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The Russian-born chief of the popular but controversial messaging app was sensationally detained at Le Bourget airport outside Paris on August 24 and then charged with a litany of violations related to the messaging app
In particular, the report accuses Beijing of using front organizations to connect with local groups to replace authentic and diverse community views with those approved by the ruling party
Corruption is seen as the "single greatest hurdle" they face to achieve their own potential and a better life
Waste management company accused of dumping or burying some 200,000 tons of waste
State broadcaster says bus ran into a group of parents and children on the side of the road
At least 81 people were put to death in August alone, significantly more than the 45 reported in July, a group of 11 independent United Nations rights experts says
Former cabinet member Mostafa Tajzadeh has been charged with 'propaganda' against the state, local media say
Beijing is seeking to deepen ties with the resource-rich continent it has furnished with billions in loans for infrastructure and development
China is the leading emitter of the greenhouse gas emissions scientists say are driving global climate change
Born in Syria, Al Hussein fled the civil war in his homeland, first seeking refuge in Turkey before settling in Greece in 2014
Three other would-be candidates dismissed despite court rulings allowing them to run
Opponents see controversial reform of judiciary as worryingly autocratic move by governing party
The continent is already a key BRI region, with Chinese companies signing contracts there worth more than $700 billion between 2013 and 2023, according to Beijing's commerce ministry
Ravaged by decades of conflict and violence, the country held its last census in 1997 in 15 of its provinces, excluding the three northern ones in the autonomous Kurdistan region
Heavy rains have been drenching Africa's Sahel region since June and the latest victims in Niger come on top of at least 217 people who have died across the country in that time
Membership in BRICS bank will offer Algeria 'new prospects to support and strengthen its economic growth in the medium and long term,' finance ministry says
Christian Tein, who considers himself a 'political prisoner,' was one of seven pro-independence activists transferred to mainland France in June
Nearly six million Poles died in the conflict that killed more than 50 million people overall, including the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, half of them Polish
China has expanded ties with African nations in the past decade
The craft was carrying 19 passengers and three crew members
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