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Health Talk: Let’s remain vigilant as Mpox is upon us
The Standard
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Monkey pox is a zoonotic disease caused by an orthopoxvirus that results in small-pox like disease in humans. Just last week, the World Health Organisation declared the spread of Mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It was just...
Trump hosts five African leaders as tariffs, aid cuts bite
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump meets with leaders from five African nations on Wednesday as the U.S. leader ramps up a trade war that threatens developing nations that depend on trade with the world's largest economy. Trump is...
'Witch hunt': Trump's tariff threat to Brazil over ex-leader's trial
9News
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump has threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50 per cent starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula...
Gabon reports first case of Mpox
Xinhua News Agency
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LIBREVILLE, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Gabon recorded its first case of Mpox, according to a statement by its health minister on Thursday. The case involves a 30-year-old Gabonese man who recently arrived from Uganda and is currently in isolation,...
Egypt’s Al-Sisi, Gabon’s Nguema pledge closer cooperation on bilateral, African issues
Daily News Egypt
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November 30, 2024
Egypt and Gabon have pledged to strengthen their bilateral ties and enhance cooperation on regional issues, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced Saturday following a meeting with Gabonese interim President Brice Oligui Nguema. The two leaders...
Gorilla with serious health issues at Boston zoo has died
WCVB Channel 5 Boston - Massachusetts
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December 6, 2024
A gorilla at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, who was experiencing serious health issues and underwent a medical examination on Thursday, has now died.Kitombe, the western lowland gorilla known by zoo staff as "Kit," was 38 years old when he died...
Gabon records first mpox case
The Malaysian Star
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August 23, 2024
A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon has registered its first case of mpox, the health ministry said in a statement that did not specify which variant...
Gabon reports its first mpox case
Eye Witness News
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LIBREVILLE - Gabon has reported its first case of mpox in a man who had returned from a trip to Uganda, its health ministry said. Cases of the infectious disease, formerly known as monkeypox, have been surging in East Africa, but have also been...
Gorilla with serious health issues at Boston zoo to undergo medical examination
WCVB Channel 5 Boston - Massachusetts
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December 5, 2024
Gorilla experiencing serious health issues at the Franklin Park Zoo to undergo medical examination Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Link copied! Updated: 5:54 PM EST Dec 5, 2024 A gorilla at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston has been...
Ibogaine and the Future of Healing: Trevor Millar & Jonathan Dickinson of Ambio Life Sciences
Psychedelics Today
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June 17, 2025
In this episode of Psychedelics Today, kicking of Psychedelic Science 2025 week in Denver, we sit down with Jonathan Dicksinson, Chief Executive Officer, and Trevor Millar, Chief Operations Officer of Ambio Life Sciences – one of the world’s...
Gorilla who has lived at Franklin Park Zoo since 1998 dies after serious health crisis, officials say
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Kitombe, a western lowland gorilla who has lived at the Franklin Park Zoo since 1998, has died after a serious health crisis, Zoo New England said Thursday night. A “geriatric gorilla” at 38, Kitombe, known as Kit, has experienced declining health...
Trump humiliated as Fox News cuts away from key meeting to discuss pearl earrings
Irish Star
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July 9, 2025
13:26 ET, 09 Jul 2025Updated 13:33 ET, 09 Jul 2025 Fox News abruptly cut its coverage of the meeting between Donald Trump and African leaders to discuss pearl earrings. "Immigration will also be on the agenda, and I hope we can bring down the high...
Mystery disease kills hundreds as experts issue urgent warning to women and children
Daily Star
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December 5, 2024
An unknown disease has claimed the life of around 143 people in a rural area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scientists have been unable to identify the exact condition yet, but they have released a list of severe symptoms that appeared...
Trump hosts African leaders in landmark trade-focused summit
Digital Journal
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July 9, 2025
The White House is hoping to foster economic opportunities in West Africa as it moves away from relationships based on foreign aid - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File Sarah Silbiger Frankie Taggart with Becca Milfeld and Lucie...
'GO QUICKER': Impatient Trump makes rude hand gesture at African leader signaling his true feelings
Irish Star
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July 9, 2025
13:55 ET, 09 Jul 2025Updated 14:13 ET, 09 Jul 2025 Donald Trump was seen making a rude hand gesture as he met with the leaders of five different African countries, swirling his hand at them as he told them to "go a bit quicker" with their spiels....
Trump threatens nation with 50 per cent tariff to help his friend
9News
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump has threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50 per cent starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula...
Mixed review for three-decade EU programme in Gabon’s Lopé National Park
Forests News
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December 9, 2024
Since 1992, the European Union (EU)’s flagship conservation initiative, Support Program for the Preservation of Biodiversity and Fragile Ecosystems in Central Africa (ECOFAC), has made a large number of interventions to save the forests of Central...
Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariff, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against former president Bolsonaro
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of...
'Where were you educated?' Trump praises English of leader who heads English-speaking country
AlterNet
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July 9, 2025
Editor's note: This headline has been updated. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump hosted Liberian President Joseph Boakai and the leaders of four other West African countries at the White House. In one viral exchange, Trump was seen...
Running frenzy has orthopedic clinics smiling
Korea Herald
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December 3, 2024
When Yoo Ji-na, a novice runner, visited a local orthopedic clinic for knee pain after completing her first 10-kilometer race, she couldn’t shake the odd feeling of being warmly welcomed by the clinic’s doctor and staff. Even before she had a...