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Iran's resumption of uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow plant is the fourth step in a phased suspension of its commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal in response to US President Donald Trump's abandonment of the agreement last year
World
08.08.2024
Iran resumed uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow plant south of Tehran on Thursday in a new step back from its commitments under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal.
The new rules will also require all gamers to use a real-name registration and details such a WeChat account, phone number or ID number to sign up
World
08.08.2024
China has imposed a curfew to limit the time spent by children playing games online, in the latest part of a government crackdown on youth gaming addiction.
New Zealand has made it law that the country must produce no carbon emissions by 2050
World
08.08.2024
New Zealand's plan to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 became law on Thursday, when it cleared its final hurdle in parliament.
Yahaya Usman, popularly called Yahaya Makaho, faced years of discrimination before a wealthy fan funded a recording session for him three years ago
World
08.08.2024
Yahaya Makaho feels his way to the microphone before launching into a song for his new album at a recording studio in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna.
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The New Zealand MP was speaking in support of a bill to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions
World 08.08.2024
With the quickfire putdown "OK, boomer", a 25-year-old New Zealand politician dismissed a heckler during a speech about climate change -- highlighting the generation gap between herself and other MPs in a clip that has gone viral.
The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has a policy of not interfering in each other's affairs. Critics say it allows members to ignore or condone rights abuses by their neighbours
World 08.08.2024
Malaysia detains Cambodian opposition figure
Once it was frowned on to support the far right, but now it is more acceptable, Vox supporters say
World 08.08.2024
Waving Spanish flags, supporters of far-right party Vox packed a convention centre ahead of Sunday's general election in which it looks set to make big gains, fuelled by its tough opposition to Catalan independence.
E-cigarettes may cause inflammation, oxidative stress and unstable blood flow, the study found
World 08.08.2024
Reports of lung injuries and deaths related to e-cigarette use continue to rise in the United States and Europe, prompting the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to declare an “outbreak” this year. 
The radical Catalan separatist CUP party is running a campaign entitled "Ungovernable"
World 08.08.2024
After numerous protests in Girona, a Catalan separatist stronghold, Carla Costa is mulling other ways of attacking Spain, including the idea of voting radical pro-independence MPs into parliament to act as a Trojan Horse. 
The Catalan crisis has changed the game for candidates running in Spain's November 10 election
World 08.08.2024
Spain heads to the polls Sunday for its fourth election in as many years, in a vote overshadowed by the ongoing Catalan crisis which has boosted support for the far-right Vox.
Navin Ramgoolam (C) is one of the rivals running against the prime minister
World 08.08.2024
Mauritians on Thursday have their first chance to decide if Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth should continue to rule since he was hand-picked for the job when his father stepped down two years ago.
Romania has Europe's highest number of brown bears
World 08.08.2024
When Maria Lacatus' son opened the barn door, it was already too late. "The bear had one of the pigs in its claws," the sobbing 86-year-old says.
Venezuelan Mirian Gamarra, 39, displays a picture of her dead son Luis Alfredo Ariza, 21, on her mobile phone -- she says he was gunned down by special police for no reason
World 08.08.2024
Miriam Gamarra, a 39-year-old bank employee living in a tough part of Caracas, remembers feeling an ache in her chest when she heard the gunshots in the distance as she was heading to work. 
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