WHO to hold emergency meeting on E.Guinea Marburg outbreak
The UN health agency said it would hold an emergency meeting Tuesday after at least nine people in Equatorial Guinea died from Marburg haemorrhagic fever, a cousin of the Ebola virus.
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Jankto: Football's most prominent player to come out as gay
Jakub Jankto, a Czech international footballer who has come out as gay, is an entrepreneur running several businesses who happily admits to being "a workaholic."
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Sweden's king to undergo surgery next week
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf is set to undergo a "surgical procedure" next week and will therefore postpone engagements scheduled for the second half of February, the Swedish Royal Court said Tuesday.
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Ford to cut 3,800 jobs in Europe, mostly Germany, UK
US automaker Ford said Tuesday it would cut 3,800 jobs in Europe, mostly in Britain and Germany, as competition in the electric car sector intensifies.
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As Ukraine seeks jets, NATO pushes to keep ammo flowing
Ukraine's Western backers focused at a meeting on Tuesday on keeping ammunition and arms flowing to the war-torn nation, as Kyiv presses for fighter jets to push Russia back.
Read more'Cautious' Ueda nominated next Bank of Japan governor
Economics professor Kazuo Ueda was nominated Tuesday as the Bank of Japan's next governor, tasked with navigating a way forward after a decade of extraordinary monetary easing.
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Tax officials raid BBC India offices after critical documentary
Indian tax authorities raided the BBC's New Delhi and Mumbai offices on Tuesday, weeks after the broadcaster aired a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's actions during deadly sectarian riots in 2002.
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Sri Lanka bans single-use plastics to save elephants
Sri Lanka will ban single-use plastics, the government said Tuesday, in a move that follows a series of wild elephant and deer deaths from plastic poisoning.
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Asian markets mixed in nervous trade ahead of US inflation data
Asian equities were mixed Tuesday as investors geared up for the release of crucial US inflation data later in the day.
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Spain struggles to curb the scourge of femicide
Eleven years ago, Ester narrowly escaped death when her partner tried to throw her off a balcony at their home in northwestern Spain.
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