Despondent, Akon Mathiong points to two small mounds of dirt where she buried her grandsons, 4 and 5 years old, last month. They died after contracting measles in one of the worst-hit areas of South Sudan’s latest outbreak. “Every time I see the graves I feel like crying,” Mathiong said. The family said the boys […]
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Image copyright Columbia TriStar/Kobal/Shutterstock Image caption Garner (centre) in 13 Going On 30’s famous slumber party scene Jennifer Garner has paid tribute to her co-stars in 13 Going On 30 on the 15th anniversary of the hit film’s release. Garner said the 2004 body-swap comedy had “benefitted from the performances of so many young actresses”
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Image copyright Getty Images Boeing has said it still does not know how the crisis over the safety of its 737 Max 8 jets will affect its profits. In its latest set of results, Boeing said that due to the uncertainty over when the plane would be allowed to fly again, it could not forecast
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There are complete chambers, simulating the Jewish catacombs in Rome, their walls adorned with frescoes of menorahs, other religious symbols and Hebrew lettering. “The Jewish catacombs in Rome were a treasure trove for our knowledge of Jews in the Imperial Age, about 40,000 people,” said Ms. Della Seta. The display is thematic as well as
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Hi all, This was a hard email to write. Google is retaliating against several organizers. We are among them and here is what’s happening to us: Meredith Just after Google announced that it would disband its AI ethics council, I was informed my role would be changed dramatically. I’m told that to remain at the
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When the men’s basketball Final Four tips off Saturday in Minneapolis, the NCAA’s biggest and most lucrative event will proceed as it normally does: the athletes on the floor for Virginia and Auburn, Michigan State and Texas Tech, will play games that generate hundreds of millions of dollars in total revenue for their schools, the
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A retired top naval chief has criticised using gender neutral terms for ships as “political correctness gone made”. It comes after the Scottish Maritime Museum stopped calling ships and boats “she” when those words on information signs were scratched out by vandals. Admiral Lord West told the Today programme: “It is an insult to a
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WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) ― U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has approved six secret authorizations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia, according to a copy of a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The Trump administration has quietly pursued a wider deal on sharing U.S. nuclear power technology with
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Image copyright Family handout / PA Image caption Mike Davies said he accepted his hands and legs “needed to go” A man who almost died from meningitis has revealed how he began to look forward to having his limbs amputated. Mike Davies, 60, from Brighton, spent 70 days in intensive care with meningococcal meningitis and
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Image copyright Getty Images Jussie Smollett’s legal team is being sued for defamation by two brothers who say they continue to be accused of carrying out a racist and homophobic attack against the actor. Police say the attack was staged, which Smollett denies. Olabinjo Osundairo and Abimbola Osundairo say their reputations have been damaged as
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