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Three Congolese doctors arrested in connection with WHO official’s death
He said militiamen involved in attacking treatment centres, including Butembo hospital, had under interrogation implicated four doctors in planning the raids. The WHO described Mouzoko as "passionate" and "always ready to go where people would need his help most", and said he was a committed professional who helped train hundreds in the medical field. [Full Article...]
Countries Issuing US Travel, Safety Warnings — WashPost
The advisory, the group said, has been "issued in light of ongoing high levels of gun violence in the country", which it referred to as human rights crisis. "By prioritizing gun ownership over basic human rights, the USA government is willfully and systematically failing on multiple levels and ignoring its worldwide obligations to protect people's rights and safety". [Full Article...]
Radiation spike reported after Russian Federation missile test centre blast
It said six servicemen and civilian engineers were injured, and two of them later died of their injuries. This apparently contradicted the defence ministry, which was quoted earlier by state media as saying radiation was normal. The area in Russia's northern Arkhangelsk region is home to a weapons testing range for the navy. "The area is closed", the official, Sergei Kozub, said, without giving ... [Full Article...]
World News Bartenders pour first batch of nuclear vodka from Chernobyl
Is the spirit radioactive? "This is no more radioactive than any other vodka", Professor Jim Smith said. However, because distilling reduces any impurities in the original grain, the only radioactivity the researchers could detect in the alcohol is natural Carbon-14 at the same level you would expect in any spirit drink. [Full Article...]
Year Old Meath Teenager Dies In Lanzarote
Navan councillor Padraig Fitzsimons has described him as a lovely guy who will be missed by all his friends and family. The teenager also played soccer and had lined out in the Kennedy Cup. Johnstown Football Club described the young footballer as a "champion" with a "fighting spirit". Meath GAA spoke of its "profound sadness and shock at the tragic passing in Lanzarote of Mikey Leddy". [Full Article...]
China's exports unexpectedly rise in July
Imports jumped nearly 8% year-on-year to 8.64 million mt and were almost 33% higher than the 6.51 million mt imported a month earlier, data from China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) showed. A cargo ship berthed at Qingdao port in Shandong, China. The United States responded by labeling China a "currency manipulator", which is likely to further worsen relations between the two count... [Full Article...]
Oh rats! Japan convenience store apologizes after viral rodent video
A brief video posted on Twitter shows at least six rats climbing (and falling) down from the top of a wall cooler at the store in Shibuya, a high-end neighbourhood in Japan's capital. It is not known when the video was filmed, however, in a statement to the media outlet FamilyMart said it had closed on August 5 to investigate. "We deeply apologize for making you feel uncomfortable and uneasy... [Full Article...]
Israel Reveals Lost Franz Kafka Archive
Brod's own death in 1968 ushered in what library spokeswoman Vered Lion-Yerushalmi called "the Kafkaesque story" of the Brod archive, with the hoard being split up and part of it stolen and offered for sale in Germany . The documents arrived in Israel two weeks ago after having been held in a vault in Switzerland for decades. When Ms Hoffe died, the National Library appealed to her daughters ... [Full Article...]