Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's second vaccine against malaria was launched on Monday as Ivory Coast began a routine vaccine programme using shots developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India.

Second malaria vaccine launched in Ivory Coast in new milestone

The Independent

The first affordable malaria vaccine has been administered to children in Ivory Coast, the beginning of a campaign that experts hope might curb the impact of one of Africa's top killers.The West African country became the first to start rolling out the newest vaccination targeting malaria in an effort that will initially treat 250,000 babies under the age of two across 16 regions of the country.The historic immunisation hopes to quell the spread of the mosquito-borne disease that kills four people a day,  including three children under the age of five, in the country. The R21 vaccine, which costs...

‘New era’ in malaria control begins with vaccination campaign for children in Ivory Coast

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Nearly six years after being caught with the illegal possession of 81 pangolins, a former police officer has received one of the longest jail sentences Malaysia has imposed for a crime involving the world’s most trafficked mammal. Mohd Sharwandy Sollahudin, arrested in August 2018, was sentenced last month to...

Ex-Police Officer Sentenced To Almost 16 Years In Prison After Trafficking 81 Critically Endangered Pangolins In Malaysia

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Franklin, IN

NewsByJoshua

A wave of closures is hitting Pizza Hut, a pizza chain known for its iconic slanted-roof buildings, with 6,775 locations feeling the pinch in the tough restaurant industry landscape.

A well-known pizza chain with over 6K locations has begun closing some of its stores

Shafi Edu is a Nigerian multi-millionaire businessman and pathfinder. Edu, from a small town straddling Ikenne and Odogbolu in Ogun State, Nigeria, rose to prominence as one of Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneurs. He started his journey in the world of entrepreneurship as a ship chandelier, food contractor, and timber trader....

Meet Shafi Edu, one of Africa’s richest men you’ve probably never heard of

Get to know Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu; he is reportedly the first Nigerian billionaire and the founding president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. He established his wealth during the colonial era. When he died in 1966, his wealth was $4 billion in today’s economic value, Forbes Africa reported in 2018.

Meet Nigeria’s first billionaire who was reportedly worth $4 billion at the time of his death in 1966

Wisconsin State

Brookfield, WI

In a wave of unexpected newsunexpected newsunexpected newsunexpected news, Piggly Wiggly has shuttered its store in Brookfield, Wisconsin, leaving customers feeling as if they've lost a family member. The closure, originally set for June 15, was moved up abruptly, catching shoppers off guard as the aisles emptied out with a clearance sale offering 50% off all merchandise.

500-store Grocery Chain Closes Location, Shoppers Cry.

Insider

Before her trip to Timor-Leste, the author found limited online information for tourists — she had to learn along the way.

I've traveled to 20 countries in 2 years. I found the most stunning coast in one of the least-visited countries.

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Another 200 police officers from Kenya arrived Tuesday in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country. The officers arrived nearly a month after the first contingent of 200 landed...

More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti with UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs

Bucks County Beacon

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

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Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

ESSEX COUNTY, N.J. - In a notable case from Essex County, New Jersey, 32-year-old Mahogany Hawkins of Newark has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her involvement in drug trafficking, specifically cocaine and methamphetamine.

Newark Woman Gets 10-Year Sentence for Drug Trafficking

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

Pennsylvania State

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

CBS News

Johannesburg — The military junta that seized power in Burkina Faso less than two years ago announced a law Wednesday criminalizing homosexuality. "Henceforth homosexuality and associated practices will be punished by the law," Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayalawas quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. It makes the West African nation the latest of the continent's 54 countries to follow a trend in banning same-sex relations. There are now only 21 African nations that do not explicitly prohibit same-sex relations. Uganda imposed the continent's most severe laws in May.Brenda Biya, the daughter of Cameroon's President Paul Biya, came out as a lesbian...

Burkina Faso bans homosexuality as Africa's coup belt rejects the West

We visited a Masai compound, a tribe of Kenya one day. And as the group was negotiating with a compound elder of how much money it would take to allow us to enter the compound and photograph Masai life, I was out in the parking lot negotiating how much it would take for this Moran guy to give up his spear. No, it’s not what you think. A Moran is a young male person assigned to guard the compound’s cattle from lions to make him eligible to have a wife. In other words, you have to have killed a lion with a spear before you can marry.

The Masai, a tribe found in Kenya and Tanzania

Illinois State

Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

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Another Country Offers Second-Gen Malaria Vaccine

South Sudan (Precision Vaccinations News) In collaboration with UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), and Gavi, South Sudan's Ministry of Health, today announced the official launch...

Another Country Offers Second-Gen Malaria Vaccine

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