The World Health Organization has raised the risk of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo to “very high,” warning the outbreak could accelerate rapidly. With no approved vaccine or treatment available, health officials are racing to contain the virus and prevent wider regional spread. Source link
President Donald Trump on Thursday said past US presidents have mulled intervening in Cuba for decades, but “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it.” He’d suggested the opposite a day earlier, however, saying further escalation isn’t necessary after federal prosecutors announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 … Read more
As anti-foreigner tensions resurface in parts of South Africa, critics are questioning whether the government’s response to xenophobia is working. South Africa has faced repeated violence targeting migrants from Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Ghana and Zambia. Earlier this month, Nigeria summoned South Africa’s acting high commissioner, citing rising anti-African migration protests. More than … Read more
Our guest has an important role in promoting social policies in the European Union, at a time when much of the political oxygen is being sucked out by the competitiveness and simplification agenda, as well as by defense and security issues. Roxana Minzatu is Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and is in charge of … Read more
England manager Thomas Tuchel made a series of bold selection calls for the World Cup, leaving out star names including Phil Foden and Cole Palmer from his 26-man squad. Tuchel said team unity mattered more than individual talent as England bids to end its 60-year wait for a major men’s trophy. Source link
Protesters set fire to tents for Ebola patients after Congolese authorities refused to give them the dead body of a victim they wanted to bury themselves, a beloved local footballer suspected to have died in the ongoing outbreak. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to defuse the incident in Ituri province which highlighted the … Read more
NATO’s European members scrambled Friday to get clarity from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on troop shifts by Washington, as they sought to placate President Donald Trump’s ire on Iran ahead of a July summit. Trump left heads spinning as NATO foreign ministers gathered in the Swedish city of Helsingborg by announcing he would … Read more
NATO allies and defense officials expressed the need to collectively help “the next phase” at Friday’s NATO meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, aimed at preparing for a summit of US President Donald Trump and his counterparts in Turkey in July. This comes as NATO allies expressed bewilderment at US President Donald Trump’s decision to send 5,000 … Read more
Ukraine on Thursday said it is ramping up security in regions bordering Belarus after warning for weeks of a possible fresh attack launched from the territory of Russia’s chief regional ally. Kyiv has sounded the alarm that Russia may use Belarus — a springboard for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine — to stage a new … Read more
Florence is sitting at the kitchen table. Her husband is there, her daughter too. They laugh together, share food – just like they did before. But there is one difference: both her husband and daughter have been dead for many years. “As if we had never been apart,” she says. Florence had never experienced dreams … Read more