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Greece economy: Europe's biggest urban renewal project launched

Greece is launching what is set to be one of Europes biggest urban renewal project in an effort to revive its economy. With tourism at a standstill because of the ...

Jeffrey Epstein case: Ghislaine Maxwell faces 35 years in prison

The former partner of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is facing up to 35 years in prison, for her alleged part in abusing young girls. Ghislaine Maxwell is ...

Indian policemen arrested over custodial deaths of father and son

Five police officers in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu have been arrested in connection with the death of a man and his son in custody. The two had been ...

Trump blasts 'left-wing cultural revolution' at Mount Rushmore

US President Donald Trump has used his Independence Day address to attack protesters and his critics. In a rally at Mount Rushmore, he promised to punish ...

The Great Facebook Boycott: Will it make any difference? | The Listening Post (Full)

On The Listening Post this week: Big brands are part of an advertising boycott against Facebook over racist content and hate speech. Plus, lockdown TV puts ...

Martin Landray: World needs a vaccine and treatments for COVID-19 | Talk to Al Jazeera

The coronavirus is changing the world as we know it. When infections soared earlier this year, governments worldwide implemented strict social distancing ...

Myanmar jade mine disaster: More bodies found at landslide site

Rescuers in Myanmar have pulled out more bodies from a collapsed jade mine in the northern state of Kachin. Piles of waste had collapsed into a lake on ...

Concerns about environmental damage by dams in Bosnia

There has been a boom in the number of hydropower projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dozens of power plants have been built in recent years, as the ...

Pakistan attack: Government accuses foreign powers

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned Mondays deadly attack on Pakistans financial hub. A banned separatist organisation called the ...

UK eases lockdown: Hairdressers, pubs and cafes set to reopen

England takes another step back towards normality on Saturday with hairdressers, cafes and pubs reopening their doors. It is good news for the hospitality ...

US unemployment drops in June - five million people back at work

US President Donald Trump has praised the latest employment data as proof that the country is back on track. Nearly five million Americans went back to work in ...

Will justice be served in Khashoggi's murder trial? | Inside Story

On the afternoon of October 2nd, 2018, Journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. And he was never seen alive again. Now, 20 ...

Botswana reports mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants

An investigation has begun into the mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana. Nearly 300 carcasses were discovered near Seronga in the ...

Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by FBI

The former partner of the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested and charged. British socialite Jilane Maxwell is accused of recruiting and ...

Students return to school in Chile's Easter Island

Chile has one of the worlds highest coronavirus infection rates. There are more than 280000 cases, and almost 6000 people have died. But there is one part of ...

Senegal's football hero: Sadio Mane role model in his country

Newly-crowned premier league champions Liverpool will soon take on Manchester City. The goals of Senegalese striker Sadio Mane have been central to ...

European police crack encrypted network, probe leads to arrests

Police across Europe have arrested hundreds of members of crime gangs after hacking into an encrypted network. More than 750 people were arrested by ...

UK court denies Venezuela's Maduro access to gold in bank vault

Venezuelas government has condemned a UK court ruling denying it permission to withdraw gold worth $1bn from the Bank of England. President Nicolas ...

Mexicos president is promising action after 26 people were killed in an attack on a drug rehabilitation centre. The latest incident adds to the challenges faced by ...

The trial of 20 Saudi nationals accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, is due to start in Turkey. Khashoggis death at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul drew ...

Hidden away in the COVID-19 pandemic are Malaysias migrant workers. For years, they have done the countrys most dangerous, dirtiest jobs. Now ...

A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 162 people and wounded another 54, officials say, in one of the worst-ever accidents to hit the ...

It is an ancient monument revered by different ideologies for centuries. Hagia Sofia in Turkey - one of the worlds most contested buildings - is creating ...

The price of bread in Lebanon has increased for the first time in 10 years, as the collapsing local currency causes food prices to soar. The lira has lost more than ...

The latest job figures in the United States have just been released - and it appears that things are looking up - at least in the short term. About 4.8 million ...

Two people were shot dead and seven others injured on Thursday when soldiers opened fire on mourners wanting to attend the funeral of popular Ethiopian ...

Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite who was accused by many women of helping procure underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested in the United ...

The push for racial justice in the United States is putting renewed pressure on the Washington Redskins football team to change its name. Activists say the term ...

China is refusing to back away from enforcing its strict new security law on Hong Kong, despite mounting pressure from countries like the United States and the ...

While England wrestles with new lockdown measures, COVID-19 infection and death rates are much lower in Scotland and Wales. With pubs and restaurants ...

As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks up the economy, business owners in Leicester say they are depressed. The English city is the first to impose a local ...

Indias first plasma bank has opened in the national capital, New Delhi. Meanwhile, the countrys worst-affected state Maharashtra has started what it calls the ...

The coronavirus pandemic has closed art institutions around the world, among them, the National Gallery of Australia. But the closure has allowed conservation ...

People in the tourism industry in the Netherlands have been hesitant about welcoming back visitors as pandemic restrictions are being eased. While tourists ...

The US government has bought a massive stock of the only drug licensed to treat COVID-19, fanning fears there will be shortages of the anti-viral remdesivir in ...

Ethiopias military has been deployed to the capital Addis Ababa, on the second day of unrest triggered by the murder of a popular singer-activist. Haacaaluu ...