Indonesia's Marapi volcano erupts, spewing ash
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Indonesia’s Marapi volcano in West Sumatra province erupted on Sunday, spewing volcanic ash as high as 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) into the…
Medication hike: FCT residents resort to “agbo”
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Following astronomical increase in prices of drugs, some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have resorted to herbal concoctions commonly referred…
Nine dead after armed men raid Peru's Poderosa mine - ministry
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nine people were killed and 15 injured after armed men raided Peru’s Poderosa mine with explosives and took hostages, the Interior Ministry…
Guinea-Bissau president calls deadly violence 'attempted coup', as soldiers ordered back to barracks
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Saturday said this week’s deadly violence involving members of the National Guard was an “attempted coup”…
Pope Francis says he's doing better but again skips his window appearance facing St. Peter's Square
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Reading Time: < 1 minute For a second Sunday, an ailing Pope Francis skipped his popular window appearance to the public in St. Peter’s Square, but in televised…
UK ready to give Rwanda £15m to seal new small boats treaty, report suggests
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Rwanda is to be given at least £15 million extra to sign a treaty with the UK to take migrants who arrive…
The 20 ‘most painful' health conditions, according to the NHS
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Jeremy Hunt’s free childcare pledge ‘doomed to fail’ as thousands of nurseries close amid staffing crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Thousands of nurseries have shut their doors amid a staffing crisis, leaving Jeremy Hunt’s flagship Budget pledge to expand free childcare for British families “doomed to failure”, The Independent has…
Burkina Faso rights defender abducted as concerns grow over alleged clampdown on dissent
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A prominent human rights defender in Burkina Faso has been abducted by unknown individuals, rights groups have announced, in what activists say could…
Zambia landslides bury miners digging tunnels illegally, killing 7 and leaving more than 20 missing
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Seven miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried…