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European Commission President Von der Leyen ill with pneumonia
January 3, 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has cancelled all travel plans for the next two weeks as she is suffering from a severe case of pneumonia, dpa has...
‘This Christmas I’ll be counting penguins’
December 25, 2024
How are you spending your Christmas? While many will be curled up on the sofa in front of a roaring fire (or at least with the central heating on),...
‘Seriously ill’ Ghanaian activist denied bail
September 27, 2024
A detained Ghanaian activist who was the key organiser of the recent anti-illegal mining protest has been denied bail along with 11 others, despite being seriously ill.Oliver Barker Vormawor...
Hundreds of ‘seriously ill’ prisoners freed in DR Congo
September 24, 2024
Some 1,685 "seriously ill" inmates have been released from one of the most notorious prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the latest move to tackle overcrowding.The release...
Terminally ill mother of freed Gaza hostage Noa has died
July 2, 2024
Just over three weeks after 26-year-old hostage Noa Argamani was rescued from captivity in the Gaza Strip, her terminally ill mother Liora has died, Israeli sources said on Tuesday.The...