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A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said Saturday. Twenty people have been rescued so far. CBC | World News
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Dozens of Palestinians sheltering in Gaza post office killed in single Israeli strike
An Israeli strike killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 50 others who were sheltering in a post office in central Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll on Thursday in the enclave to 66. CBC | World News
Read More »Royal Mail issues warning to dozens of UK postcodes
The aftermath of storm Darragh has caused significant disruption to Royal Mail services, with four major locations affected today. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »US launches dozens of airstrikes on ISIS across Syria as conflict in Middle East spirals
The US has confirmed that more than 75 ISIS targets were hit as part of efforts to “disrupt, degrade, and defeat” the terror group. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Future of pubs ‘at risk’ as dozens forced to close after complaints from newbuilds
More than a fifth of music venues that shut last year attributed closure to “operational issues” such as noise complaints, says the Music Venue Trust. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Congo ‘on general alert’ over flu-like disease that’s killed dozens
Congo’s health minister said Thursday the government is on alert over a flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. CBC | World News
Read More »Dozens of activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case
Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. CBC | World News
Read More »Driver deliberately rams car into crowd in China, killing 35 and injuring dozens
A driver killed 35 people and severely injured another 43 when he deliberately rammed his car into people exercising at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, police said Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »‘These are atrocious crimes’: UN says dozens killed in paramilitary rampage amid Sudan civil war
Fighters from the notorious paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces ran riot in east-central Sudan in a multi-day attack that killed more than 120 people in one town, a doctors’ group and the United Nations said. CBC | World News
Read More »One dead, dozens sick in U.S. from E. coli infections linked to McDonald’s burger
One person has died and dozens were sickened from E. coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers in 10 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said on Tuesday. CBC | World News
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