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Death toll from Lassa fever outbreak hits 166...
Abuja [Nigeria], October 3: The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has risen...

Feature: Jane Goodall, whose Tanzania research reshaped primatology,...
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], October 3: The world is mourning Jane Goodall, the renowned ethologist, primatologist, and conservationist, who died...

Ghanaian president inaugurates joint national cyber security committee
Accra [Ghana], October 3: Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated an 18-member Joint Cyber Security Committee at a ceremony...

AU meeting on voluntary surrender of illicit arms...
Kampala [Uganda], October 3: An African Union (AU) meeting on the voluntary surrender of illicit arms opened Thursday in Kampala,...

Feature: Kenya embraces digital health to expand access,...
Nairobi [Kenya], October 3: Over a year ago, while working as a midwife at a hospital in Kakamega County, western...

COMESA launches e-certificate of origin system to spur...
Nairobi [Kenya], October 3: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) on Thursday launched its electronic certificate of...

Flash floods kill nine in Odesa after heavy...
Kiev [Ukraine], October 3: Flash floods in Ukraine's Odesa killed nine people including a family of five trapped in their...

Trump eyes cuts to 'Democrat Agencies' in government...
New York [US], October 3: U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet with his budget director Russell Vought on...

OpenAI hits $500 billion valuation
New York [US], October 3: OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has reached a valuation of $500 billion, following a deal...

Israel threatens all staying in Gaza City, kills...
Gaza [Palestine], October 3: At least 53 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn across Gaza as Israel...

Death toll rises to 3 in Morocco with...
Rabat [Morocco], October 3: At least three people have died in Morocco during protests against alleged corruption and decisions in...

DiCaprio hails 'dear friend' and 'hero' Goodall
London [UK], October 3: Oscar-winning actor and environmental campaigner Leonardo DiCaprio has led tributes to his "dear friend" and personal...

Philippine earthquake toll rises to 72
Manila [Philippines], October 3: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos visited the earthquake-hit area of Bogo City on Thursday and announced over...

Israel says Gaza flotilla halted as activists hail...
Gaza [Palestine], October 3: The Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it had prevented the Global Sumud Flotilla from breaking...

Hope fades in Indonesia school collapse
Jakarta [Indonesia], October 3: Indonesian rescue workers on Thursday began using heavy equipment to remove rubble from a collapsed Islamic...

Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners
Kiev [Ukraine], October 3: Russia and Ukraine have once again exchanged prisoners of war, with each side handing over 185...

US declares security guarantee for Qatar after Israeli...
New York [US], October 2: The US will view any armed attack on Qatari territory as a threat to Washington...

Billionaire Elon Musk becomes the first person to...
New York [US] October 2: Billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of electric car company Tesla, has become the first person in...

Austria inflation eases to 4% in September
Vienna [Austria], October 2: Austria's September inflation rate eased slightly to 4% from 4.1% in August, according to estimate released...

EU consistently targeted by diverse yet convergent threat...
Berlin [Germany], October 2: The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) warned that cyber-threat groups are reusing tools and techniques,...

World's major cities hit by 25% more hot...
New York [US], October 2: The world's biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25 percent more extremely hot days...

Qatar Emir discusses with Trump the plan to...
Doha [Qatar], October 2: Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani discussed with U.S. President Donald Trump his plan to...

Russia does not recognize return of UN sanctions...
Moscow [Russia], October 2: Russia does not recognize the return of United Nations sanctions on Iran, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily...

Germany's Oktoberfest to reopen after bomb scare
Berlin [Germany], October 2: The Oktoberfest will reopen after police found nothing suspicious in a major operation prompted by a...

Unidentified vessels approach Gaza aid flotilla
Gaza [Palestine], October 2: Some 20 unidentified vessels were seen approaching the international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza...

Netanyahu supports Trump Gaza plan, faces coalition pushback
Gaza [Palestine], October 2: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's support for Donald Trump's Gaza plan is a gamble that may...

'Alternative Nobel Prize' goes to Pacific climate activists
The Hague [Netherlands], October 2: A group of law students studying in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu and a...