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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe back home after heart attack rumours
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe returned home late on Friday after a month-long holiday in the Far East, just over a week after the presidency dismissed rumours that Africa's oldest president had suffered a heart attack and collapsed. Mugabe, who turns 92 on Feb. 21, is the only leader that…
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe back home after heart attack rumors
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe returned home late on Friday after a month-long holiday in the Far East, just over a week after the presidency dismissed rumors that Africa's oldest president had suffered a heart attack and collapsed. Mugabe, who turns 92 on Feb. 21, is the only leader that…
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Michigan governor apologizes for Flint water crisis
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, facing protests, lawsuits and calls for his resignation over drinking water contamination in Flint, on Tuesday apologized to the city's residents and called for the state to spend $28 million on fixes. “To you, the people of Flint, I say tonight as I have before, I am sorry and I will…
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Breed-your-own insect ‘revolution’ for the kitchen
Katharina Unger and Julia Kaisinger, 25 and 28, have developed a device to breed in the comfort of your own home the protein-rich grubs of the meal beetle, to then eat. “The first step is mentally to get over the fact that you are eating an insect.
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Sanders releases universal healthcare plan before Democratic debate
By Amanda Becker CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released details on Sunday evening about his “Medicare-for-all” universal healthcare funding plan and how he would pay for it. The plan was released hours before Sanders was to square off in a Democratic presidential debate in Charleston, South Carolina, against Hillary Clinton,…
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U.N. says has reports of starvation in Syria’s besieged Deir Al-Zor
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – Unverified reports say 15 to 20 people died of starvation in the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor last year, the United Nations said on Saturday, warning that 200,000 residents there face a severe food shortage and sharply deteriorating conditions. Western parts of the city have been under siege by…
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Italian medieval village orders elderly to defy death
The Grim Reaper has got his work cut out in Sellia in southern Italy, thanks to a decree ordering the village's elderly and dwindling population to stay in good shape. “Human life is naturally valuable, but here it has a social value as well because every person who dies takes us a step closer to…
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Cancer ‘moonshot’ aims to speed fight against No. 2 killer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harking back to America's triumphant race into space, the Obama administration is launching what it calls a “moonshot” effort to cure cancer.