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Factbox-Countries with confirmed cases of new mpox strain
India became the third country outside of Africa to confirm a case of the clade Ib form of the mpox virus that has triggered global...
Sep 24, 20242 min read


Explainer-Why is mpox an emergency again, and how worried should I be?
LONDON - The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact,...
Aug 17, 20243 min read


US issues sanctions on rebel group alliance over conflict in DRC
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday will impose sanctions on a coalition of rebel groups it accused of seeking to overthrow the...
Jul 26, 20242 min read


DR Congo soldiers sentenced to death for fleeing battle
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo - Twenty-five soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic...
Jul 4, 20242 min read


Army disarray hobbles Congo's fight with Rwanda-backed rebels, officers say
Paris - Soldiers from Democratic Republic of Congo's 223rd Battalion were sent to the lush hillsides near Lake Kivu to repel a rebel...
Jul 4, 20247 min read


Rwanda says UN refugee agency lying in British asylum policy case
KIGALI - Rwanda said the U.N. refugee agency had lied when the organisation told a British court this week that asylum seekers sent to...
Jun 12, 20242 min read


Swiss parliament considers snubbing European court climate ruling
BERN -The lower house of the Swiss parliament votes on Wednesday on a motion rejecting a landmark ruling ordering Switzerland to do more...
Jun 12, 20243 min read


Explainer-How does Italy's migration deal with Albania work?
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Albania on Wednesday, where her government plans to build reception camps to house...
Jun 8, 20243 min read


In heated debate, Britain's Sunak, Starmer go head-to-head on the economy
LONDON -Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour challenger Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Tuesday over how to boost Britain's economy,...
Jun 6, 20243 min read


Albania makes progress on Italy's migrant centres ahead of Meloni visit
GJADER, Albania - Construction workers in Albania are working hard to transform a former military air base into an Italian-run migrant...
Jun 6, 20242 min read


More migrant dinghies cross Channel to England despite Rwanda threat
STRAIT OF DOVER - Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England on Saturday, the latest among thousands...
May 5, 20242 min read


Labour victories in key UK mayoral polls deal fresh blow to Sunak
LONDON -Britain's Labour Party won mayoral polls in London and central England on Saturday, in crushing defeats for Prime Minister Rishi...
May 5, 20242 min read
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