Massive fire as Sudanese factions battle for control of arms factory
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A massive fire broke out on Wednesday near a military complex containing an arms factory in southern Khartoum that Sudan’s army has...
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U.S. East Coast blanketed in an eerie veil of smoke from Canadian fires
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) – Schools across the U.S. East Coast cancelled outdoor activities, flights were halted and millions of Americans were urged...
Pope Francis in hospital for second abdominal surgery in two years
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis was admitted to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for another abdominal operation under general anaesthesia, this time...
At least 50 dead, 350 injured in a train crash in eastern India – reports
BHUBANESWAR/KOLKATA (Reuters) – At least 50 people were killed and 350 injured when two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha on...
World Bank lends $50.8 million to cut air pollution in the Bosnian region
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The World Bank has approved a 46.1 million euro ($50.8 million) loan to help Bosnia’s autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation tackle alarming air pollution...
South Africa cholera outbreak re-ignites anger over service delivery
By Carien du Plessis HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (Reuters) – When a cholera outbreak was confirmed in Hammanskraal, just north of South Africa’s capital Pretoria, it...
WHO ‘overstretched’ in response to increasing health emergencies
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – A growing number of health emergencies around the world, from Covid-19 to cholera, have left the World Health Organization’s...
Study aims to help Africans age better
By Phephile Motau Innovations that could be developed through a new research programme may raise the life expectancy of people living in sub-Saharan Africa in...
South Africans blame city as cholera cases rise
By Catherine Schenck HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africans on Monday blamed their local government for failing to provide clean water as deaths from...
Eswatini assures of contingency plan following rise in cholera cases in SA
By Khulile Thwala Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi has assured the country that the ministry has a near-airtight plan to ensure control of the cholera...
