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Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Dutch husband and wife and third unidentified person reported to have died, with three further people taken ill
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people – including an elderly married couple – and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and South Africa’s health department said on
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Two US service members missing after military exercises in Morocco
Search and rescue operation launched after service members reported missing near south-western city of Tan Tan
Two US service members are missing in south-western Morocco after taking part in annual multinational military exercises in the North African country, the United States Africa Command (Africom) said on Sunday.
The
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Zambia cancels world’s largest human rights and tech summit days before start
Government blocks RightsCon 2026 conference saying it did not ‘align with national values’
The world’s largest conference on human rights and technology has been cancelled just days before it was due to start after the Zambian government told organisers it did not align with “national values”.
Zambia’s government
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First malaria drug for babies is approved in ‘major public health milestone’
WHO prequalification of Coartem Baby means newborns can be safely treated rather than using medication for older children
The first malaria treatment for babies has been approved by the World Health Organization, opening the door to widespread use around the globe.
In parts of Africa, up to 18% of children under six
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Sabastian Sawe receives hero’s welcome in Kenya after sub-two hour marathon feat
Record-breaker says London Marathon win was ‘a victory for all of us’ as he is greeted by family and friends in Eldoret
Hugged, cheered and adorned with garlands, the first man to run an official marathon in under two hours has returned as a hero to his home village in Kenya.
Sabastian Sawe, who stunned the world when he
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Canada to be first non-European nation at EPC summit as Carney seeks allies
PM’s attendance at European Political Community meeting in Yerevan seen as part of effort to build new ties after US rupture
Canada is to become the first non-European country to attend a meeting of the European Political Community when the prime minister, Mark Carney, joins Monday’s summit of the 48-plus nation grouping in Yerevan, Armenia.
Carney has said he is determined to
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German museum to return rare Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil
Spinosaurid fossil bought by Stuttgart institution in 1991 has been the subject of a long restitution campaign
It is a 113-million-year-old bone of contention.
After Stuttgart’s museum of natural history bought a fossilised dinosaur skull in 1991, researchers found it was the most complete spinosaurid skull known to date, belonging to a previously unknown genus of the huge
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Cuba says Trump’s fresh sanctions on its economy amount to ‘collective punishment’
The US sanctions target people operating in broad sections of Cuban economy, including energy, defence and mining
Cuba’s government has said new sanctions imposed on the island by Donald Trump amounted to “collective punishment”, as an enormous 1 May procession outside the American embassy in Havana vowed to “defend the homeland”.
In an executive order on Friday, the US
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Pope appoints former undocumented immigrant as bishop of West Virginia
Leo, who has criticized Trump’s hardline immigration policy, selected Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as state’s new bishop
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Could Santa Marta climate talks mark ground zero in push to ditch fossil fuels?
Colombia hosted nearly 60 countries at pivotal time on world stage for fight to transition to a clean energy future
Looking out to sea from the grey sandy beaches of Santa Marta, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, it is never hard to spot evidence of the country’s thriving fossil fuel export trade. Oil tankers ride at anchor on the horizon and sometimes, locals say, lumps of coal wash up on
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