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Ii it's weekly update of the 2018 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported 42 states had heavy flu-related patient traffic last week, up from 39 the week before. There have been 10 new child deaths.
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By AFP
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The number of migrants who died near the US-Mexico border rose in 2017 even as the number of attempted border crossings fell dramatically, the United Nations' migration agency said Tuesday.
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By AFP
Bogota -
Colombia recorded its lowest murder rate in four decades this year in the wake of a peace deal with the leftwing FARC rebel group, the government said Tuesday.
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By AFP
Paris -
Sixty-five journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2017, according to annual figures published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday.Among them were 50 professional reporters, the lowest toll in 14 years.
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At a time when we have hit a critical point in the opioid epidemic, the FDA has found that patients believe they can use kratom to treat opioid withdrawal symptoms, and this is cause for concern because of the drug's side effects and risk of death.
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How many more people need to die before we realize federal and state governments have not been doing much to help stem what has become an epidemic that is now affecting our economy, job growth and legal system?
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In what appears to be a taste of the future, a relentless heat wave has gripped parts of Europe this week, sending temperatures soaring to record highs and causing two deaths.
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is working with mammal experts, scientists and fisheries officials across Atlantic Canada to investigate the deaths of at least five endangered right whales off Canada's eastern coast.
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By AFP
Stockholm -
A truck that drove into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm on Friday was a deliberate attack, Swedish intelligence agency Sapo said, adding that there were deaths.
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Atlanta -
New figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have more than doubled since 1999, with a sharp spike in heroin overdose deaths.
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By AFP
Manaus -
At least four inmates were killed Sunday in a facility in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, sending the number of violent prison fatalities over 100 in just one week.
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By AFP
Boa Vista -
Brazil was hit Friday by its second grisly prison massacre in a week, as inmates beheaded and mutilated fellow prisoners at a northern jail, leaving 31 dead.
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By AFP
Paris -
At least 57 journalists have been killed around the world in 2016 while doing their job, Reporters Without Borders said on Monday.
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By AFP
Tucson -
A tiny orange-striped baby sock, a hand-written prayer on a crumpled piece of paper, or a lock of hair.
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By AFP
Paris -
One journalist is killed every four-and-a-half days, according to a shocking report released by UNESCO on Wednesday.During the last decade, 827 journalists have been killed while on the job, the UNESCO director-general's report said.
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Addicts searching for the ultimate high from their heroin fix got more than they bargained for this week. In one region alone, up to 36 overdoses were recorded along with two deaths, all because their heroin was spiked with an elephant tranquilizer.
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By AFP
London -
Five beachgoers died as Britain sweltered on the hottest day of the year Wednesday, officials said, bringing to 12 the number of people to have perished in the past week.
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By AFP
Barcelona -
Spain's seaside city of Barcelona on Thursday unveiled a large digital counter that will track the number of refugees who die in the Mediterranean, next to one of its popular beaches.
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By AFP
Geneva -
More than 3,000 migrants and refugees have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, while nearly 250,000 have made the perilous journey to Europe, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday.
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A clinical trial of a promising new therapy in which white blood cells are reprogrammed to attack cancer cells has resulted in the deaths of three patients. As a result, the U.S. FDA has suspended the trial.
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By AFP
Geneva -
The number of migrants dying while trying to cross the Mediterranean has fallen sharply, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday, voicing hope the lethal trend seen since 2013 may be turning.
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By AFP
Kathmandu -
Two Nepali sherpa guides have died of suspected altitude sickness in the Himalayas, a tour operator said Wednesday. The guides were assisting an 11-member team on the 8,481-metre (27,825-feet) tall Makalu peak, the fifth-highest mountain in the world.
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By AFP
Buenos Aires -
A party-pooper Argentine judge on Friday banned all "commercial dancing with live or recorded music" in Buenos Aires, possibly making even wedding receptions illegal.
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By AFP
Rio De Janeiro -
A total of 11 people have been killed over the last three years on construction projects for the Rio Olympics, an official told AFP on Monday."It's a frightening number," said Robson Leite, inspector for the labor office in the state of Rio de Janeiro....
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By AFP
Buenos Aires -
Five young people died and five others were in critical condition after apparently taking drugs at an international electronic music festival in the Argentine capital, emergency responders said Saturday.
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Kabul -
South-western Asia was hit by a 6,6 magnitude earthquake today that was felt in a number of cities. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Afghanistan, close to its border with Tajikistan, at 10:28 GMT, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
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Trivandrum -
A fireworks display at a temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala resulted in a fire breaking out, that has killed at least 110 and injured over 350 people.
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London -
In parts of the U.K., notably England and Wales, there has been the biggest rise in the death rate in a generation. These figures require government action, according to a health campaigner.
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Minneapolis -
This afternoon, the Black Lives Matter movement staged protests across six cities to call attention to police killings of African Americans in the United States.
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By AFP
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A total of eight militants were killed, including seven by their suicide belts, during Friday's attacks in Paris that left at least 120 dead, a source close to the investigation said.
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An Occupational Health Branch (OHB) poter on the paint stripper aisle in a California hardware store cites the risks associated with methylene chloride. California Department of Public Health
In India, over 400,000 children will die before their fifth birthday. Press TV
Sea lions are dying in northern Chile and Peru because of a break in the food chain. ODN
A sea lion basking in the sun in Malibu, California. Deserticola
Dead bodies wrapped after the Houla massacre in Syria FreedomHouse2
The enclosures for the exotic animals at Storybook Gardens in London, Ontario, were too small by today's standards but the seals, all born in London, seemed content.
Workers use a methylene-based stripper to remove paint from a bathtub prior to refinishing. California Dept. of Public Health/OSHA
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