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WHO seeks $135 million to defeat mpox: DG Tedros

A community outreach worker raises awareness about mpox in Kamanyola, South Kivu province, DR Congo. GENEVA, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Torch to begin its journey at English home of Paralympic Games

STOKE MANDEVILLE (UK), Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four days before the Paris Paralympic Games begins, the Paralympic flame will on…

Update: Police still hunting suspect in Germany’s knife attack

SOLINGEN (Germany), Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German police said on Saturday that they were still searching for an unknown assailant…

Iceland’s volcanic eruption slows as lava flows from second fissure

REYKJAVIK, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Icelandic authorities said that a second fissure had formed on the southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, but…

Russia: Four dead in jail hostage-taking by Daesh militants at remote penal colony

VOLGOGRAD (Russia), Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four prison employees were killed after several prisoners staged a revolt in a remote…

Germany: Knife attack at festival celebrating Solingen City’s 650th anniversary leaves 3 people dead; attacker on the run

Police and ambulances near the scene where people were killed and injured in an attack at a festival in Solingen,…

Honest talks needed, British PM Starmer tells Chinese Pres Xi

LONDON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told China’s President Xi Jinping he hopes they…

US unveils sweeping sanctions against Russia’s defense sector

   WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States unveiled sweeping sanctions against almost 400 individuals and companies tied to…

Venezuela: US and 10 Latin American states reject Nicolás Maduro’s vote certification

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and 10 Latin American countries issued a joint statement rejecting the Venezuela…

Update: Divers searching sunken yacht find UK tycoon’s daughter body

   PORTICELLO (Italy), Aug 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Divers searching a sunken superyacht off Sicily for UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s…