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STOCKHOLM/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a global public health emergency.

WHO confirms first case of new mpox strain outside Africa as outbreak spreads

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Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants from India, Nepal and Vietnam have been stuck in Sao Paulo's international airport for weeks in alarming conditions, sleeping on the floor as they wait to enter Brazil, according to the Public Defender's Office and documents seen by Reuters on Friday.

Asian migrants trapped for weeks in Brazilian airport limbo

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 Torrential rains in Brazil have eroded parts of a fossil site, revealing what scientists think could be the world’s oldest known dinosaur skeletons.The “almost fully preserved” dinosaur fossil, discovered next to a reservoir in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, could be around 233 million years old, researchers say.They suspect the fossil creature lived during the Triassic Period, when all of the Earth’s continents were a single landmass called Pangea, and dinosaurs had just emerged.Researchers suspect the unearthed fossil belongs to a member of the Herrerasauridae family of carnivorous dinosaurs that grew to about 2.5m in length.These...

Heavy rains in Brazil unearth what could be world’s oldest dinosaur fossil

The Africa CDC or centres for Disease Control has declared its first ever public health emergency over the most recent mpox outbreak that began in DR Congo last September but has since spread to other countries. Over 38,000 cases and more than 1,400 deaths have been attributed to the virus on the continent since the start of 2022.

Africa's top health body sounds alarm over mpox outbreak

NAIROBI — Ride-hailing giants Uber and Bolt have raised their fares in Kenya amid pressure from drivers using the platforms, who are organizing themselves systematically to undercut the companies. Bolt announced a 10% increase to its fees in Kenya, barely a week after Uber announced a similar 20% price...

Kenyan taxi drivers force ride hailing fare rises

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Cats have a knack of waking you up a little before you're ready to get up, sometimes more than a little before. They're worth it though. Here are five local Kansas City cats who would love to wake you up each morning. Already have a cat that wakes you up? Get yourself a back-up alarm.

Five cats that will replace your alarm clock

It's been 14 years since actor James MacArthur died of natural causes at only 72 years old. Best known as Danny “Danno” Williams on the original TV adaptation of Hawaii Five-0 (the famed crime-adventure series, CBS, 1968-1980), MacArthur was the adopted son of acting legend Helen Hayes. This is his story.

'Hawaii Five-0'' Actor James MacArthur Was Adopted by Helen Hayes): A Look Back at His Tragic Death

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Wednesday to discuss a new cooperation treaty that would see the UK and Germany forge closer ties on clean energy, technology, defense, and irregular migration, in what Downing Street described as a “once in a generation opportunity” to “turn a corner on Brexit.”

UK’s Starmer meets with Scholz for ‘reset’ talks post-Brexit

New York Post

More than 260 dinosaur footprints discovered in Brazil and Cameroon provide further evidence that South America and Africa were once connected as part of a giant continent millions of years ago, according to a recent study.

Scientists estimated that the footprints were originally made 120 million years ago about 600 miles apart, or roughly the distance between Dallas and Nashville, on the supercontinent known as Gondwana.

How dinosaurs changed the science and society of Victorian England

Today, the fossilized tracks are more than 3,700 miles apart on opposite sides of the Atlantic, with some in eastern Brazil and the others in northern Cameroon.

“We determined that in terms of...

‘Almost identical’ dinosaur footprints found in Brazil and Central Africa may prove supercontinent

Latin Times

The Panamanian government announced the expansion of U.S.-funded deportation flights from the Darien Gap, the treacherous jungle path in its border with Colombia that has become a key migration route, to include nationals from more countries. Concretely, the José Raúl Mulino administration indicated that it will carry out flights for...

Panama announces expansion of U.S.-funded deportation flights to include migrants from Ecuador, India, China

OpenAI is reportedly in talks to raise billions of dollars in new funding, the latest sign of a broadening artificial intelligence arms race. Analysts have speculated that investor concern over a lack of revenue resulting from heavy AI spending might push major companies to dial back their investments. Yet according...

OpenAI courts new funding that could bring valuation to $100B

Markings on a stone pillar found at the 12,000-year-old archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey have been newly decoded by researchers, who believe they may document a tremendous comet strike that led to a major shift in human civilization. The site, a temple-like complex some seven thousand years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza, contains intricate carvings that archaeologists think may collectively form the world’s oldest calendar, as well as those that record the Taurid meteor stream that gave rise to a twenty-seven-day-long rain of comet fragments that plunged the Earth into a roughly 1,200-year-long ice age in 10850 BCE. The comet strike is believed to have wiped out many species of large animals, and to have spurred the lifestyle change from hunting and gathering to farming that led to the birth of civilization in the Fertile Crescent of West Asia.

PREHISTORIC CARVINGS IN SOUTHERN TURKEY THOUGHT TO RECORD DAWN OF CIVILIZATION

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With the current planetary alignment, some zodiac signs may receive immense financial blessings from the universe today. As the Moon travels through Gemini, some individuals will experience a new wave of blessings in their finances. Embrace this current planetary energy and watch things work out in your favor. This article provides the best financial predictions and guidance for three zodiac signs. Keep scrolling to find out the lucky signs marked for financial luck and abundance today.

3 Lucky Zodiac Signs With Financial Abundance | August 28, 2024

French prosecutors formally charged Telegram CEO Pavel Durov with a wide range of crimes related to illegal activity on the app Wednesday, releasing him from custody but banning him from leaving the country. The news and messaging platform has been linked to the spread of child sexual abuse content, drug...

Telegram CEO formally charged in illegal content probe

Los Angeles, CA

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

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European populations varied greatly over 40,000 years according to conditions, and when things got coldest people barely survived in some places, and didn’t elsewhere.

Climate Change Probably Drove Ice Age Western Europeans To Extinction

A new exhibition explores Leonardo da Vinci’s impact on perfumery. The Florentine polymath is best known for his art and inventions, but he also spent years investigating fragrances, buying commercial perfumes and noting their ingredients and techniques, having become interested in how smell works compared with sight and hearing. Renaissance scents were often burned like incense, and da Vinci designed new perfume burners as well as fragrances.

New exhibit celebrates da Vinci, perfumer

Americans are taking scouting trips to see if they can handle moving to a new country. But finding a new home abroad isn't as simple as going on vacation there. Take it from Alex Ingrim, who's originally from Washington, but left the U.S. to study in France, where he met his now-wife, Louisa.

U.S. expat who's lived in Italy, France and more: If you want to move to Europe, here's my best advice

Disney and Reliance were given the green light to create India’s biggest entertainment company after Indian regulators approved their $8.5 billion merger on Wednesday. Regulators were worried about the companies controlling most cricket broadcasting rights, but they relented after both entities made concessions to avoid hurting advertisers. The massive deal will boost Reliance owner — and Asia’s richest man — Mukesh Ambani’s grip over India’s $28 billion media and entertainment sector, Reuters reported.

Disney-Reliance merger approved

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Brazil is building the first maximum-security biolab in Latin America

Construction began on Latin America’s first maximum-security biosciences laboratory. Biosafety level 4 laboratories are designed to work with deadly airborne pathogens for which there are no...

Brazil is building the first maximum-security biolab in Latin America

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