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U.S. health officials announced Wednesday that soil and water samples taken from Mississippi contain bacteria that cause a rare but serious disease called melioidosis. They thus alerted doctors in the country, asking them to be vigilant in the face of possible symptoms of this disease in patients. Two individuals living …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country’s women’s football team “deserves equal pay” as men, as he welcomes them back after their crowning glory at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). South African women become African champions after beating Morocco 2-1 at the weekend. “I have been …

US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday that he plans to speak with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov soon, for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February. This telephone interview, scheduled “in the coming days (…) will not be a negotiation about Ukraine”, said …

Tunisian President Kais Saied says draft decrees will be prepared for the holding of an election for a new parliament and a second chamber for regions. It came a day after preliminary results of a referendum indicated a controversial constitution was approved though turnout had been low. The president noted, …

A supposed phone seller was arrested by the police in Grand-Yoff (commune of Dakar) following the complaint of his girlfriend’s mother, reports seneweb.com. The respondent sent his 16-year-old girlfriend to prostitute herself with a 53-year-old French national at the price of 50,000F CFA, the sexual intercourse. The young man was …

At least 18 people, including 15 members of the Malian security forces, have been killed in coordinated attacks in the southwest of the country where jihadist insurgency is raging, the army said. Assaults on military camps in Sokolo and near Kalumba were repulsed with almost 50 militants being killed. A …

Colombian star Shakira is in full disagreement with the Spanish prosecutor’s office over the accusation of tax evasion, which she denied. According to her lawyers, the possibility of reaching an agreement remains open until the opening of the trial in a Barcelona court while the formal dismissal of the 45-year-old …

Images of the Ukrainian presidential couple posing hand in hand or in front of a dilapidated plane are causing a stir on social networks, as Ukrainian troops still clash with Russian soldiers on the ground. The photos did not go unnoticed. Snapshots of the Ukrainian presidential couple taken by Annie …

A suicide bomber, wearing an explosive belt, burst into the Merka governorate building in Ethiopia’s Shabeellaha Hoose region and blew himself up, Anadolu Agency reported, citing a police source. According to the agency which quotes the source, the attack “caused the death of 6 people, including the governor of Merka, …

New York City on Tuesday asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to rename monkeypox, a name deemed stigmatizing and which risks pushing patients to isolate themselves rather than to seek treatment. New York City Health Commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, in a letter to WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said …