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Congo receives more than 16,000 doses of Ebola vaccine amid unprecedented outbreak
Aug 22, 2026 - World 
Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine as the country grapples with the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, the country’s health minister said
Wildfires expose — and detonate — buried bombs and mines from WWI and WWII
Aug 22, 2026 - World 
The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and mines from World War I and II
Iran says the world has accepted it has defeated the US, and other Middle East developments
Aug 22, 2026 - World 
Iran's president claims the world has accepted that Iran has won its conflict with the United States
Attack on Ukraine shopping centre that killed 16 is ‘terror by design’, says EU foreign policy chief
Aug 22, 2026 - World 
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, threatens harshest sanctions yet on Russia after strike on Kryvyi Rih, the home town of Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russian drones have slammed into a busy shopping centre in central Ukraine, killing 16 people in an attack that Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “cynical and despicable”.The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, condemned Friday’s attack on Kryvyi Rih – the president’s home town – as “terror by design” and said she was “putting forward the most far-reaching Russia sanctions listings since the start of the war” when ministers meet in Ireland next month. Continue reading...
Former Hong Kong vigil organizer strives to mark Tiananmen crackdown despite convictions
Aug 21, 2026 - World 
Years after Hong Kong’s annual vigil for the Tiananmen Square crackdown ended, former organizer Tang Ngok-kwan still discreetly visits former memorial sites in the city
