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Bolstered by recent elections in their country, Bolivians are now asking questions about a lithium mining deal with Germany. Community members now want compensation and environmental protections for lithium mined in there.
The Covid-19 shutdown has hit transport across East African borders. Each country only trusts its own testing system and truckers are seen as risky virus carriers. The result: long queues at the borders due to overwhelmed testing centers. But now an app aims to make drivers’ lives easier.
Turkey's President has asked his country's citizens to boycott French goods following a Franco-Turko political row. DW talks to Erdal Yalcin, Professor of International Economics at the Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, about whether the situation is one that French manufacturers should genuinely worry about.
A confident China is telling America and the world to prepare for a new era of Chinese strength, regardless of the outcome of the US election.
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated Thailand's tourism industry. The government's decision to keep foreign visitors out has kept case numbers down. But it has hit the economy hard. Even the island of Phuket, a top holiday destination, is suffering.
India signs a military agreement with the US, as the Trump administration moves to contain China. But China faces the future with confidence. Plus, Thailand's beach towns empty out over coronavirus travel restrictions.
Even months after a COVID-19 infection, some patients still suffer from shortness of breath and exhaustion. We meet a 29-year-old woman still struggling with health problems. Her story is a warning: long-term effects can also be severe for young people.
Thousands of protesters have marched in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka - in the biggest anti-French demonstration since France's President Macron defended the use of cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Mohammad. Muslims across the world have condemned Macron's remarks - which followed the murder of a French teacher who had shown the cartoons in class.
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Italy is seeing growing protests against a new round of coronavirus measures. Demonstrations in Milan, Turin and other cities ranged from rallies by restaurant workers protesting stricter closing hours, to violent rampages by right-wing soccer fans.
Conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett has been sworn in to the US Supreme Court, giving the country's highest court a tilt to the right. President Donald Trump hosted a White House event to celebrate her confirmation by the Senate, by 52 votes to 48.
With few allowed to travel in and out of Singapore due to COVID-19 restrictions, hundreds flocked to the airport to eat airplane food at a pop-up restaurant aboard a grounded A380 passenger jet
The row between Turkey and France over Islamist separatism is turning into a trade battle. The Turkish President has called for a boycott of French goods. France has withdrawn its ambassador from Turkey
Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee died on Sunday. Lee, who was 78, is credited with transforming Samsung from a cheap TV-and-appliances-maker to one of the world's most powerful technology brands. Lee also found himself in legal hot-water: He was convicted of bribery, tax evasion and embezzlement.
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He has accurately predicted the winner of every US presidential election since 1984. In 2016 he foresaw Donald Trump's victory & in 2020 he predicts a win for Joe Biden. Professor Allan Lichtman on his 13 keys to winning the White House.
The Turkish president echoes similar calls by a number of Middle Eastern leaders. The move came in response to French President Emmanuel Macron's defense of free speech after an Islamist beheaded a French teacher ten days ago.
New NASA research suggests that future lunar explorers won't have to venture to the moon's polar regions in search of water. Instead, scientists say there's relatively accessible water hiding in the nooks and crannies of the lunar surface.
By consuming garbage and rotten animal corpses, vultures keep the environment clean. But conservationists say they are among the most vulnerable of Africa's large birds, and its only getting worse after a spate of poisonings in Kenya.
Professor Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the winner of every US presidential election since 1984. The professor of perfect presidential predictions tells Brent Goff on The Day why he is convinced Donald Trump will be beaten and Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States.
Chancellor Merkel is warning that without additional restrictions, the number of new daily COVID-19 cases could top 30,000. On Wednesday, Merkel and the leaders of Germany's 16 states will decide just what measures to implement.
