Tag: officials-said
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Medics dash to rural Haiti as cholera kills 13 in Matthew’s wake
By Makini Brice and Joseph Guyler Delva PORT SALUT, Haiti/PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Cholera has killed at least 13 people in southwest Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, officials said on Saturday, as government teams fanned out across the hard-hit southwestern tip of the country to repair treatment centers and reach the epicenter of one…
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Proposed U.S. anti-inversion rules enter final review
U.S. regulations, proposed by the Treasury to crack down on companies that try to reduce taxes by rebasing abroad, have begun a White House review and could be finalized shortly, officials said on Tuesday. The regulations, which would make it difficult for U.S. business operations to avoid taxation while shifting profits overseas through a practice…
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Locally transmitted Zika virus infects 41 in Singapore
SINGAPORE (AP) — More than 40 people have been infected locally by the Zika virus in Singapore, but most have fully recovered, officials said Sunday.
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Officials: Zika found in South Beach; spraying not practical
MIAMI (AP) — South Beach has been identified as a second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, and containing it there will be difficult because high-rise buildings and strong winds make it impractical to spray the neighborhood from the air, officials said Friday.
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Officials: Zika found in South Beach; spraying not practical
MIAMI (AP) — South Beach has been identified as a second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, and containing it there will be difficult because high-rise buildings and strong winds make it impractical to spray the neighborhood from the air, officials said Friday.
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Justice elusive for slain aid workers on front lines of crises
By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was a massacre that shocked the world’s humanitarian community. Seventeen aid workers were killed outside their office in Sri Lanka’s northeast – executed at point-blank range with automatic weapons in one of the worst attacks on humanitarians. A decade on, justice remains elusive for families…
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At least 30 children dead in Myanmar from unknown disease
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — At least 30 children have died in northwestern Myanmar since mid-June from an unknown disease that causes breathing difficulty, officials said Thursday.
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At least 30 children dead in Myanmar from unknown disease
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — At least 30 children have died in northwestern Myanmar since mid-June from an unknown disease that causes breathing difficulty, officials said Thursday.
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As Zika fears escalate, lawmakers point fingers from afar
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Zika virus escalates into a public health crisis, members of Congress remain entrenched politically, with Republicans and Democrats pointing fingers over the failure to act as the number of mosquito-transmitted cases in the U.S. grows.
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Number of people fleeing South Sudan violence hits one-day record, officials say
By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 8,300 refugees fled violence in war-torn South Sudan and crossed into neighboring Uganda in a single day this week, setting a one-day record for this year, United Nations officials said on Friday. The refugees, nearly all women and children, were escaping stepped-up fighting between…