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Sri Lanka marked the one-year anniversary of the devastating Easter Sunday suicide attacks with tributes and a two-minute silence
World
09.08.2024
Sri Lanka falls silent for victims on Easter attacks anniversary
FDPC leader Abdoulaye Miskine(2R, pictured with his fighters in a photo released in 2013 by the FDPC) has been hit with UN sanctions which include an asset freeze and travel ban
World
09.08.2024
UN slaps sanctions on Central Africa rebel chief
Hundreds of people, including lawmakers, gather in Pennsylvania to protest at measures urging much of the US to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic.Duration:01:19
World
09.08.2024
Trump says to ban immigration as US protestors demand lockdown end
Kim Jong Un's health is frequently the subject of speculation, but little concrete is known about the secretive leader
World
09.08.2024
Seoul plays down report on North Korean leader's health
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The virus pandemic is 'amplifying' the crises already casting a shadow on press freedom, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in its annual rankings
World 09.08.2024
Coronavirus pandemic 'amplifies press freedom threats'
Virgin Australia was already in trouble before the virus crisis struck
World 09.08.2024
Virgin Australia collapses under coronavirus strain
Hezbollah power-broker Muhammad Kawtharani is thought to have inherited some of the role held by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps head Qasem Soleimani (pictured on a billboard in Tehran) who was killed in a US drone strike in January
World 09.08.2024
US zeroes in on shadowy Lebanese playmaker in Iraq
Signs of life are slowly re-emerging in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, ground zero for the coronavirus pandemic
World 09.08.2024
Flickers of joy in China's virus ground zero mask deep fears
Kim Jong Un's health is frequently the subject of speculation, but little concrete is known about the secretive leader
World 09.08.2024
Seoul plays down report over N. Korean leader's health
Restrictions on normal activity have created a logistical nightmare for the managers of call centres and other back-office operations for foreign corporations
World 09.08.2024
Virus upends outsourcing as firms 'reshore', embrace AI
Malawi has so far confirmed just 17 cases, including two deaths, but President Peter Mutharika has warned that without locking down the country, the virus could kill around 50,000
World 09.08.2024
'We could die in our homes': Malawians resist virus lockdown
For many, the COVID-19 crisis has shown how fragile our civilisation is
World 09.08.2024
'Collapsology': Is this the end of civilisation as we know it?
Many health workers in Egypt have complained of being shunned and mistreated during the coronavirus outbreak
World 09.08.2024
Virus turns health workers in Egypt into 'outcasts'
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