October 3, 2023
More than 200 people were wounded on Monday in a fuel depot explosion in Azerbaijan’s breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, the human rights ombudsman for the region said. The cause of the explosion could not immediately be determined, and it was not clear if there were any fatalities, but Armenian separatist officials said, “There are victims and
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Trade in the skulls of “critically endangered” animals is causing pointed conservation concerns. Customs at Paris’ Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle could indeed open a natural history museum. ADVERTISEMENT In seven months, 718 animal skulls – including 392 from protected primates – have been intercepted at France’s biggest airport in parcels. The skulls are seized on an almost
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Health officials in Jamaica have declared an outbreak of the dengue fever Saturday with at least 565 suspected, presumed and confirmed cases in the Caribbean nation. Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness says the outbreak comes as its National Surveillance Unit “advised that Jamaica has surpassed the dengue epidemic threshold for July and August and
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The Biden administration has announced a shift in policy this week by granting Temporary Protected Status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans already in the US. On Wednesday, US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the 18-month extension for Venezuelans residing in the US before July 31. “The conditions in their home country prevent their
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Health officials in India are racing Thursday to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus, which has already killed two and carries a fatality rate the World Health Organisation says is as high as 75 per cent. Around 800 people have been tested over the last few days in the country’s southern Kerala state, with
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Health officials in India are racing Thursday to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus, which has already killed two and carries a fatality rate the World Health Organization says is as high as 75%. Around 800 people have been tested over the last few days in the country’s southern Kerala state, with two adults
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Updated: 13/09/2023 – 13:33 Overturned cars litter the seafront in Derna, the eastern Libyan city hardest hit by devastating flooding when two dams burst following heavy rain. Overturned cars litter the seafront in Derna, the eastern Libyan city hardest hit by devastating flooding when two dams burst following heavy rain. The startling death and devastation
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According to the initial findings, 74 percent of victims were children, while a total of 510 people, almost all men, were found to have committed the abuse. A study into sexual abuse in the Swiss Catholic Church has identified almost a thousand victims and widespread efforts to cover up abuse, researchers at the University of
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Deadly floods swept through northeastern Libya over the weekend, with the top official in the region warning that the toll could exceed 2,000 dead as rescue teams searched for survivors. The Libyan Red Crescent, a nonprofit aid group whose volunteers had helped evacuate residents, said late on Monday that more than 300 people had died
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