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​A drone view of a Liberian-flagged cargo ship anchored after Argentine authorities quarantined it on the Parana River over a suspected case of mpox onboard, according to the government, in San Lorenzo, Argentina August 21, 2024.
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“Not COVID,” but caution: WHO on high alert as new mpox strain spreads

Global public health authorities have raised the alarm about the fast-spreading variant of the virus, which has already surged in central and eastern Africa. So far in 2024, those regions have recorded over 17,000 infections, and while cases are usually mild, more than 500 people have died.

​Trap Women's Final - Chateauroux Shooting Centre, Deols, France - July 31, 2024. Adriana Ruano Oliva of Guatemala in action.
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Hard Numbers: Guatemala wins first-ever gold medal, F-16s fly in Ukraine, CAR meets on mpox outbreak, China’s housing market declines

1: Adriana Ruano won Guatemala its first-ever gold medal at the Olympics in shooting on Wednesday.

Election officials display a ballot paper while sorting and counting votes after polls close at a polling station during Zambia's general elections.
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Election crisis in one of Africa’s most stable democracies, Mecca agreement may get another signee, SCOTUS sides with Trump on mail-in ballots

The mineral-rich southern African nation of Zambia is slipping into political crisis following last week’s disputed election, in which incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema won a second five-year term.

An adult female Anopheles mosquito bites a human body to begin its blood meal at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 24/02/2023.
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Djibouti goes high-tech to take a bite out of malaria

The coastal country of Djibouti, one of the smallest by population in Africa, has a big problem in a tiny package.

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CRISPR gets an AI upgrade

CRISPR, the gene-editing method that won two female scientists the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, may soon get infused with artificial intelligence.