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Severe acute childhood malnutrition is expected to more than double this year in Haiti amid the pandemic, rising crime and low resources, Unicef says. More than 86,000 children under the age of five could be affected, compared to 41,000…
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A video from a recent Southwest flight from Sacramento to San Diego captured a passenger attacking a flight attendant, leaving the attendant’s face bloodied and causing her to lose two teeth. The video shows the passenger, 28-year-old…
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral, it has been reported. The wedding was held in front of close friends and family on Saturday, according to several…
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A Canadian lawmaker has apologized after being caught urinating on camera during virtual parliamentary proceedings, just weeks after he appeared naked during a video call. William Amos said the incident occurred on Wednesday while he was…
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A traditional chief in Zimbabwe has ordered that the remains of the country's former president Robert Mugabe be exhumed and reburied at a national cemetery. Mugabe died in 2019 and was buried in his rural home Kutama town as per his…
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The UN mission in Mali has demanded an immediate release of President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane, after reports that they were detained by soldiers. In a tweet (in French), the Minusma mission also called for calm in the impoverished…
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The Ghana Red Cross Society has been lauded for its contribution to improve maternal and child health care services in the country through the Mother, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) project. Mr Rexford King James Adjei, Health Promotion…
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More than 200 people were injured in Malaysia on Monday when two trains collided in the capital Kuala Lumpur, the state-run Bernama news agency reported. The accident occurred at 8:45 p.m. local time when one of the trains, which was…
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Frederick Waldhausen Gordon is just 10 years old and has already defeated a chess grandmaster. But the talented young Scottish player did not share his excitement with his school friends because he thought it would be boasting. Freddy…
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The start of the corruption trial of South Africa's scandal-tainted ex-president Jacob Zuma, which was slated to start on Monday, has been postponed to May 26, a judge said. Zuma is facing 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering…
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