Tanzania news sites banned over animation deemed critical of president
The viral animation referred to a recent wave of abductions and killings of opposition activists.
03
Oct
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03
Oct
Treasure hunter finally finds Golden Owl after decades
An owl statuette which was buried 31 years ago as part of a treasure hunt has reportedly been found in France.
03
Oct
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.
03
Oct
Three Hamas leaders killed months ago, IDF says
The IDF says the men, including the head of the Hamas government, were killed in a strike on northern Gaza.
03
Oct
Hospital fire in Taiwan kills nine people
The cause of the fire – which began as Typhoon Krathon made landfall – is still under investigation.
03
Oct
India’s top court saves a poor student’s college dream
Atul Kumar missed the deadline to pay his college fee by a few seconds – then a court stepped in to help him.
03
Oct
Hidden runway bomb explodes just after plane takes off
A bomb, probably dropped in WW2, goes off at an airport, about a minute after a passenger plane passed by.
03
Oct
Dozens of tigers dead after bird flu hits Vietnam zoos
Officials believe the animals caught the virus from infected chicken meat they were fed at two zoos.
03
Oct
‘It kills everything’ – Amazon’s indigenous people hit by record forest fires in Brazil
More than 62,000 sq km of rainforest has burned in Brazil, this year alone.
03
Oct
Dominican Republic ‘to deport up to 10,000 migrants a week’
Many Haitian migrants are fleeing extreme gang violence and poverty in the capital Port-au-Prince.
