"These days, Europe is losing its significance in global politics and the economy," a law student shouted from the audience during a recent political TV talk show broadcast on Shanghai Media Group (SMG), a Chinese state media outlet. "Are the European elite and the public aware of this?"
As a child, Iranian environmental journalist Maryam spent much of her time by the Caspian Sea. From her coastal home in the northern city of Rudsar, she witnessed how the water levels would fluctuate, so much so that in the 1990s, flooding along parts of Iran's northern shoreline left some of her relatives homeless.
An explosion inside a coal mine in central Colombia has left nine workers dead, according to the country's mining authority. The incident occurred on Monday at the legally operated La Ciscuda mine in the municipality of Sutatausa in Cundinamarca, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of Bogota. Six miners were reported to have been rescued.
Like many other Germans, Adolf Hitler had neither blond hair nor was he particularly tall. The Nazi ideal of the "Aryan" with roots in Northern Europe was more the exception than the rule.
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Malawi's fuel crisis amid uncertainty in the oil market shows no signs of abating. Even as the government reassures citizens that the country is not running out of fuel, most filling stations are dry, and the few with fuel are experiencing long queues. "At times, we have to trek in order to reach to our destinations.
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday that the self-governed island had the "right to engage with the world," as he landed back in Taipei after a trip to its sole African ally, Eswatini.