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What to know about Nipah virus after cases emerge in India
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2026
» LONDON - Two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in India have prompted authorities in Thailand and Malaysia to step up airport screening to prevent the spread of the infection. But what is Nipah virus, and how worried should people be?
Nipah virus outbreak in India sparks worry in China before Lunar New Year
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/01/2026
» An outbreak of the highly fatal Nipah virus in India's eastern state of West Bengal has sparked widespread attention and public concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when millions will travel.
German neo-Nazi heads for women's jail after gender change
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN - A fierce debate has erupted in Germany around a neo-Nazi who is set to begin a jail term in a women's prison on Friday after legally changing gender.
Top Iran, EU diplomats to hold nuclear talks
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» TEHRAN - European foreign ministers will hold nuclear talks with their Iranian counterpart on Friday, as President Donald Trump mulls the prospect of US involvement in the Iran-Israel war.
Iran hits Tel Aviv after overnight Israeli strikes on Tehran
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» JERUSALEM - Iran unleashed a barrage of missile strikes on Israeli cities early Monday, after Israel struck military targets deep inside Iran, with both sides threatening further devastation.
Iran missiles kill 10 in Israel in night of mutual attacks
AFP, Published on 15/06/2025
» JERUSALEM - Iranian missile fire on Israel killed at least 10 people overnight, authorities said Sunday, as the foes exchanged new waves of attacks in their most intense confrontation in history.
Trump showdown with courts in spotlight at migrant hearing
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's showdown with the judicial system will be in the spotlight Tuesday at a hearing on the fate of a migrant who was wrongly deported to El Salvador.
Netanyahu targets West Bank after Israel bus blasts
AFP, Published on 21/02/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered an “intensive operation against centres of terrorism” in the occupied West Bank, his office said, after three buses exploded in central Israel without causing any reported injuries.
Musk defends war on US government ‘fraudsters’
The New York Times, Published on 12/02/2025
» WASHINGTON — Billionaire Elon Musk, in an extraordinary Oval Office appearance on Tuesday, said he was providing maximum transparency in his US government cost-cutting initiative but offered no evidence for his sweeping claims that the federal bureaucracy had been corrupted by cheats and officials who had approved money for “fraudsters”.
There could be up to '600 lost lives' in aftermath of storm Helene
New York Times and Reuters, Published on 01/10/2024
» GERTON — National Guard units swarmed over the North Carolina mountains in helicopters, high-water vehicles and a cargo plane Monday, joining the desperate effort to deliver food, water and emergency supplies to remote mountain communities hit hard by Hurricane Helene.