CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Congo reported more than 1,000 new mpox cases in the last week up to Tuesday as African health authorities asked for desperately needed vaccines to help fight its “growing” threat on the continent. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreaks in Africa a global emergency. Mpox belongs to the … Read more
An 11-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a stabbing attack in central London has spoken about how she was on her dream holiday when tragedy struck. Laila Johnson and her mother Samantha Johnson, 34, from Candelo in regional New South Wales were sightseeing when they were allegedly approached by Ioan Pintaru, 32, in Leicester … Read more
Police divers have resumed searching for six people believed trapped in the hull of a superyacht that sank in a storm off Sicily, including a British tech magnate recently acquitted of fraud charges, his lawyer and a key defence witness at trial. The resting place of the luxury sailboat, off Porticello, is 50m under water … Read more
The world’s oldest person, US-born Maria Branyas Morera, has died at the age of 117, her family announced on social media. Guinness World Records (GWR) also released a statement confirming her death on Monday at the age of 117 years 168 days, making her the eighth-oldest person with a verifiable age in history. “Maria passed … Read more
NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplaces, days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor that sparked outrage and nationwide protests. The Supreme Court said the doctors’ panel will frame guidelines … Read more
KINSHASA, Congo — Congo will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States, the country’s health minister said Monday, days after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in Africa a global emergency. Mpox cases have been confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns the latest push for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is probably the best and possibly last opportunity, urging Israel and Hamas towards an elusive agreement. However, with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas announcing a resumption of suicide bombing inside Israel after many years, and with Israeli … Read more
One man has died and six people – including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch – are missing after a luxury yacht carrying foreign tourists was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo. The 56-metre sailboat was identified as the British-registered Bayesian and sank with 22 people on board shortly … Read more
LONDON — Swedish health officials said Thursday they have identified the first case of a person with the more infectious form of mpox first seen in eastern Congo, a day after the World Health Organization declared the outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency. The Swedish public health agency said in … Read more
NEW DELHI — Hundreds of doctors protested near India’s health ministry Monday as they demanded stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and sought justice for their colleague who was raped and killed at a state-run hospital. The protesting doctors — who were holding up placards like “Justice delayed is justice denied” — … Read more
