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Ebola outbreak deadliest in Congo's history as death toll passes 2,300

Ebola outbreak deadliest in Congo’s history as death toll passes 2,300

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached 2,325, making it the deadliest in the country's history, the Public Health Institute in Kinshasa reported on Monday. In the Congo's previous largest Ebola outbreak between 2018 and 2020, 2,299 people died. The number of confirmed cases has risen to 4,945, according to the ...

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Ebola outbreak deadliest in Congo’s history as death toll passes 2,300

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached 2,325, making it the deadliest in the country's history, the Public Health Institute in Kinshasa reported on Monday. In the Congo's previous largest Ebola outbreak between 2018 and 2020, 2,299 people died. The number of confirmed cases has risen to 4,945, according to the ...
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Jared Kushner meets Hamas on Mideast trip to push Gaza deal

BEIRUT – Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, held a rare meeting with Palestinian militant group Hamas on Sunday in Egypt, in an effort to advance a fragile U.S.-backed peace deal for Gaza that was met with opposition from Israel.
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In Spain’s Ceuta, hundreds of migrants stage protest and demand asylum

MADRID – Hundreds of migrants who recently entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta staged a protest on a popular urban beach on Sunday, urging Spanish authorities to grant them asylum instead of sending them back to Morocco. They were among the estimated 5,000 to 8,000 who remain in Ceuta after ​the mass border crossing two weeks ago that saw over 72,000 people surge into the tiny territory of about 80,000. The vast majority returned voluntarily in the following days.
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Australia gun buyback to start in November, PM Albanese says

SYDNEY – Australia's New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, part of the national response ​to a shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, the state capital.
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Iran, Oman home in on Hormuz Strait deal as ship attacks mount

Iran and Oman appear to be edging closer to a deal on how the Strait of Hormuz should be managed, agreeing on routes through the key waterway that’s proved a major stumbling block in efforts to end almost six months of war between the Islamic Republic and the U.S. The finalization of a “shipping map” forms part of a broader accord to govern traffic through the strait and constitutes an ...
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6 dead, including suspect, in northern Michigan shooting

DETROIT — Six people are dead, including the suspect, in a mass shooting in Northern Michigan, Michigan State Police confirmed Friday. Details of the attack were emerging late Friday from the MSP officials, including that a person was critically wounded. MSP Lt. Ashley Miller told WWJ Newsradio that said a call came in to 911 dispatchers reporting a shooting at around 11:40 a.m. Friday, near ...
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Nigel Farage ethics probe resumes after U.K. election victory

Nigel Farage is returning to Parliament after comfortably defeating a satirical candidate dressed as a trash can, in an election victory that allowed an ethics probe to resume into the Reform UK leader’s personal finances. Farage got 62.8% of the vote in the constituency centered on the English resort town of Clacton-on-Sea to retain his seat in the House of Commons, beating his main ...
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Earthquake deepens Colombia leader’s push to empower remote regions

Yeiner Mena had only recently finished building a new home with his wife in the remote Colombian city of Quibdo when the strongest earthquake in 50 years reduced it to rubble. “We lost everything,” Mena, 30, said. “We are alone.” The challenge facing new President Abelardo de la Espriella is to prove to families like Mena’s that they’re not. A conservative lawyer and political outsider, De la ...