DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to Mbandaka city
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has spread from the countryside into a city, prompting fears that the disease will be increasingly difficult to control.
Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga confirmed a case in Mbandaka, a city of a million people about 130km (80 miles) from the area where the first cases were confirmed earlier this month.
The city is a major transportation hub with routes to the capital Kinshasa.
Forty-two people have now been infected and 23 people are known to have died.
Ebola is a serious infectious illness that causes internal bleeding and often proves fatal. It can spread rapidly through contact with small amounts of bodily fluid and its early flu-like symptoms are not always obvious.
Venezuela political prison seized by inmates ahead of presidential election
Riot after alleged torture casts shadow over campaign of Nicolás Maduro before Sunday’s vote
Activists say inmates have taken control of Venezuela’s most notorious political prison – the El Helicoide facility in Caracas – on the eve of a highly controversial presidential election that opponents have denounced as a fraud.
With Sunday’s vote – which the US, EU and Latin American nations including Brazil, Colombia and Mexico have branded “illegitimate” – just days away, President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday vowed to bring a “historic economic revolution” to his crisis-stricken nation if handed a second term.
But Maduro’s comments were overshadowed by reports of a major disturbance at El Helicoide, an iconic 1950s shopping mall that was converted into the headquarters of Venezuela’s feared spy agency, the Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional (SEBIN), and has become a crumbling symbol of the country’s plunge into economic chaos and authoritarianism. Ozone hole-forming chemical emissions increasing and mysterious source in East Asia may be responsible
'This is atmospheric detective work at its finest'
Emissions of some ozone-depleting Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have shot up in the past six years, despite a decades-old treaty banning them altogether.
“Atmospheric detective work” has pinpointed a mysterious new source in East Asia that might be responsible for this surge in destructive chemicals.
The ozone layer protects the Earth from the sun's harmful UV radiation. Its decline sparked a wave of concern in the 1980s about rising rates of skin cancer.
When scientists first discovered the ozone layer hole in 1985, they quickly attributed its appearance to the presence of CFCs in the atmosphere. Domestic interests of Hamas are behind huge death toll in Gaza
Group's inability to reconcile with Fatah, Palestinian leaders has created humanitarian crisis and sense of desperation on Strip
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On Monday, the death toll in demonstrations near the fence in Gaza was the highest number of casualties to date. Israeli forces shot and killed 57 Palestinians and injured more than 2,700. Israel has suffered no serious casualties in these altercations and the lopsided death toll has fueled criticism that Israel was being disproportionate in its response.
There may be a problem with lack of discipline and trigger-happy Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldiers, but the violence of the response is not a reflection of an Israeli interest.
An Israeli military spokesman recently admitted, in a leaked conversation, to a crowd of American Jews that the number of Palestinian casualties in demonstrations near the fence in Gaza had done “a disservice” to Israeli standing abroad.
He voiced concern that the Palestinians have won the public diplomacy battle “by a knockout”.
Trump's simple worldview is good for his enemies and bad for his allies
By Nic Robertson, CNN
Since the US exited the Iran nuclear deal last week, both allies and enemies of President Trump have suffered whiplash from his failure to fully engage in the complexities of the world.
Pulling out of the global climate change agreement resulted in international scorn for the President and his administration. Today, the stakes are much higher.
Unilaterally exiting the multinational Iran nuclear deal is denying him international partners -- just when he could benefit from their help.
Opening the US Embassy in Jerusalem this week is just one other example.
QATARI INVESTOR: MICHAEL COHEN ASKED ME FOR A MILLION DOLLARS
IN THE BLINK of a Michael Avenatti tweet, Ahmed al-Rumaihi has suddenly found himself internet-famous. It began on Sunday evening, when the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels posted a screenshot of video footage from Trump Tower’s lobby, recorded on December 12, 2016.
Viral speculation followed, with online detectives identifying al-Rumaihi, the former head of a $100 billion wing of the Qatari sovereign wealth fund, in the image and linking him to a Russia-Qatar deal to sell a portion of the oil company Rosneft, which had been referenced in the Steele dossier, a set of raw intelligence reports compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele.
From there, Slate took over, headlining a piece late Monday night: “Michael Cohen’s Meetings With Michael Flynn and a Qatari Diplomat Might Be the Key to Unlocking the Steele Dossier.”
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