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Six children have died and 19 others were seriously injured in an accident that occurred this Wednesday, July 31, in South Africa between a freight train and a school bus, the government said. A previous report stated that five children were killed and 20 injured. The accident occurred in the …

Torrential rains hit China on Monday, July 29, leaving at least 30 dead and 35 missing in a village in the center of the country, state television CCTV reported on Thursday, August 1. The town of Zixing, located some 1,500 km southwest of Beijing, had experienced record rainfall at the …

Former Guinean military leader Moussa Dadis Camara has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being accused of crimes against humanity. The charges stemmed from one of the worst massacres in the nation’s history – the killing of more than 156 people after troops opened fire at a rally …

A few weeks after announcing that it was working on developing more advanced voice features for its artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, OpenAI has announced the launch of an alpha version. This is now available to a limited number of users of ChatGPT Plus, the premium version of its conversational agent, accessible …

Former BBC star Huw Edwards pleads guilty to making child pornography images on Wednesday, July 31, during a preliminary hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London. This decision allows him to avoid a trial. A star presenter of the 10pm news in the United Kingdom, the 61-year-old journalist, who announced …

Nigerian singer and actress Onyeka Onwenu, considered a cultural icon, died on Tuesday at the age of 72, local media reported. Onwenu’s career spanned music, film, journalism and politics. Dubbed “the elegant stallion” in a media profile – a label that stuck, Onwenu came to prominence in the early 1980s …

Rebels linked to the Islamist group al-Qaeda have announced that they have killed dozens of soldiers, including at least 50 Russian mercenaries and 10 Malian soldiers, local media reported. It comes after they were attacked in an ambush in Mali’s northern Kidal region near the border with Algeria on Saturday, …

The law banning most abortions or elective terminations of pregnancy from 6 weeks of pregnancy, well before the majority of women know they are pregnant, came into effect this Monday, July 29, in the state of Iowa, in the United States, US media reported. The legislation now prohibits most abortions …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the release of $820 million for Egypt, welcoming the country’s efforts to restore macroeconomic stability. Egypt says it has shifted to a flexible exchange rate regime, a policy the IMF said on Monday remains a cornerstone of the authorities’ program. “Inflationary pressures are …

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has ordered on Monday the release of jailed journalists Taoufik Bouachrine, Omar Radi and Soulaimane Raisouni, local media reported. The release is part of a pardon granted to 2,476 convicts, a government source said. “This is a humane gesture on the 25th anniversary of king’s reign, …