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Cholera outbreak in Sudan claims 22 lives

CAIRO, Aug 19 (AP): Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict and devastating floods.Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a...

Blinken urges Israel, Hamas not to derail talks

JERUSALEM, Aug 19 (AFP): Top US diplomat Antony Blinken on Monday urged Israel and Hamas not to derail negotiations that he said may be a "last opportunity" to secure a Gaza truce and hostage release deal.Blinken, on his ninth regional tour since Hamas's October 7 attack triggered the war, said...

Chinese, Philippine ships collide again in disputed waters

TAIPEI, Aug 19 (AP): Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided at sea, damaging at least two boats, in an encounter early Monday near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea.Both blamed the other for the collision near Sabina Shoal, a disputed atoll...

House Republicans release impeachment report on Biden: Next steps uncertain

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (AP): House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report into President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates.The nearly yearlong inquiry by Republicans stops short of alleging any criminal wrongdoing...

Gaza war issue threatens to divide Democrats as convention kicks off

CHICAGO, Aug 19 (BBC): The Democratic National Convention kicks off on Monday as Gaza protests threaten to overshadow what is expected to be a show of unity for Vice-President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee for president.The Harris campaign is hoping the Chicago convention will serve as a jubilant celebration...

Imran Khan applies to be Oxford chancellor

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AFP): Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has applied to become the next chancellor of Britain's prestigious University of Oxford, his party said.Khan, prime minister from 2018 to 2022, has just marked one year in prison on various charges from corruption to inciting violence that he...

One dead, six Britons missing as yacht sinks off Italian coast

LONDON, Aug 19 (BBC): One man has died and six other people are missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday morning.The 56m (183ft) vessel was carrying 22 people - 10 crew and 12 passengers - including British, American and Canadian...

Ernesto regains hurricane strength, sends powerful swells to US East Coast

NEW YORK, Aug 19 (AP): Tropical Storm Ernesto became a hurricane again Sunday as it churned away from Bermuda and headed further out in the northeastern Atlantic, sending powerful swells toward the U.S. East Coast, generating rip currents associated with at least one death and prompting many rescues.The National Hurricane...