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- Ebola outbreak deaths in Congo exceed 5,000
- A fragile ceasefire lets residents leave a Russian-controlled Ukrainian town
- UN biodiversity summit ends amid calls for reform
- Court limits anti-migrant march in South Africa
- Pope Leo becomes first pope to vote in a US election
- Binance reports $6.3 billion crypto theft
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- RechercheThe report describes the Congo outbreak as the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, behind the 2014–2016 West Africa outbreak, which killed 11,000 people across multiple countries.
- RechercheUkrainian officials said about 1,700 people remained in Oleshky, compared with a pre-war population of about 24,000.
- RechercheThe final agreement left unresolved which countries should contribute more financial resources; decisions on a fund tied to digital forms of biodiversity were postponed until the next summit in Ecuador in two years.
- East Coast Radio NewswatchSouth African court sets limits on anti-migrant demonstration
- RechercheThe police had sought a two-week suspension of the demonstrations, saying it needed to preserve manpower to maintain public safety and secure the elections.
- PBS News / Associated PressLeo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a U.S. general election | PBS News
- BBC NewsWatch: What we know about Binance's $6.3bn hack