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19 people, including 4 children killed in Kyiv

The UK Foreign Office has called on Russia to "stop this senseless killing" after strikes on Kyiv kill at least 19 people, including four children. It comes after the department summoned Russia's UK ambassador over

Navitalai Naivalurua 1 min read
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1st human case of flesh-eating parasite detected in US

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed the first case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human. New World screwworm (NWS) is a species of parasitic flies that feed on live tissue. Th

Navitalai Naivalurua 1 min read
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California resident tests positive for plague

A Lake Tahoe area resident has tested positive for plague. California health officials say the believed the resident was infected after being bitten by an infected flea while camping in the South Lake Tahoe area.

Rashika Kumar 1 min read
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Oldest person alive celebrates 116th birthday

British great-grandmother Ethel Caterham turns 116, being the oldest living person in the world. Caterham was born in Hampshire in 1909 and now lives in a care home in Surrey, has outlived her husband and both her

Nilufa Buksh 1 min read
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Former Wallaby buys NSW pub for AUD$50m

Former Wallaby-turned-pub baron Bill Young has struck the biggest regional pub sale so far this year by snapping up a major hotel in the NSW Riverina region for AUD$50 million, adding the seventh venue to his family’s

Alipate Narawa 1 min read