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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78456869_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JCJU The DRC Ebola epidemic is the second-deadliest in the world after the 2014-2016 outbreak in West AfricaImage: Dieudonne Dirole/AP Photo/picture alliance The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is “growing exponentially” and risks spilling over into neighboring countries unless containment efforts are stepped up, the UN’s senior Ebola coordinator…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/77333764_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JBDq Panama Canal is dependent on a system of water-filled locks that moves ships through the canal systemImage: Michael Melford/Design Pics/picture alliance The Panama Canal will cut the number of ships passing through it starting next month due to a lack of rainfall as the El Nino weather pattern takes hold over the region,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78453300_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JBH8 Six passengers and two pilots were aboard the plane during the incident [Representative image]Image: Hohlfeld/IMAGO A charter plane crash at a remote military radar site in western Alaska on Thursday has left all eight people on board dead, according to the United States  military. The aircraft  crashed around 12:15 pm (2015 UTC)…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78453255_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JBEL According to the police report, Bharati Mukhi was crossing the road around 3 pm when she was hit by the speeding car allegedly driven by Lingamaneni SanjushImage: Jwala Kotesh/NurPhoto/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Lingamaneni Sanjush, son of a parliamentarian, has been…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78452066_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JB3z Immigration experts say that by sending Mexicans through Guatemala or other third countries, the US wants to make it more difficult for them to cross back into its territory [FILE: Jan 23, 2025]Image: Christian Torres/Anadolu/picture alliance The United States has deported and sent some 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala this year in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78452442_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JB3X The two activists face a maximum prison term of 10 years and are expected to be sentenced at a later dateImage: Chan Long Hei/AP Photo/picture alliance A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two pro-democracy Tiananmen activists tried under Beijing’s controversial national security law for “incitement to subversion.” Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/75941069_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JApd Khan has not been seen publicly since his 2023 imprisonment [FILE: Dec 15, 2017]Image: Asif Hassan/AFP Pakistan‘s former Prime ‌Minister, ⁠Imran ⁠Khan, has ​been transferred ​from ​jail ‌to a private hospital, Kahn’s party announced early on Friday, confiming local media reports. “Former Prime Minister Imran Khan ‌has ​been shifted from Adiala Jail to Shifa…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/73420193_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JAbA The quake struck in the Andes region [FILE Cordillera de Los Andes]Image: Galyna Andrushko/Zoonar/picture alliance A powerful earthquake shook Peru‘s southern Andes Mountains on Thursday, measured at magnitude 6.7 by the US Geological Survey (USGS) and 7.2 by Peru’s Geophysical Institute (IGP). The USGS said the quake occurred at 1 p.m. local time (18:00 GMT) with an epicenter…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78450214_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JAP1 A Reuters witness saw 50 bodies, many wrapped in mats and traditional cloths, ​lying in the forecourt of a community mosque ahead of their burialImage: Abubakar Imam/REUTERS An overloaded boat capsized in a river in Sokoto state in northwestern Nigeria, leaving at least 50 people dead, local authorities confirmed on Thursday.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78438795_6.jpg”] Russia launches missile and drone barrage on Kyiv https://p.dw.com/p/5JAIk Ukraine’s dwindling air defenses and intensified Russian missile attacks are forcing more Kyiv residents to spend their nights in metro stations for safety. In the heavily targeted Lukianivska district, market traders continue working despite the risks, while families whose homes have been damaged…