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Child suicides in Japan hit record high in 2024
TOKYO, Oct. 24 — A record 529 schoolchildren in Japan took their own lives in…
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TAIYUAN, Oct. 25 — Thirty-seven years ago, a brief encounter in a hospital in Burkina…
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 — The UN General Assembly on Thursday held a high-level meeting…
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Cancer, heart disease, pneumonia S. Korea’s top 3 causes of death in 2024
September 25, 2025SEOUL, Sept. 25 — Cancer, heart disease and pneumonia were South Korea’s top three causes…
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Ebola cases in DR Congo falling; WHO warns of critical weeks ahead
September 24, 2025KINSHASA, Sept. 24 — The number of new cases in the current Ebola outbreak in…
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Mpox cases in Africa surpass 190,000, deaths near 2,000: Africa CDC
September 19, 2025ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 19 — The number of mpox cases reported in Africa since the…
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At least 31 dead in latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: WHO
September 18, 2025KINSHASA, Sept. 18 — At least 31 people have died in the latest Ebola outbreak…
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TOKYO, Sept. 16 — A woman in her 20s with recent travel history to Africa…
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S. Korea issues quarantine alert over reported African swine fever case
September 15, 2025SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — South Korea issued a quarantine alert over the reported case…
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DR Congo launches Ebola vaccination in Kasai Province as cases rise to 25: WHO
September 14, 2025KINSHASA, Sept. 14 — Vaccination against the Ebola virus has begun in the Bulape health…