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Signs displayed to reinforce a ban on motorbike taxis and motorised rickshaws, known locally as 'okadas' and 'kekes' which has sparked uproar in the Nigerian commercial capital Lagos
World
09.08.2024
Motorcycle taxi ban brings Lagos to a halt
Ghossoon drives her family in search of shelter in the town of Maaret Misrin town in Syria's Idlib province
World
09.08.2024
After fleeing war, Syrian families say 'nowhere to go'
Thanks to conservation efforts and anti-poaching patrols, the population of mountain gorillas has grown to more than 1,000
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09.08.2024
Four rare mountain gorillas 'killed by lightning' in Uganda
The two-day summit has taken as its theme "Silencing the Guns", yet AU officials are well aware of their failure to achieve the goal adopted in 2013 of ending "all wars in Africa by 2020"
World
09.08.2024
Africa holds 'silence the guns' summit as new conflicts grow
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Switzerland is holding a referendum on a law that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation
World 09.08.2024
Switzerland votes on new law against homophobia
More than 5.3 million people can vote in the early Azerbaijan election. Polls are to open at 0400 GMT and close 11 hours later
World 09.08.2024
Azerbaijan holds elections decried as sham by opposition
Border patrol agents Arain Carrera and Thaddeus Cleveland approach an injured Guatemalan migrant in a remote canyon of west Texas
World 09.08.2024
US border patrol agents: part bloodhound, part police, part rescuer
Map showing some of the different quarantine locations around the world for the new coronavirus
World 09.08.2024
China virus deaths rise past 800, overtaking SARS toll
In this file photo taken on June 6, 2019, US soldiers look out over hillsides in Nerkh district of Wardak province; US and Afghan troops have come under "direct fire" in eastern Afghanistan, a US military official says
World 09.08.2024
US, Afghan forces come under 'direct fire' in eastern Afghanistan: US official
Thai Royal Police put out a wanted poster on their Facebook page for Army Sergeant Major Jakrapanth Thomma, wanted in connection to a deadly attack in the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima
World 09.08.2024
Dozens evacuated from thai mall after gunman kills least 20 in mass shooting
France has now detected a total of 11 cases of the novel coronavirus
World 09.08.2024
Five Britons test positive for coronavirus in France
Many in Germany oppose the Alternative for Germany's (AfD) anti-immigrant positions
World 09.08.2024
Merkel's coalition shaken by east German vote
Analysts have credited the fall in overall levels of extremist-linked violence in Pakistan to military offensives against the Taliban in the tribal areas of North Waziristan and Khyber
World 09.08.2024
Key member of Pakistani Taliban killed in Afghanistan: insurgents
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