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The DRC is made up of 26 provinces and has a population of around 100 million. (File) DR Congo: An mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 548 people since the start of the year, with all provinces affected by the virus, the health minister said on Thursday in a statement. The…
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Tampa, Florida, has been crowned America’s most desirable city for 2024. A new poll conducted by real estate company Clever has found Washington DC to be the least desirable city in America. For the study, the firm polled 1,000 people in June and analysed migration data from the US Census to uncover why the US…
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The Kremlin has strongly rejected his supporters’ accusation that Putin had him murdered. (File) London: The wife of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that investigators had told her his death in an Arctic prison colony in February was caused by a “combination of diseases” – a finding she rejected as preposterous. Yulia…
President Ranil Wickremesinghe addresses his supporters after submitting his nomination papers for the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for September 21, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on August 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters COLOMBO As many as 39 presidential aspirants will contest a crucial poll in Sri Lanka on September 21, the Election Commission said on…
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An amputee in a wheelchair carries bread past children selling goods on a street in Khan Yunis, on the southern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. | Photo Credit: AFP More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza,…
The study was published in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. A job interview question has been found to have the potential to catch liars and billionaire Elon Musk has been using it. According to the New York Post, Tesla and SpaceX in 2017 revealed that he asked the same interview question…
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Russia often arrests foreigners on minor charges before accusing them of more serious offences (File) Moscow: US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina was sentenced to 12 years in prison for “treason” by a Russian court on Thursday, after allegedly donating a little over $50 to a pro-Ukraine charity. US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina was sentenced to 12 years…
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A protester vandalises a mural of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with paint, demanding her resignation, at Teacher Student Center area of University of Dhaka, in Dhaka. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal has started an investigation against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and nine others on charges of genocide and crimes…
The symptoms of the disease can last up to seven days. An insect-borne virus has emerged in South America and two deaths were reported in two young Brazilian women due to the same. The women had no underlying health conditions. In June and July, Europe saw 19 imported cases of the Oropouche virus, as reported…
Iran blames Israel for Ismail Haniyeh’s death. New Delhi: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a warning against any form of retreat or compromise, invoking the concept of “divine wrath”. This comes in the wake of growing tensions between Iran and Israel following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Hamas,…
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