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USAID Quietly Sent Thousands of Virus Samples to Chinese Military-Linked Biolab
The Pennsylvania Daily Star
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July 8, 2025
by Emily Kopp The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shipped thousands of viral samples to a lab in Wuhan over the course of a 10-year program even though it had no formal agreement with the lab in place, according to previously...
Rwanda's Kagame unsure if peace with Congo will hold
Yass Tribune
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July 4, 2025
His absence led to speculation among Rwandan dissidents based outside the country about his health. David Himbara, a former Kagame adviser turned critic living in Canada, said repeatedly on social media that Kagame was ill.
Home Office wrongly classed hundreds of child asylum seekers as adults
The i paper
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July 8, 2025
Lone children placed in adult asylum accommodation, including hotels, leaving them vulnerable to abuse The Home Office wrongly placed hundreds of lone child asylum seekers in adult asylum accommodation such as hotels last year before they were...
Health of Larissa doctor with hemorrhagic fever improving
Kathimerini
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NEWS [InTime News] A 54-year-old doctor diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is showing signs of steady improvement at University Hospital of Larissa. The doctor had reportedly come into contact with a 72-year-old livestock farmer...
Nakivale : hunger kills, a Congolese refugee dies in front of the UNHCR
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, July 2, 2025 – Hunger has struck again in refugee camps in Uganda. A Congolese refugee, a member of the Banyamulenge community, died Tuesday evening in the Nakivale camp after a week of hunger strike. He was protesting...
Trump Cut Rape Survivor Kits for Congo
Political Wire
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July 1, 2025
“President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access to life-saving medication,” Reuters reports. “The...
Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal to end fighting — and help U.S. access critical minerals
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 27, 2025
Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access to critical minerals in the region. U.S....
Congo virus patient dies at Karachi hospital
ARY News
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June 19, 2025
KARACHI: Second patient infected with the Congo virus in Sindh within a space of two days in Karachi, Sindh Health Department said in a statement on Thursday. 26-year-old infected patient was a resident of Karachi’s Ibrahim Hyderi locality. The...
DOJ Unleashes Largest Medical Fraud Raid in U.S. History—Over $14 Billion Targeted, Hundreds Arrested
TFPP Wire
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July 1, 2025
President Trump’s Justice Department has executed the largest health care fraud takedown in U.S. history, charging over 300 people and uncovering billions in attempted theft of taxpayer-funded medical programs. Key Facts: 324 individuals,...
Trump Draws Line: “Protect the Kids”—Hospitals Face Punishment for Gender Treatments
TFPP Wire
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June 30, 2025
The Trump administration is considering cutting federal funds to hospitals that provide hormone therapy or transition-related surgeries to minors, escalating federal pressure on such programs. Several major children’s hospitals have yet to respond...
Greek health authorities issue alert after man dies of rare tick-borne illness
Euronews
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Published on 30/06/2025 - 13:47 GMT+2 Health authorities in Greece are raising the alarm after a 72-year-old livestock farmer died of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever. The man was infected by a tick and hospitalised in Larissa, where he...
His Majesty Sultan Haitham sends greetings to Congo, Somalia, Burundi, Rwanda, and Canada
The Arabian Stories
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June 30, 2025
MUSCAT – In his cable, His Majesty expressed his best wishes for continued progress, development and stability for the friendly country under the leadership of the President, hoping that the relations of cooperation and friendship between the two...
Kore Potash Secures $2.2 Billion Term Sheet For Project In Republic of Congo
Benzinga
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United Kingdom-based potash developer Kore Potash has signed a non-binding term sheet agreement with Swiss investment platform OWI-RAMS to secure $2.2 billion in financing for its flagship Kola Project in the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)....
EXCLUSIVE: USAID Quietly Sent Thousands Of Viruses To Chinese Military-Linked Biolab
The Daily Caller
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shipped thousands of viral samples to a lab in Wuhan over the course of a 10-year program even though it had no formal agreement with the lab in place, according to previously unreported...
Mental health interventions: Culturally appropriate, but not always culturally specific
The University of New Mexico
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June 27, 2025
Do culturally appropriate mental health interventions have to be culturally specific? University of New Mexico Sociology Professor Jessica Goodkind says no.In her article, Is cultural appropriateness culturally specific? Intersectional insights...
CCHF Case Detected in Greece; Health Authorities Issue Advisory
To Vima
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June 27, 2025
The National Public Health Organization of Greece (EODY) has confirmed a domestic case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in a village within the municipality of Elassona, in the regional unit of Larissa, Thessaly. The patient, a man over...
The Latest: Key Medicaid provision in Trump’s bill found to violate Senate rules
Pique Newsmagazine
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June 27, 2025
The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending bill doesn't adhere to the chamber’s procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish...
Congolese President Congratulates President Ilham Aliyev
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19. President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, has sent a congratulatory letter to President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, Trend reports. "Mr. President, On the...
Football Extras: Barca's De Jong out with calf injury
Rediff
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IMAGE: Frenkie de Jong joined Barca from Ajax Amsterdam last year for 75 million euros ($83.81 million) and has appeared in 27 of their 30 league games this season. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong is set...
U.N. aid chief warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in rebel-held eastern Congo
Los Angeles Times
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June 26, 2025
GOMA, Congo — The United Nations’ humanitarian chief called Thursday for more international support for displaced people in Congo’s rebel-controlled east during his first visit to the central African country. “What I saw here is that the needs are...