on American war fatalities
World 11.08.2024
Trump calls on Fox News to fire reporter over veterans flap
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