World May 21 Residents burn Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer…
Health May 07 Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after 1st fatality More than two dozen passengers from at least 12 different countries left a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak without contact tracing nearly two weeks after the first passenger died on board, the ship operator and Dutch officials…
World May 04 A Dutch cruise ship is waiting for help off the coast of West Africa after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus killed 3 Two crew members still onboard the Hondius — one British, one Dutch — need urgent medical care, the cruise ship operator said, adding it was still awaiting permission from local authorities in Cape Verde on Monday to evacuate passengers and…
World May 03 Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, WHO says A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization and South Africa's Department of Health said Sunday.
Nation Apr 18 Strong winds leave heavy damage in the Midwest A series of reported tornadoes has torn through the midwestern United States, ripping roofs off homes and leaving roads impassable. Officials in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota have expressed relief that the storms did not result in loss of life.
World Apr 18 Pope Leo arrives in Angola, the third stop on his visit to Africa Leo’s plane touched down at Luanda’s international airport after the flight from Yaounde, Cameroon, where he celebrated a morning Mass before an estimated 200,000 people.
World Mar 11 South Africa summons new U.S. ambassador to explain criticism as rift deepens Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III was summoned after speaking at a meeting of business leaders on Tuesday, where he challenged the South African government over its diplomatic ties with Iran and its affirmative action laws.
World Feb 06 Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa's leading economy says it's close to a new trade deal with China South Africa's Ministry of Trade and Industry said the agreement would start negotiations over a deal that would give some South African goods, such as fruit, duty-free access to the Chinese market.
World Jan 30 South Africa expels Israel's top diplomat over social media posts insulting Ramaphosa The ministry also said there had been a deliberate failure to inform South Africa of visits by Israeli officials — "unacceptable violations of diplomatic norms."…
Politics Dec 17 South African authorities raid a U.S. refugee processing center and Washington protests Tuesday's raid occurred at a center that processes applications by white South Africans who have been given priority for refugee status in the U.S. by the Trump administration.