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3 dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
5+ hour, 48+ min ago (567+ words) Three people are dead and several others have been sickened in an apparent hantavirus outbreak on board a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The first person who died was a 70-year-old man who died on the ship and whose…...
Taiwan's president lands in Eswatini in a trip delayed by lack of overflight clearance
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (427+ words) TAIPEI, Taiwan " Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said he arrived in the African nation of Eswatini on Saturday, days after his government was forced to push back the trip when several countries withdrew permission for him to fly over their territories…...
Rights summit in Zambia is canceled after Chinese pressure to exclude Taiwanese activists
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (499+ words) CAPE TOWN, South Africa " The U. S. -based organizers of an international human rights conference said they canceled it days before it was due to open because China pressured the African host country to exclude Taiwanese activists. Organizers Access Now, a New…...
Golfer Andrea Pavan falls down elevator shaft, injured
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (240+ words) Pro golfer Andrea Pavan was injured after he fell down an elevator shaft and had to drop out of the DP World Tour's Investec South African Open. Pavan fell several floors in the elevator shaft at a building where he…...
Taiwan president postpones Eswatini visit and says China pressured African countries
1+ week, 6+ day ago (390+ words) TAIPEI, Taiwan " Taiwan's president postponed a visit to Africa this week when three countries withdrew permission for him to fly over their territories after pressure from China, his office said Tuesday. President Lai Ching-te was set to visit Eswatini, Taiwan's…...
Did Pope Leo find his voice in Africa? Or did the world finally hear him?
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (1053+ words) LUANDA, Angola " And in Africa, the lion roared. There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV, the careful, reserved, Midwestern Augustinian, found his voice on his epic trip through Africa, blasting the "handful of tyrants" and "chains…...
UK puts Chagos Islands handover deal on hold after Trump withdraws support
3+ week, 2+ day ago (647+ words) LONDON " Britain's agreement to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands that are home to a strategic U. K. -American military base is on indefinite hold because U. S. President Donald Trump's administration has withdrawn its support for the deal. The British government acknowledged Saturday that…...
Gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wider, UN report says
3+ week, 2+ day ago (369+ words) UNITED NATIONS " The gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wider as actions agreed to by many countries last year, including overhauling the major global financial institutions, remain unfulfilled promises, a U. N. report concludes. The report assessing the blueprint…...
A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa
3+ week, 3+ day ago (919+ words) Pope Leo XIV's four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years. Themes Leo is expected to raise include Christian-Muslim coexistence, the…...
Pope's Africa trip takes him to a source of growth for the church, and critical challenges
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1001+ words) VATICAN CITY " When Pope Leo XIV pronounced himself a "son of St. Augustine" the night of his election, some Algerians took that to mean his ancestors hailed from the North African country where the 5th century saint lived and died. Leo's…...