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Learn “mediated”, “unanimously”, “collapse” in slow English. From: Ebola outbreak in DR Congo passes 11,000 cases.
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- Ebola outbreak in DR Congo passes 11,000 cases
- Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi make little progress
- Court overturns Trinidad and Tobago's ban on gay sex
- Australia's Youpla directors penalized over collapsed funeral fund
- South Korea bus crash injures dozens near Seoul
Sources
- RechercheThe World Health Organization approved clinical trials of two new Ebola vaccines earlier this month and said it expected results in early 2027.
- RechercheThe report notes no significant breakthroughs in three previous rounds of talks earlier in the year; it does not report a significant breakthrough from this meeting.
- RecherchePutin will not agree to a general halt in hostilities, arguing that it would let Ukrainian troops rest and replenish their weapons.
- RechercheSections 13 and 16 of Trinidad and Tobago’s Sexual Offences Act 1986 criminalized private, consensual sexual activity between adults of the same sex. The court held that the sections were not protected as existing law and were not reasonably justifiable under the Constitution.
- RechercheThe Guardian reports that the 1986 Act was treated as new legislation, not merely a continuation of colonial-era laws, and therefore was not protected from constitutional challenge by the savings clause.
- RechercheYoupla collapsed in March 2022, leaving more than 13,000 Aboriginal people without the means to pay for funerals.
- RechercheThe driver reportedly told police the brakes did not work; investigators were looking into the exact cause of the crash.
- RecherchePolice planned to examine the bus's black-box recording data and CCTV footage as they investigated the cause.