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UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a surge in cases
The World Health Organization has approved a version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile and left poorer countries scrambling to contain epidemics. The vaccine was shown to be help preventing the diarrheal disease in late stage research conducted in Nepal. WHO’s approval means donor agencies like the vaccines alliance Gavi and UNICEF can now buy it for poorer countries.
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'Harry Potter' Actor Mourns Death Of Beloved Wife At 53
Warwick Davis called his late wife his "favorite human" and said that he missed her hugs.
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Two children stabbed near school in France as suspect arrested
Victims were reportedly two schoolgirls, aged six and 11
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Two seated jurors are struck from Trump hush money trial as court struggles to find impartial New Yorkers
One dismissed juror expressed concerns that news reports about her may have helped her friends and family identify her
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250,000 Afghan children need education, food and homes after returning from Pakistan, says NGO
A quarter of a million Afghan children need education, food and homes after being forcibly returned from Pakistan, a nongovernmental organization said Thursday. Pakistan is cracking down on foreigners it alleges are in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans. More than 520,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since last October.
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Zimbabwe frees prisoners, including those sentenced to death, in an independence day amnesty
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners, including some who were on death row, in an independence day amnesty on Thursday. Zimbabwe marked 44 years of independence from white minority rule, which ended in 1980 after a bloody bush war. The country’s name was changed from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe.
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Police department admits it didn’t act on key evidence in 2019 Texas murder case until suspect confessed
Officers found a DNA match for suspect Raul Meza Jr in 2020, but he wasn’t arrested until 2023
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