Nurse dies as Uganda confirms new Ebola outbreak
The victim was a 32-year-old nurse who died from multi-organ failure, the health ministry says.
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The victim was a 32-year-old nurse who died from multi-organ failure, the health ministry says.
Rwanda says South Africa is in “no position to take on the role of a peacemaker or mediator” in DR Congo.
The plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., was carrying an unknown number of passengers from the figure skating community, including Russian husband-and-wife world champions.
The former chancellor’s comments come after the CDU put forward a proposal which was supported by the far-right AfD.
A passenger jet carrying 64 people crashed into Washington’s Potomac River on Wednesday after colliding midair with a military helicopter, with US media reporting multiple bodies pulled from the dark, near-freezing water.
Palestinian militants on Thursday freed three Israeli hostages and five foreigners captured in the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel as the third hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire got under way.
An American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last night. And, President Trump plans to use Guantánamo as a waystation for deportees.
Three Israelis and five Thai nationals comprised the latest group of hostages released since the Gaza ceasefire was announced.
The exchange is part of a deal between Israel and Hamas that will see a total of 33 hostages returned to Israel in exchange for around 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
Two separate avalanches killed four Norwegians and one Swiss skier.
Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to have been killed in an apartment in Södertälje, Stockholm.
NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., about how Canadians think of Trump’s approach and about the economic ties between the countries.
President Trump’s order to suspend foreign aid is impacting Afghanistan, where anxiety over food supplies have partly pushed up prices. The Taliban says dozens of charities have had to halt work.
DR Congo’s leader says the country “will not let itself be humiliated” after rebels seized the city of Goma.
The US Federal Reserve is in no “hurry” to adjust interest rates again, the central bank’s chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday, after policymakers voted to pause rate cuts in the first decision since Donald Trump’s White House return.
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Even if Greenland were for sale, buying the Artic territory would be complicated. And French President Emmanuel Macron promises to renovate the Louvre, which is falling into disrepair.
The president orders the construction of a detention facility at the US Navy base to hold 30,000 people.
Russia lost a key ally when the Syrian President was ousted by Islamist rebels last month. NPR visited a Russian air base in western Syria to examine how Moscow will fare under Syria’s new rulers.
In exchange for the Israeli hostages, 110 Palestinian prisoners will be released from Israeli jails.
As prisoner and hostage exchanges happen in Gaza, we hear about the International Red Cross’s experience in facilitating this work.