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ny1. com > nyc > all-boroughs > ap-top-news > 05/07/2026 > health-officials-track-dozens-who-left-hantavirus-stricken-ship-after-1st-fatality

Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after 1st fatality

9+ hour, 8+ min ago  (995+ words) Health authorities on at least four continents are now tracking down and in some cases monitoring the cruise passengers who disembarked on April 24, and trying to trace others who may have come into contact with them since then. The World…...

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ny1. com > nyc > all-boroughs > ap-top-news > 04/21/2026 > popes-visit-to-equatorial-guinea-is-a-diplomatic-challenge-as-he-closes-his-africa-trip

Pope's visit to Equatorial Guinea is a diplomatic challenge as he closes his Africa trip

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1000+ words) Adoring crowds lined the road from the airport into town, cheering the first pope to visit since St. John Paul II came in 1982. Leo, wearing his formal red mozzetta cape, thrilled the flag-waving masses by arriving at the presidential palace…...

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ny1. com > nyc > all-boroughs > ap-top-news > 01/15/2026 > floods-force-evacuations-from-south-africas-kruger-national-park-and-leave-19-dead-in-other-regions

Floods force evacuations from South Africa's Kruger National Park and leave 19 dead in other regions

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (402+ words) At least 19 people have died in other parts of the region since the rains began last month. According to the National Disaster Management Center, the deaths were reported in the provinces of Mpumalanga and neighboring Limpopo, where Kruger is located....

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ny1. com > nyc > all-boroughs > news > 09/03/2025 > brooklyn-resident-sent-to-african-nation-under-trump-deportation-program-

Brooklyn resident sent to African nation under Trump deportation program

8+ mon, 4+ day ago  (361+ words) A Jamaican man who has lived most of his life in Brooklyn as a permanent U. S. resident has been deported to Eswatini, a small country in southern Africa, under the Trump administration's third-country deportation program, his lawyers said Tuesday. The Legal…...

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ny1. com > nyc > brooklyn > news > 09/23/2025 > brooklyn-man-jamaica-eswatini-deportation-released-from-prison

Brooklyn resident deported to Eswatini has been repatriated, authorities say

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (588+ words) A Jamaican man who was among five migrants deported by the United States'to Eswatini in Africa'has been repatriated to his home country, Eswatini authorities said Monday. Orville Etoria was held in a maximum-security prison in Eswatini for more than two…...

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ny1. com > nyc > all-boroughs > international > 07/30/2025 > trump-tariff-deadline-leotho-

As Trump's tariff deadline looms, clothing factory in Lesotho goes dark

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1205+ words) MASERU, Lesotho " The deafening roar of hundreds of sewing machines has gone silent. Spools of thread in every color are covered in dust. The warehouse is dark and empty. In the tiny African nation of Lesotho, clothing manufacturer Tzicc's business…...

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ny1. com > nyc > all-boroughs > ap-top-news > 06/25/2025 > court-order-stops-a-former-zambian-presidents-burial-in-south-africa-on-the-day-of-his-funeral

Court order stops a former Zambian president's burial in South Africa on the day of his funeral

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (592+ words) The case forced members of Lungu's family to delay their appearance at a burial service and instead attend a courtroom hearing in the South African capital dressed in black funeral attire. The Pretoria High Court ruled that both parties had…...

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ny1. com > nyc > all-boroughs > ap-top-news > 05/29/2025 > a-south-african-woman-is-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-selling-her-young-daughter

A South African woman is sentenced to life in prison for selling her young daughter

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (270+ words) Kelly Smith was sentenced by a judge alongside two others, her boyfriend and another man, who also received life sentences. All three were convicted earlier this month on kidnapping and human trafficking charges. Smith's daughter, Joshlin, went missing in February…...

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ny1. com > nyc > all-boroughs > politics > 05/06/2025 > randy-mastro-city-hall-first-deputy-mayor

First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro marks one month on the job

1+ year, 1+ day ago  (582+ words) It's been over a month since Randy Mastro made his return to City Hall as Eric Adams' first deputy mayor. "It's been one of the most productive and rewarding months of my entire career," Mastro said. He may be the…...

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ny1. com > nyc > all-boroughs > news > 07/09/2025 > trump-west-african-leaders-white-house

Trump touts shift from 'aid to trade' with African leaders

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (560+ words) WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump said the U. S. was "shifting from aid to trade" in its approach to Africa, as he hosted five leaders from the continent at the White House on Wednesday." The president went on to note the rich supply…...