WORLD

A health board has halted some maternity services because of the number of staff off sick. Aneurin Bevan health board has stopped midwifery-led, and home-birthing services at four hospitals. The Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Nevill…
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The social media platform Twitter, which is currently banned in Nigeria, says it looks forward to being reinstated there following "productive" discussions with its government. Their statement follows Nigerian President Muhammadu…
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A high-profile rape allegation at Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sparked a social media storm in recent weeks about the "toxic" work culture of pressuring employees to drink at work gatherings. As public scrutiny of corporate misbehaviour…
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The biggest corruption trial in Mozambique's history is under way at a maximum security prison, at the same time as the credibility of the country's judicial system is on trial in neighbouring South Africa. The scandal involves more than…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is horrified at the findings of a report into alleged sexual abuse by aid workers tackling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa regional director Matshidiso Moeti…
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They were the trailblazers of women's rights in Afghanistan. They were the staunch defenders of the law, seeking justice for their country's most marginalized. But now, more than 220 female Afghan judges are in hiding due to fear of…
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Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday attacked Babbangida in Yobe State. The incident, which caused many of the villagers to flee, is coming one month after the terrorists launched an assault on the community. Although authorities…
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US actor Michael K Williams died after overdosing on a combination of heroin, cocaine, fentanyl and p-fluorofentanyl, the New York Chief Medical Examiner has confirmed. Williams, 54, was found unconscious and unresponsive by his nephew…
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A Kenyan police officer has woken up from a nine-month coma to find he had been sacked for desertion. Neither the family nor the police force had any idea where Constable Reuben Kimutai Lel was - his niece told the BBC they thought he…
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Two men posing as lawyers shot dead a notorious gangster inside a courtroom in India's capital, Delhi. They opened fire at Jitender Maan Gogi inside the courtroom in Rohini where a case was being heard against him. Officials say…
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