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29.08.2024 10:51 Prominent Chinese rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan stood trial on Wednesday in the eastern city of Suzhou for "subversion" amid tight security that saw another prominent attorney taken away by police ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing.

29.08.2024 10:51 Following the unprecedented pro-democracy demonstrations that broke out after Belarus's disputed 2020 presidential election, the government undertook a ruthless crackdown on dissent that included jailing activists, shutting down independent media, and generally dismantling civil society.

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29.08.2024 10:51 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the test-firing of an upgraded multiple rocket launcher system amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula as South Korea and the United States hold joint war games in the strategic region.

29.08.2024 10:51 North Korea has ordered all its students abroad to return home for ideological training - to reverse the outside influence the students have been exposed to while overseas, a North Korean escapee who resettled in South Korea told Radio Free Asia.

29.08.2024 10:51 August 28 is the Day of the Navy of the Korean People's Army .

29.08.2024 10:51 The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the continent needs 10 million doses of mpox vaccines to stop the spread of the disease, which it recently declared a public health emergency.

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29.08.2024 10:51 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of a 240mm multiple rocket launcher with a new guidance system, a weapon capable of striking the South Korean capital with what the North's state media said was new destructive power.

29.08.2024 10:51 Pavel Durov, the Russian-born co-founder of the Telegram encrypted messaging app, was arrested at Paris's Bourget airport where his private jet touched down on Saturday. The tycoon is accused of ostensibly enabling criminal activities through insufficient moderation of the platform, and is to appear in court as a French citizen.

28.08.2024 18:12 At least 4 people were killed while several others were either wounded or missing on August 27 in a second massive drone and missile Russian attack on Ukraine in as many days that included a strike on a hotel in Kryviy Rih, in the southern region of Dnipropetrovsk.

28.08.2024 18:12 Ukraine's army chief claimed Tuesday that Kyiv's forces have gained control of nearly 1,300 square kilometers of Russia's Kursk region during its three-week incursion and captured 594 Russian prisoners it hopes to use in an exchange for Ukrainians held by Russia.