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Famed Pakistan philanthropist Edhi dies in Karachi
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Famed philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who set up one of Pakistan's biggest welfare organizations and was revered as a “living saint” by many in the South Asian country, died in hospital late on Friday. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid tribute to him as “a great servant…
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Olympics- Spain’s Olympic president Blanco calms fears over Zika
The president of the Spanish Olympic committee (COE), Alejandro Blanco, has reassured the country’s athletes and fans travelling to Rio de Janeiro that the Zika virus “is under control”. Spain’s most famous basketball player, NBA’s Pau Gasol, expressed concerns about the mosquito-borne Zika virus several weeks ago but has since committed to playing for the…
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Baghdad bombing death toll rises to 292: health ministry
The death toll from a suicide bombing in Baghdad this weekend has reached 292, Iraq's Health Ministry said on Thursday. The attack, claimed by the militant group Islamic State, which government forces are trying to eject from large parts of the north and west of the country, was the deadliest bombing in Iraq since U.S.-led…
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WHO predicts modest rise in yellow fever deaths in Africa
GENEVA (AP) — A top U.N. health agency official says he expects some increase in yellow fever deaths in coming months from the current outbreak in Angola and Congo, but it will be “incremental not exponential.”
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U.N. food agency says faces $610 million shortfall for southern Africa drought relief
The United Nations' food agency said on Thursday it needed $730 million over the next 12 months for relief in seven southern African countries hit hard by a blistering drought and faced a $610 million shortfall. The World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement the seven countries were Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Madagascar, Swaziland…
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Children in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria face death from hunger unless aid arrives soon: UN
Tens of thousands of children in northeast Nigeria will die of malnutrition this year unless they receive treatment soon, the United Nations said on Friday after reaching areas of the country previously cut off from aid by Boko Haram violence. Over the last year Nigeria's army, aided by troops from neighbouring countries, recaptured most of…
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Immigration, abortion, race rulings due at Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is heading into its home stretch, with major rulings due by the end of the month on President Barack Obama's unilateral immigration plan, racial preferences in university admissions and a restrictive Texas abortion law. Producing decisive rulings has been complicated by the fact that the court has been down one justice…
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Russian doping whistleblower given Olympics hope
By Mark Trevelyan VIENNA (Reuters) – Yulia Stepanova, the Russian former drugs cheat whose whistle blowing revelations helped expose the massive doping problem in her country, could be allowed to compete in the Rio Olympics as an independent athlete, the IAAF said on Friday. Stepanova, an 800 meters runner described as “a courageous athlete” by…
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Beijing’s smoke busters point the way for national ban
Wielding an “inspector” badge, volunteer Liu Li follows his nose as he sniffs out violators of China's toughest-ever tobacco control law, enacted a year ago on Wednesday, as Beijing fights to keep its air smoke free. China has more smokers than any other country, but Liu's efforts partly explain the relative success of the capital's…
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The One Thing You Should Do With Your Scale
Here's my suggestion: Get rid of your scale.I mean it.Really.I say this as someone who was convinced, for a long time, that a scale was necessary.During my college years, I had not one, but two scales. A girl needs a scale in her dorm and also her childhood bathroom, right? When I spent a summer…