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Rash of child deaths in Gambia ‘linked to syrups made in India’

October 6, 2022

In this file photo taken on May 10, 2016, a woman and children walk through the Senegalese-Gambia border town of Karango. (SEYLLOU / AFP) The deaths of dozens of young children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian...

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UK nurses begin biggest strike ballot in more than 100 years

October 6, 2022

A nurse tends to a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the Strasbourg University Hospital, eastern France, Jan 13, 2022. (JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS / AP) LONDON - More than 300,000 members of Britain's largest nursing union will begin voting on Thursday over a strike to demand a pay rise...

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California family kidnapped on Monday found dead, Sheriff says

October 6, 2022

This undated image released by Merced County Sheriff's Office shows a person of interest, where the person is similar in appearance to the surveillance photo from the original kidnapping scene where four members of a family, including an 8-month-old child, were taken against their will at gunpoint from a business...

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US says no change to Venezuela sanctions policy

October 6, 2022

This handout picture released by Venezuelan Presidency shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro delivering a speech to National Constituent Assembly (ANC) members at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas on Dec 18, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (JHONANDER GAMARRA / VENEZUELAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) WASHINGTON - The United States has no...

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Zelensky, Stoltenberg discuss Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration

October 6, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (right) talk during a press conference after their bilateral meeting at the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Dec 16, 2021. (JOHN THYS / AFP) KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday he held a phone conversation with Secretary-General...

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Russia expels Lithuanian charge d’affaires in retaliatory move

October 6, 2022

This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW - Russia has declared the charge d'affaires of Lithuania in Russia, Virginija Umbrasiene, "persona non grata," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. An employee from the Lithuanian...

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At least 15 migrants dead in shipwreck off Greek’s Lesbos

October 6, 2022

Migrants sit on the deck of a coast guard vessel upon their arrival at Mytilene port, on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece on June 22, 2022. (PANAGIOTIS BALASKAS / AP) ATHENS – At least 15 people died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos...

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Malta spends over 1.6 billion euros on COVID-19 measures

October 6, 2022

People queue outside tents set up for either COVID-19 positive or in quarantine voters to cast their vote in Zejtun on March 26, 2022 during Malta's general election. (PHOTO / AFP) VALLETTA / MOSCOW - Malta has spent more than 1.6 billion euros (US$1.58 billion) on support measures since the COVID-19...

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Fourth health worker dies of Ebola in western Uganda

October 6, 2022

Members of the Ugandan Medical staff of the Ebola Treatment Unit stand inside the ward in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda on Sept 24, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA - Another health worker died of Ebola Wednesday in the western part of Uganda...

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3 scientists share 2022 Nobel Chemistry Prize

October 6, 2022

Members of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry (center, left to right) Chair Professor of Theoretical Chemistry Johan Aqvist and Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren listen to Professor in Chemistry Olof Ramstrom during a press conference to announce the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize...

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Bertozzi, Meldal and Sharpless win 2022 Nobel chemistry prize

October 5, 2022

This picture taken on Dec 10, 2018 shows a general view of the Nobel Prize banquet and its guests in the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM - Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday "for the...

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African Union invites Ethiopia’s warring parties to peace talks

October 5, 2022

A man crosses near a destroyed truck on a road leading to the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 11, 2021. (BEN CURTIS / AP) NAIROBI - The African Union has invited Ethiopia's government and rival Tigray forces to peace talks in South...

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Putin gives final approval to accession move

October 5, 2022

From left, Moscow-appointed head of Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo, Moscow-appointed head of Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Denis Pushilin, leader of self-proclaimed of the Donetsk People's Republic and Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, pose for a photo during a ceremony to sign the...

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Russian cosmonaut hitching ride with SpaceX as part of ISS crew

October 5, 2022

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft rests at launch pad 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-5 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct 4, 2022. CAPE CANAVERAL - Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX was due to launch the next...

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EU to include energy self-sufficiency in recovery plans

October 5, 2022

A European Union flag flies in Gibraltar on March 28, 2017. The EU has urged Facebook, Twitter and Google in June to improve their proposed changes to user terms by the end of September. (Jorge Guerrero / AFP) BRUSSELS - The ministers of finance and economic affairs of the European...

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Uganda removes president’s son from army role

October 5, 2022

Lt. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who leads the Ugandan army's land forces, looks on during his birthday party in Entebbe, Uganda May 7, 2022. (ABUBAKER LUBOWA / REUTERS) President Yoweri Museveni has removed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as commander of Uganda's land forces, the...

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Mexico president denies spying on critics with Pegasus spyware

October 5, 2022

In this file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presents his fourth year government report at the National Palace in Mexico City, Sept 1, 2022. (MARCO UGARTE / AP) MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador denied on Tuesday that his administration spied on journalists or opponents...

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EU ministers agree to include energy self-sufficiency in recovery plans

October 5, 2022

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Biden, doctors say new abortion laws have chilling impact

October 5, 2022

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the second meeting of the Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Oct 4, 2022. (SAUL LOEB / AFP) WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden and top White House officials announced...

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UK COVID-19 inquiry begins, vowing to expose culpable acts

October 5, 2022

People write messages in memory of their beloved ones, on the National COVID-19 Memorial Wall, in London, on March 28, 2022. (TOLGA AKMEN / AFP) LONDON / WASHINGTON - A public inquiry into Britain's response to and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic got underway on Tuesday, with a promise it would...