Poor sanitation and supply shortages fuel child mpox deaths in DRC
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Children with Mpox are dying because of a lack of basic supplies including soap and antibiotics in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Far too much dangerous cladding on buildings, says deputy PM in fire scene visit
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Progress on making buildings safe has been too slow and there remains “far too much” dangerous cladding on properties, the Deputy Prime Minister said…
Women in Chad defy discrimination and violence to assert their rights to own and control land
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When Milla Nemoudji, a 28-year-old from a village in southern Chad, divorced her husband following years of physical abuse, she found herself…
Hundreds caught trying to walk cases full of cannabis through customs - after being duped by traffickers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Hundreds of cannabis couriers have been caught trying to smuggle suitcases full of the drug through British airports. Read More
Doctors demand ‘bold actions’ to tackle ‘vaping epidemic’ among young people
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Top doctors have called for legislation aimed at tackling youth vaping to include a total ban on disposable e-cigarettes and all flavours apart…
Race to rescue foreign workers trapped in collapsed tunnel in Thailand
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Rescuers in Thailand are racing against time to save three workers trapped in a tunnel that collapsed over the weekend at a high-speed rail construction…
Bride-to-be 'devastated' after losing £2,500 wedding dress in Dagenham fire
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A bride-to-be is “devastated” after her wedding dress was lost along with the rest of her belongings in a fire that tore through a…
Mpox outbreaks in Africa result from neglect and global community's inability to stop epidemics
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The rising Mpox outbreaks in Africa that triggered the World Health Organization’s emergency declaration are largely the result of decades of neglect…
Suspected jihadists kill hundreds in Burkina Faso attack
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Hundreds were killed in north-central Burkina Faso on Saturday after suspected jihadists opened fire on them as they were digging trenches around…
Taliban’s ‘dystopian’ new rules banning Afghan women from speaking in public widely condemned
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Taliban’s “dystopian” new laws that forbid women from speaking or showing any part of their bodies in public have sparked anger among human rights activists,…