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Navalny (C) is known for his anti-corruption campaigns against top officials and outspoken criticism of President Vladimir Putin
World
11.08.2024
Kremlin critic Navalny hospitalised with 'poisoning': spokeswoman
Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party's nomination to be White House candidate Joe Biden's running mate in the November 3, 2020 election
World
11.08.2024
Kamala Harris, the 'Momala' of her blended American family
A home burns in Vacaville, California, as the fast-moving fires in the Golden State have prompted widespread evacuations
World
11.08.2024
Thousands flee as fast-moving wildfires spread in California
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party for January to address policy "shortcomings" and lay out a new five-year plan for the nation's moribund economy
World
11.08.2024
Kim calls rare congress for North Korea's ruling party
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Germán Efromovich (pictured February 2020) and his brother Jose are suspected of paying 28 million reals (about $15 million at the time) in bribes from 2009 to 2013 to Transpetro's former chief executive in exchange for lucrative contracts
World 11.08.2024
Avianca airline magnates held in Brazil graft probe
A protester has milk splashed in his eyes after being hit by tear gas during a Black Lives Matter protest in New York on May 29
World 11.08.2024
Why do 'non-lethal' weapons maim and kill protesters?
Scientists have successfully transplanted insulin-producing cells derived from stem cells into diabetic mice
World 11.08.2024
Stem cell treatment offers new hope for diabetics
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) met in mid-July with Libyan tribal leaders in the capital Cairo
World 11.08.2024
Egypt woos Libya tribes amid threat of intervention
A Lebanese protester carries a wounded demonstrators to safety at the headquarters of the Lebanese association of banks in downtown Beirut on August 8, 2020, following a demonstration against a political leadership they blame for a monster explosion th...
World 11.08.2024
'Murder attempt': Lebanon protest wounds add to blast woes
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi will meet US President Donald Trump on Thursday for the first time
World 11.08.2024
Iraq PM to meet Trump with US troops on the agenda
In Latin America, the quinceanera party is a hugely popular custom where some families spend a lot of time, effort and money on putting on a big celebration for their daughters' 15th birthday
World 11.08.2024
Pandemic scuppers Latin America coming-of-age quinceaneras
Pablo Beltran, commander of Colombia's ELN rebels, gestures during an interview with AFP in Havana
World 11.08.2024
ELN accuses supporters of Colombian ex-president of massacres
Canadian foreign affairs minister Francois-Philippe Champagne (pictured March 2020) urged the Mali coup leaders to respect the country's "constitutional order" and the "human rights of all Malians"
World 11.08.2024
Canada 'strongly' condemns Mali coup: minister
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