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WHO chief heads to 'hardest hit' Ituri as DRC's 17th Ebola outbreak spreads

May 29, 2026

Washington DC [US], May 29: The chief of the United Nations health agency is travelling to Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has been hit the "hardest" as authorities battle to contain the country's 17th Ebola outbreak.

Hottest year ever recorded set to arrive by 2030, warns UN report

May 29, 2026

Italy seizes $232m in Mafia assets tied to Cosa Nostra

May 29, 2026

At least 13 die in central China highway crash

May 29, 2026

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Rescue teams prepare to free trapped miners from flooded Laos cave

May 29, 2026

Bangkok [Thailand], May 29: Bangkok Rescue teams in Laos continued to work on Thursday to free five gold miners found alive in a flooded cave and to locate two others...

US imposes sanctions on Iran's Strait of Hormuz control agency

May 29, 2026

Washington DC [US], May 29: Washington The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a regulatory body recently established by Tehran to oversee shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz....

Moon base plans revealed as NASA chief says 'grand return' close

May 28, 2026

Washington [US], May 28: US space agency NASA has unveiled far-reaching plans for its first moon base that could see people living and working on the lunar surface within six...