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Angola records over 85,000 TB cases in 2025
LUANDA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Angola's Ministry of Health has reported that a total of 85,793 cases of tuberculosis (TB) were recorded nationwide in 2025. This makes tuberculosis the third leading cause of overall mortality in Angola.
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Flash: Knife attack reported on train in Saarland, southwestern Germany: media
Flash: Knife attack reported on train in Saarland, southwestern Germany: media
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U.N. chief names Arnault as personal envoy for Middle East war
March 25 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday named veteran U.N. diplomat Jean Arnault as his personal envoy to support efforts to end the Middle East conflict, saying the "world is staring down the barrel of a wider war."
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Greenland independence party wins seat in Danish parliament at key moment
COPENHAGEN, March 25 (Reuters) - Greenland's Naleraq party, which advocates swift independence from Denmark, won its first seat in the Danish general election, sending a critic of the Copenhagen-Nuuk union to parliament at one of the most crucial moments in the kingdom's history.
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Int'l nuclear energy forum opens in Kenya amid call for safety
NAIROBI, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A three-day International Conference on Nuclear Energy (ICoNE) kicked off in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday with participants calling for legislation to ensure its safety.
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Zambian government vows to advance adoption of renewable energy
LUSAKA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government on Wednesday pledged to advance renewable energy sources as an alternative to the country's electricity supply.
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Ceasefire monitors call for maximum restraint after fighting displaces thousands in South Sudan
JUBA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan's ceasefire monitors on Wednesday urged warring parties to exercise maximum restraint and return to dialogue after the recent clashes in Jonglei State between warring parties forced about 200,000 people to flee into neighboring Ethiopia.
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Roundup: Germany unveils 8-bln-euro climate plan to reduce reliance on fossil fuel
BERLIN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The German government on Wednesday adopted a climate plan that includes an additional 8 billion euros (about 9 billion U.S. dollars) of funding over the next four years. However, critics said the plan would not go far enough to ensure the country meets its climate targets.
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Feature: Endangered sea turtles in Tanzania's Zanzibar revive through community-led conservation
by Xinhua writers Hua Hongli, Lin Guangyao, Lucas Liganga
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Kenya holds capacity building seminar for local Chinese language teachers
NAIROBI, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A three-day seminar for enhancing the competence of local Chinese language teachers opened on Wednesday in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, drawing over 100 in-person and virtual participants.
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Tanzania strengthens digital systems to boost epidemic surveillance, response
DAR ES SALAAM, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Tanzanian government has strengthened digital disease surveillance systems to enhance early detection and rapid response to outbreaks, a health official said on Wednesday.
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1st LD Writethru: Chinese FM urges Mideast countries to maintain calm, address disputes through dialogue
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday said China supports countries in the Middle East in maintaining calm and addressing disputes and differences through dialogue.
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Cyprus has opened discussion with UK over its bases, president says
NICOSIA, March 25 (Reuters) - Cyprus has initiated a discussion with London on the future of British bases on the island, its president said on Wednesday, after a drone strike on a military facility this month triggered fears their presence could expose it to the wider Iran conflict.
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US offers up to $3 million bounty for information on finances of powerful Haiti gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Wednesday offered a reward of up to $3 million and possible relocation in exchange for information on the financial activities of Haiti's Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif criminal groups.
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Right-wing candidates Fujimori, Lopez Aliaga top crowded Peru field ahead of presidential vote, poll shows
LIMA, March 25 (Reuters) - Peruvian presidential candidates Keiko Fujimori and Rafael Lopez Aliaga remain ahead in voter preferences, a new poll showed on Wednesday, pointing to a rightward tilt ahead of April's general election despite a crowded field of 35 contenders.
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Explainer-Can the US government be held liable for the LaGuardia Airport collision?
NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - Investigators are probing the potential causes of Sunday's collision between an Air Canada Express plane and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The two pilots were killed. Air Canada said 39 of the 76 passengers and crew were hospitalized. The accident revived concern about air traffic control shortages.
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Iran's initial response to US proposal 'not positive', senior Iranian official tells Reuters
DUBAI, March 25 (Reuters) - Iran's initial response to the U.S. proposal to end the war has not been "positive", a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that Tehran is still reviewing it.
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Hundreds evacuated after fire hits luxury Paris hotel
PARIS, March 25 (Reuters) - Around 400 people were evacuated after a blaze broke out in a five-star hotel in Paris on Wednesday, firefighters said.
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Libya's coast guards tow damaged Russian LNG tanker away from its shores
March 25 (Reuters) - Libya's coast guard has begun towing away a damaged liquefied natural gas tanker that several Mediterranean countries warned posed an environmental risk after drifting unmanned for weeks, the Tripoli‑based Government of National Unity (GNU) said.
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Brazil's Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro in technical tie in run-off simulation, poll shows
SAO PAULO, March 25 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are in a technical tie in a simulated run-off, according to an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll in which respondents were asked how they would vote in the next elections. The poll showed on Wednesday that Flavio Bolsonaro was leading by just one percentage point.
