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Northern Nigeria's movie machine -- dubbed Kannywood after its largest city Kano -- has become the dominant source of entertainment for West Africa's 80 million Hausa speakers
World
11.08.2024
Nigeria's 'Kannywood' films soar online thanks to virus
Cheslin Kolbe has scored 20 tries for Toulouse since joining in 2017
World
11.08.2024
Springboks' Kolbe eyes 'incredible' Lions tour
Short telomeres are a marker of biological ageing at the cellular level, and a new study suggests that diet is a factor in driving the cells to age faster
World
11.08.2024
Junk food linked to age-marker in chromosomes: study
Unlike normal lakes, glacier lakes are unstable because they are often dammed by ice or sediment composed of loose rock and debris
World
11.08.2024
Climate change fuels sharp increase in glacier lakes
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Palestinian militants have been using improvised balloons to carry incendiary materials across the Gaza border into Israel, which imposes a tight blockade on the enclave
World 11.08.2024
Hamas and Israel strike deal to end Gaza escalation
Guinea's President Aloha Conde is a former opposition figure who was jailed under previous regimes
World 11.08.2024
Guinea's Conde to run for 3rd term, says ruling party
Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez (R) and Economy Minister Martin Guzman greet each other with a fist bump after announcing the restructuring of a $66 billion foreign-law debt
World 11.08.2024
Creditors back Argentina restructuring of $66 bn debt
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (R) has pardoned more than 100 lawmakers and associates of opposition leader Juan Guaido
World 11.08.2024
Venezuela's Maduro pardons opposition lawmakers
Iced sheet mass loss due to melt-water and crumbling ice from 2007 to 2017 aligned almost perfectly with the IPCC's most extreme forecasts
World 11.08.2024
Earth's ice sheets tracking worst-case climate scenarios
Hong Kong police patrol outside a sports complex that will be used as a coronavirus testing centre
World 11.08.2024
Hong Kong starts mass virus testing as China distrust swirls
A girl stands in line to receive aid with women at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in the al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria on August 18, 2020, where families of Islamic State (IS) foreign fighters are held.
World 11.08.2024
US vetoes jihadist resolution at UN over repatriation: diplomats
A statue of the first Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald lies on the ground, with the statue's head a few meters away, at Canada Park in central Montreal on August 29, 2020, after it was pulled down by anti-racism protesters during a demonstrati...
World 11.08.2024
Trudeau condemns toppling of statue of Canada's first prime minister
Michel Platini arriving for Monday's hearing
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Michel Platini grilled by Swiss prosecutor in payment probe
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