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Rebels kill seven in east DR Congo
AFP, Published on 20/10/2022
» BENI, DR Congo: Rebels killed at least seven people and kidnapped a nurse during an attack overnight Wednesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, targeting two health centres, local sources said.
Blast kills at least 9 on bus in Mali: police, local source
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» BAMAKO - An explosion killed at least nine people on a bus in central Mali on Thursday, a region regularly rocked by jihadist violence, according to police and local sources.
After floods, disease wave plagues Pakistan
AFP, Published on 07/10/2022
» JOHI, Pakistan: His head haloed by a whirlwind of mosquitoes, Aamir Hussain stands on the roof of his home in southern Pakistan surveying the fetid floodwaters all around.
Fears of shelling, radiation in Ukraine maternity ward
AFP, Published on 08/09/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Three days after Russian troops invaded her country, Maryna found out she was pregnant.
Angola bids solemn farewell to ex-strongman dos Santos
AFP, Published on 28/08/2022
» LUANDA - Angolans and world leaders gathered on Sunday for the state funeral of former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule of the oil-rich nation was marred by allegations of plunder and nepotism.
Misery and disease conquer Afghanistan a year into Taliban rule
Joe Stenson and Qubad Wali of AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» MUSA QALA, Afghanistan: The heaving wards of a ramshackle clinic in southern Afghanistan are just one sign of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis that has gripped the war-ravaged country since the Taliban returned to power a year ago.
British boy at centre of life-support fight dies
Published on 06/08/2022
» LONDON: A London hospital on Saturday withdrew life support for 12-year-old Archie Battersbee after his parents lost a long, emotive and divisive legal battle.
US doctors embroiled in sudden legal uncertainty over abortions
AFP, Published on 18/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - Days after the US state of Ohio banned abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, doctor Mae Winchester had a patient who needed to terminate her pregnancy to save her life.
Russia's plastic surgery sector feels pinch from western sanctions
AFP, Published on 07/07/2022
» MOSCOW: When it comes to looking good, Russian women are happy to splash out, even on a bit of nip-and-tuck plastic surgery.
Google to delete user location history on US abortion clinic visits
AFP, Published on 02/07/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google announced Friday it would delete users' location history when they visit abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters and other places where privacy is sought.