WORLD

A US woman whose boyfriend killed her son while she was at work has been sentenced to 16 months in jail. Rebecca Hogue, 29, was convicted in November of the first-degree murder of her two-year-old son Ryder, under Oklahoma’s “failure to…
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Imprisoned senior leaders of a major opposition party in Ethiopia are refusing meals in protest against “poor conditions” inside jail. Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) executive committee members Mikael Boran and Kenasa Ayana, and its…
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The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) says 13 million people across the Horn of Africa face severe hunger because of continued drought. Failed harvests and food shortages are forcing families from their homes, the WFP says, and…
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People with high blood pressure who take paracetamol on prescription could be increasing their risk of heart attacks and strokes, a study suggests. Doctors should think about the risks and benefits to patients taking it over many months,…
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A five-year-old Moroccan boy who was trapped in a well for four days has died, despite painstaking efforts to rescue him. A royal statement announced his death soon after his removal from the well. The bid to free the boy, Rayan Oram,…
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It is often said that Queen Elizabeth II lived out the first decade of her life with little expectation of her royal destiny. She was a carefree child, apparently, who spent her time playing with her horses and dogs, blessedly free from the…
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The amount of waste being generated by the Covid-19 pandemic is a threat to the environment and human health, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The agency said used medical equipment such as needles posed a health hazard, while…
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Myanmar is seeing increasingly deadly battles between its military and organised groups of armed civilians, new data suggests. Many of those fighting the military are young people who have put their lives on hold since the junta seized…
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Reports from Bissau, the capital of the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, say there has been gunfire in the vicinity of the presidential palace. Unconfirmed reports say soldiers have surrounded the building. President Umaro Sissoco…
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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has sacked the attorney general who is also the justice minister. No reasons have been given by the presidency. Local media have linked the sacking to the pardoning of prisoners on New Year’s…
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