The hospital tells the BBC the ward door was not locked but manned with security guards, to protect the babies. ...
Video shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet borderVideo shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet border
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DR Congo president warns $8.3B funding backlog undermines credibilityDR Congo president warns $8.3B funding backlog undermines credibility
The News DR Congo has failed to use $8.3 billion committed by global development partners for public projects due to administrative delays and poor management, a failure its president said is “undermining the state’s credibility” as it seeks to attract more foreign capital. Only 24% of an active portfolio worth ...
Pennsylvania records first measles deaths in 35 yearsPennsylvania records first measles deaths in 35 years
Two people died from measles in Pennsylvania, the state’s first deaths from the disease in 35 years, with experts warning that figure could rise because of falling vaccination rates in the US. While numerous academic studies have shown no connection between the measles vaccine and autism, anti-jab sentiment has festered ...
Ebola spreading ‘exponentially’ in DR Congo, experts warnEbola spreading ‘exponentially’ in DR Congo, experts warn
Experts warned that Ebola is spreading “exponentially” in the Democratic Republic of Congo as unpaid health workers struggle to contain the virus. A lack of funding, widespread misinformation, and poor infrastructure have left authorities in the war-torn country scrambling to contain the outbreak, already the fastest-growing on record and which ...
Beijing looks to cutting-edge technology to revive flagging growthBeijing looks to cutting-edge technology to revive flagging growth
Chinese authorities indicated they would not increase government spending to revive flagging economic growth, and would instead intensify focus on the broader adoption of cutting-edge technology. Several metrics have shown that China’s domestic economy is slowing, potentially to below Beijing’s official growth target, with Goldman Sachs warning in a note ...
Global trade tensions grow with no reprieve in sightGlobal trade tensions grow with no reprieve in sight
Global trade tensions grew among several major powers, with little sign of respite on the horizon. The US is weighing imposing yet more penalties on goods and services from Canada, Bloomberg reported, after Ottawa responded to Washington’s original tariffs with matching levies of its own. China, meanwhile, said it would ...
On scraps of land and under constant threat, Gaza farmers struggle to surviveOn scraps of land and under constant threat, Gaza farmers struggle to survive
Efforts to rebuild domestic food production face severe challenges and have come at deadly cost As Gaza’s population of 2.1 million has been hemmed into an ever smaller slice of the territory, farmers are using every last remaining patch of unspoiled earth, no matter how tiny, in their struggle to ...
‘132F’: meet the man calling out NYC’s infernally hot subway stations‘132F’: meet the man calling out NYC’s infernally hot subway stations
Jack Klein takes heat readings, gives fans to overheated passengers and lugs big jugs of water into the stations On a recent August day in the subterranean furnace of New York City’s subway, one bearded, curly haired man was studying his phone for different reasons than the other wilting passengers ...
How Mark Carney’s speeches have become political earthquakes | Ted WidmerHow Mark Carney’s speeches have become political earthquakes | Ted Widmer
The quiet-spoken Canadian prime minister has spoken unutterable truths Is it perhaps a sign of the times that Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, has become a thrilling orator? A sober banker, he speaks calmly, without many vocal inflections. We expect Canadians to be somewhat flat; even a little ...