At least six dead as fire tears through hotel in eastern India’s Patna
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A major fire that engulfed a restaurant and hotel in eastern India on Thursday killed at least six people and injured 20, a…
Flooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people as heavy rains continue in Eastern Africa
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said…
Tanzania Shuts Down Five Hydroelectric Stations Over Excess Power Supply
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reports have it that the Prime Minister of Tanzania, Kassim Majaliwa, has announced the shutdown of five hydroelectric stations in the country,…
Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder…
Venice begins charging day-trippers €5 in attempt to get a grip on tourist numbers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Venice has become the first city in the world to introduce a payment system for visitors in an experiment aimed at dissuading tourists from…
Kenya: Floods cause widespread devastation in Nairobi
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Roads have turned into rivers in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, as a top official said flooding had “escalated to extreme levels”. Read…
One arrested as Nigeria's Okechukwu Iweha is stabbed to death in London
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Metropolitan Police say they have arrested a man after a 46-year-old Nigerian, Okechukwu Iweha was stabbed to death in Haringey, London. …
Iranian rapper sentenced to death, says lawyer
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Hip-hop artist Toomaj Salehi, through his music, supported months of demonstrations in Iran in 2022 sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini who…
Two horses who bolted through central London in a 'serious condition'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Two horses who bolted and charged through central London on Wednesday are in a “serious condition”, a minister has said. Read More
40 years after discovery of HIV, another huge breakthrough is within our grasp
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Today marks 40 years since scientists discovered that HIV causes AIDs – and now, the UK could be just a few more years away from…