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The Titanic-sized tree feeding the Earth’s volcanoes from a small French island

Researchers have uncovered a crawling tree-like network of volcanic plumes under the Earth's surface that could erupt and destroy Africa in tens of millions of years

Daily Mirror

Researchers share draft genome sequences of monkeypox virus

The draft genome indicates that the virus circulating outside Africa belongs to the West African clade

The Hindu

Explainer-How worried should we be about the monkeypox global health emergency?

The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest alert level, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared on Saturday.

Reuters

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East Africans triumph again in Paris Marathon

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Paris Marathon. There are musings on doing nothing and the happiness it can bring, plenty of good music, and of course, the new quiz question, too. Just click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!

Radio France Internationale

Monkeypox: A rare virus on the rise

The rare monkeypox virus, usually confined mostly to Central and West Africa, has spread in unusual ways this year and among populations that have not been vulnerable in the past.

Bangkok Post

Cannes Film-makers Urge France to Face Up to Colonial Past

Film-makers are holding up a mirror to France over its colonial past at the Cannes festival, helped by star power and a growing French readiness to face up to injustices committed notably in Africa. The colonization of Algeria and the horrors of the Algerian war of independence (1954-1962) deeply scarred…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO holds emergency meeting on monkeypox spread as Europe cases rise

At least nine European countries have confirmed cases of monkeypox, with WHO officials worrying it may spread further during the northern hemisphere summer.

ABC News

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Russia looked into using monkeypox as biological weapon, claims ex soviet scientist

Rare viral infection can be caught from infected wild animals in parts of west and central Africa, and can be transmitted by a person's breath or bodily fluids

Daily Mirror

Monkeypox outbreak will not be next pandemic, say scientists

'This will not be a pandemic as we know pandemics'

Wales Online

Yamaha Teams Up With Riders For Health On Three-Year Partnership

Yamaha announces a three-year partnership with Riders for Health, a non-profit providing motorbikes to healthcare workers in Africa.

RideApart

Monkeypox: Why LA is watching out for this rare but potentially serious illness

LOS ANGELES — An increase in the number of cases of monkeypox, a rare but potentially serious viral illness, in Europe and a single case in Massachusetts is attracting increased attention from health officials.

Los Angeles Times

Monkeypox spreading in Europe, US, has African scientists baffled

WHO’s European chief concerned that monkeypox could spread as people gather for parties and festivals over the summer.

Al Jazeera

WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases top 100 in Europe

The World Health Organization was holding an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, after over 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe.

Reuters

Australia reports first monkeypox case in man returning from Britain

Monkeypox, most commonly found in west and central Africa, is said to be milder than smallpox in humans

The Independent UK

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Benzinga

Genius Group Enhances Entrepreneurial Education Offering - Read How

Genius Group Limited (NYSE:GNS) has acquired E-Squared Education Enterprises, a South Africa-based school and vocational college. The financial terms were not disclosed. E-Squared, situated in Nelson Mandela Bay, offers primary, secondary, and tertiary education to children and young adults from its three institutes: Ed-U College (Port Elizabeth), Ed-U Options Academy (Ed-U Academy), and Ed-U…

Benzinga

Diagnostic Chain With Indian Presence Looks To Raise Over $300M, In Talks With Walmart, Amazon

Metropolis Healthcare Ltd diagnostics chain operating in India and Africa, is looking to raise over $300 million and grab a strategic partner by selling a minority stake, Bloomberg reports. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT)-owned retailer Flipkart and healthcare chain Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd were among potential strategic investors of Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has…

Reuters

UN cutting refugee rations in Africa's Sahel amid 'alarming' food insecurity

Food rations for refugees and displaced people are being cut by up to half in parts of the Sahel due to a massive funding shortfall with millions set to go hungry as prices rise and climate shocks hit yields, U.N. agencies said on Friday.

The Independent UK

Monkeypox spreads in West, baffling African scientists

As more cases of monkeypox are detected in Europe and North America, scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks in Africa say they are baffled by the unusual disease's spread in the West

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Seeks Solution to GERD Crisis that Preserves its Water Interests

Egypt is keen on resolving the dispute with Ethiopia over the giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile and reach an agreement that preserves the interests of all concerned countries. It underscored the importance of the Nile River as a "source of cooperation and construction" since it is considered an…

The Independent UK

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

May 13-May 19, 2022

The Independent UK

China becomes wild card in Sri Lanka's debt crisis

China says its initiative to build ports and other infrastructure across Asia and Africa, paid for with Chinese loans, will boost trade

Axios

What we know about the new monkeypox outbreak

This could become the largest outbreak of monkeypox in countries outside of Africa — but there's no need to panic, an infectious disease expert says.

The Independent UK

Monkeypox in the US: Where is the disease and will it spread?

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

Al Jazeera

Africa contained monkeypox outbreaks during COVID – Africa CDC

A handful of cases of the virus have now been reported or are suspected in the UK, US, Portugal and Spain.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What is monkeypox and where is it spreading?

European and American health authorities have identified a number of cases of monkeypox this week, a surprising outbreak of an illness that has previously been limited mostly to central and western Africa

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