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Officials insist laboratory leak ‘extremely unlikely’ and deny response has lacked transparency.

Dozens of people remain missing as severe floods sweep through western Germany and other parts of Europe. The death toll from devastating floods across parts of western Germany has risen to 103, according to local authorities, pushing the total toll of flooding in Western Europe past 110, as the search …

More than 70 people killed and 1,000 arrested over five days as authorities fail to stop spiralling violence and looting. Violence and looting has raged in South Africa for the sixth day running, stoking fears of food and fuel shortages as disruption to farming, manufacturing and oil refining began to …

The South African military said it was deploying soldiers in two provinces, including its economic hub of Johannesburg, to help police cope with looting and arson attacks on businesses in the wake of former President Jacob Zuma’s jailing. The move comes as the country’s top court began hearing a challenge …

The expression of support by the kingdom comes a day after Ethiopia notified downstream nations that the second-phase filling at the dam had begun. Saudi Arabia has thrown its weight behind Egypt and Sudan in their bitter dispute with Ethiopia over a massive hydropower dam built by the latter on …

President Joe Biden marks US Independence Day with upbeat message on pandemic, but warns new variants pose risks. President Joe Biden celebrated US Independence Day with an upbeat assessment of a country he said is roaring back to post-pandemic life, even if COVID-19 has yet to be fully “vanquished”. Speaking …

With legislative elections in months, famous figures sanctioned by the Kremlin are coming out in force. In 2003, Yulia Volkova, one half of the Russian pop duo TATU, performed Not Gonna Get Us, a famous song about two schoolgirls in love, at the MTV Music Awards in California. Footage of …

The Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN) today July 2 announced it had severed all ties with its British counterpart over the latter’s approval of same-sex marriage. The church’s decision was disclosed in a statement released by its Director, Media and Public Relations, Rev. Oladapo Daramola, in Lagos. Daramola said that the …

In the wake of the latest fatal targeted assault on Muslims in Canada – the third in four years – “anti-Islamophobia” is being used as yet another tool to consolidate the Islamophobic status quo. Political leaders have shed tears for the Afzaal family mown down in London, Ontario on a public street, while maintaining …

Teplice, Czech Republic – “Come and kill us!” chanted the crowd. Many beat their fists on their chests as fury and sorrow erupted in front of a crumbling tenement building. KEEP READING In historic first, Roma included as ethnicity on UK census ‘Authorities don’t treat Roma like ordinary citizens’ Italy’s Roma …