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Seven Killed As India Floods Death Toll Rises To 83

The death toll from severe monsoon flooding across India rose to at least 83 with seven more fatalities confirmed in...

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BOST Investigations Will Continue

The Committee set up to investigate the contaminated fuel saga at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company...

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Five Killed As Building Collapses In Pakistan

Five people died when an apartment building collapsed in southern Pakistan early Tuesday as most of its residents were...

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South Sudan Declares State of Emergency

South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has declared a state of emergency in part of the country’s north-west. The...

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Accident Leaves ‘gravediggers’ Unconscious, With Head and Leg Injuries

Scores of people who were on their way to a cemetery at Kormantse-Nkum in the Central Region to dig a grave have been...

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World’s Northernmost Coral Reef In Japan Bleached

Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a...

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Major Players In BOST Contaminated Fuel Saga [Infographic]

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has been heavily criticized for selling 5 million litres...

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US Will Not Resume Brazil Beef Imports Until Food Safety Addressed

The United States will not resume imports of beef from Brazil until food safety issues have been addressed, US...

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’83 Famine Likely To Occur Again – Maize Farmers Assoc.

General Secretary of the Concern Maize Farmers Association Hassan Suleman has predicted that Ghana may experience...

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Thousands More Canadians On Evacuation Alert As Wildfires Spread

Thousands more Canadians were warned Monday they could face evacuation under threat of huge forest fires that have...

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15 Yemeni Rebels, 8 Soldiers Killed In Clashes

At least 15 Yemeni rebels and eight soldiers were killed Monday as government forces attacked insurgent positions in...

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18 Dead, 18 Missing In China Flooding

Flooding in China's northeast has left 18 dead and 18 missing, state media said Monday, after the latest deadly deluge...

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Wacam Clears Air On Report To Shun Kenyase Foodstuff, Fish

Wacam, a non-governmental mining advocacy group, has denied media reports suggesting that the organisation was...

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Death Toll Climbs From India’s Monsoon Floods

The death toll from severe monsoon flooding across India has risen to at least 76, officials said Monday, with eight...

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Fear Grips Bunkprugu Over Collapsed Bridge

Several authorities in the Mamprugu Traditional Area including the Chief of Bunkprugu, Naasimong Bukari, have raised...

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Kotoko Accident Sparks National Debate On Towing Policy

Following the accident involving the bus of Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC running into a stationary vehicle on the Nkawkaw...

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Eight Dead, Several Missing In Arizona Flash-Flooding

Flash flooding that swept over a swimming hole near Payson, Arizona has left at least eight people dead with several...

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Canada Fires Drive Thousands More Out of Their Homes

Thousands of people fled their homes in western Canada over the weekend as strong winds fanned forest fires that have...

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27 Dead, 54 Missing, In DR Congo Boat Sinking

At least 27 people have perished and 54 are missing after an overcrowded boat sank in a river in the Democratic...