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Thailand confirms first Asian case of new Mpox strain

Thailand has announced its first confirmed case of a new, potentially deadlier strain of Mpox – the first in Asia, and second outside of Africa.

August 23, 2024 5:30 am
 

World

Trump earns big from Florida golf resorts as his other businesses flag

Donald J. Trump’s golf club in Jupiter, Florida, where multi-million-dollar villas flank the greens of an 18-hole course, reflects the new geography of his family business.

August 22, 2024 1:43 pm
 

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Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due to weather

The helicopter crash in which Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused by weather conditions and the aircraft’s inability to handle the weight it was carrying.

August 22, 2024 12:19 pm
 

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At least 24 killed as Congolese boat overturns

At least 24 people died after an overloaded boat capsized on a river in Congo’s Mai-Ndombe province, and the death toll is expected to rise as many passengers are missing, a local official said.

August 22, 2024 11:50 am
 

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Five Kenyan policemen arraigned over jail break of suspected serial killer

Five Kenyan police officers were arraigned, accused of helping a suspected serial killer and 12 others escape from a police station in the capital Nairobi, court documents showed.

August 22, 2024 10:35 am
 

World

Four bodies retrieved from Mike Lynch's sunken yacht in Sicily

Four bodies were found aboard the sunken wreck of a yacht belonging to the wife of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, sources close to the rescue operation said.

August 22, 2024 9:19 am
 

World

Three staff killed in shooting in school in Bosnia

Three members of staff at a high school in western Bosnian were killed when a cleaner opened fire with an automatic rifle before trying to take his own life, police said.

August 22, 2024 8:03 am
 

World

RFK Jr. to withdraw from Presidential race

Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to drop out of the race by the end of the week and endorse Republican former President Donald Trump, ABC News reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

August 22, 2024 7:30 am
 

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Philippines says recent mpox case is mild Clade 2 variant

The Philippines’ health minister said a recently detected mpox case in the Southeast Asian nation is of the mild Clade 2 variant and not the newer variant that has spread rapidly in Africa.

August 21, 2024 4:24 pm
 

Pacific Islands

Kiribati closes border to diplomats until 2025

Kiribati has banned foreign diplomatic visits until 2025 due to national elections in a move that has left officials scrambling for more information.

August 21, 2024 4:10 pm
 

World

Blinken wraps up Mideast trip with Gaza deal still elusive

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought during a whirlwind trip to the Middle East to inject urgency into efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire deal, but departed the region with an agreement between Israel and Hamas still elusive.

August 21, 2024 3:30 pm
 

World

China's rising youth unemployment breeds new working class

Rising unemployment in China is pushing millions of college graduates into a tough bargain, with some forced to accept low-paying work or even subsist on their parents’ pensions, a plight that has created a new working class of “rotten-tail kids”.

August 21, 2024 2:50 pm

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