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The rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola that Congo is battling took locals by surprise after weeks of spreading unnoticed. Hundreds of cases were suspected when Congolese authorities announced the outbreak on May 15, but many dismissed the news as a “Western conspiracy.” At least 63 people have died from 397 confirmed cases, the Africa Centers … Read more
The French Open women’s final is guaranteed to make history, with Poland’s Maja Chwalinska aiming to become the first qualifier to win the title and Russia’s Mirra Andreeva seeking to become the youngest champion since 1992. The match takes place on Saturday at Roland Garros. FRANCE 24’s Jamaes Vasina reports. Source link
Ukraine on Saturday fired hundreds of drones targeting the St. Petersburg region in the second such attack on Russia’s second-largest city in less than a week. The attack came on the final day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, President Vladimir Putin’s annual investment forum known as “Russia’s Davos”. Source link
Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the Élysée Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac while building her own political power in rural Corrèze and turning a children’s hospital charity into a national institution, has died. She was 93. Source link
Some of the last surviving veterans gathered in France on Saturday to mark the anniversary of D-Day, marking 82 years since the Allied landing in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Veterans will take part in the annual remembrance ceremony at the British Normandy Memorial. Only six people have confirmed their attendance this year, the … Read more
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office on Friday condemned comments by US Vice President JD Vance, who blamed immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound. Source link
Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the Élysée Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac while building her own political power in rural Corrèze and turning a children’s hospital charity into a national institution, has died. She was 93. Beloved by many, Bernadette was a … Read more
Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party, an online joke that drew millions across India, gathered for the first time in the national capital on Saturday, taking the social media movement off screens and into its biggest real-world test yet. The protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, marks the movement’s first foray into … Read more
The 25th annual Nuit Blanche (White Night) contemporary art festival will transform Paris into a giant artistic playground on Saturday. This year’s artistic director, Barbara Butch, has been given carte blanche to curate the all-night event, which will feature nearly 200 free installations focused on love, celebration and collective creativity. Source link