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Deadly parasite ‘jumped’ from gorilla to humans
A rare and unfortunate sequence of events allowed a deadly type of malaria in gorillas to "jump" species and attack humans, according to scientists.
Hundreds of thousands of people die from malaria every year and Plasmodium falciparum -…
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Officers who stopped Christchurch mosque attacker get award
Two New Zealand police officers who managed to arrest a man accused of killing 51 people at two mosques earlier this year have been cited for their role in preventing more deaths.
The officers were awarded the 2019 New Zealand Police…
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Buhari demands action after ‘sex for grades’ expose
Four days after a BBC Africa Eye documentary was broadcast revealing cases of sexual harassment at two top West African Universities, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said more needs to be done to prevent abuse in educational…
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Rare ‘golden’ zebra foal spotted in Kenya reserve
A rare zebra foal has been sighted in Kenya’s Maasai Mara reserve, weeks after a polka dotted zebra was spotted in the same park.
The golden-coloured baby zebra was spotted on Wednesday by John Manie Kipas, a tour guide in the reserve…
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UK: Boy, 15, stabbed to death outside fast food joint
An aspiring footballer who was stabbed to death in east London has been named as 15-year-old Baptista Adjei.
The young ‘popular’ boy was fatally knifed in his school uniform outside McDonald’s, in Stratford Broadway, at 3.20pm on…
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US Homeland Security chief steps down
The acting head of US Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, has resigned after six months in the post.
In a tweet, President Donald Trump said Mr McAleenan wanted to spend more time with his family. He said his replacement would be named…
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Six arrested in Uganda ‘for wearing red berets’
Six people have been arrested in Uganda for wearing red berets after they were banned earlier this week, a spokesman for Bobi Wine's People Power movement has told Reuters news agency.
Former rapper and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who…
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Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan: EU ‘open but unconvinced’
The European Union is "open but not convinced" by the UK PM's new proposals for a Brexit deal with the EU, the president of the European Council says.
Donald Tusk was among several leading EU voices to express doubt over Boris Johnson's…
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$124k reward offered to stolen gold toilet
A reward of up to £100,000 ($124,000) has been offered for the return of a solid gold toilet stolen from a UK stately home, as police release CCTV images of a vehicle they believe was involved in the September theft.
The fully…
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Two teachers, six students kidnapped in Nigeria
Police in Nigeria say six female secondary school students and two members of staff have been kidnapped in Kaduna State in the north of the country.
The kidnappings happened before dawn at the Engravers College - a boarding school near…
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