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Protesters set up the "Fight for Life" camp outside the seat of power in Brasilia
The captain of Afghanistan's wheelchair basketball team spoke of her shock at how quickly the Taliban swept into the capital Kabul and of her struggle to get out
Wildfires since July have ravaged the islands of Evia and Rhodes as well as forests to the north and southeast of Athens, and parts of the Peloponnese peninsula
Taliban Islamists first ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001
Baker will be the sixth woman to join about 80 great national figures of French history in the Pantheon
Around 1,000 students have been kidnapped since December after gangs started to target schools and colleges
More than 25,000 new cases were recorded on Thursday
Central bank had earlier said it could no longer support fuel imports at a preferential exchange rate; panic ensued, with distributors scaling back deliveries and desperate motorists forming long queues outside gas stations
Every day for a year, Hisao Inagaki has posted a near-identical Instagram video of the paper crane he has folded that day
Law that allows "gig workers" to be treated as independent contractors was ruled unconstitutional.
Penalties targeted two top defense ministry officials for their role in suppressing the rare demonstrations in the communist-ruled nation, where hundreds were jailed
In Wednesday's attack, 30 civilians, 15 police and four anti-jihadi defense volunteers were killed and 30 wounded near the town of Gorgadji
More than 12,260 people were injured when the quake hit the southwestern part of Haiti on Saturday
President Felix Tshisekedi on Sunday authorized US special forces to help the Congolese army fight the Allied Democratic Forces, an armed group linked to the Islamic State
Taliban inching closer to capital
Several planeloads of asylum-seekers have departed with the first one landing Friday in Toronto
Residents blamed the explosion on a grenade disguised as toy that, they said, had been given to some children as a gift by a Boko Haram insurgent
Cuba's government has a history of controlling internet and data access and last month cut off connectivity services for five days after Cubans used social media to spread word of historic nationwide anti-government protests
Venezuela is suffering through a crippling economic crisis, exacerbated by a raft of fresh sanctions imposed by Washington following a contested election in 2018
The sprinter and the British team could be stripped of the medal they won in the 4x100 relay
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