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Thursday, 15 August 2024 21:25
DRC: WHO declares public health emergency as mpox spreads
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) due to a new variant of the mpox viral disease spreading across thirteen African countries, following an outbreak in the Democratic…
Thursday, 15 August 2024 21:22
USA: police officer charged with murder
An Ohio police officer, Connor Grubb, has been indicted on four counts of murder for fatally shooting 21-year-old pregnant Black woman Ta'Kiya Young in a grocery store parking lot on 24 August 2023. Grubb and another…
Thursday, 15 August 2024 21:05
USA: Disney World trying to avoid lawsuit due to a technicality
Disney World is seeking to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Jeffrey Piccolo, whose wife died from an allergic reaction after dining at a Disney World restaurant in 2023, even though the restaurant was repeatedly…
Thursday, 08 August 2024 22:52
Israel / Lebanon: UN peacekeepers ‘more crucial than ever’
UN peacekeepers on the Israeli-Lebanese border are now more crucial than ever, according to their chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix. Cross-border fire between Israel and Hezbollah has increased, raising fears of a broader regional conflict. This concern grew…
Thursday, 08 August 2024 22:48
Bangladesh: interim government to be formed after prime minister flees
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has been asked by Bangladesh’s president to lead an interim government. This decision came after prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted on 5 August, after violent student-led protests which resulted…
Thursday, 08 August 2024 22:46
Thailand: most popular political party dissolved
The constitutional court has ordered the dissolution of the Move Forward Party, which won the most parliamentary seats in the 2023 election on an anti-establishment reform agenda. The court ruled that Move Forward was undermining the…