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Russian doctors say no poison detected in jailed Kremlin critic

Doctors at a Russian state facility on Wednesday said they had found no traces of poison in jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, but his physician dismissed the results as "completely absurd". Navalny was hospitalised at the weekend with suspicious symptoms. Following Sunday's incident, Vasilyeva had said that Navalny's condition suggested poisoning by an unknown chemical substance after the...

Daring to dream: The women and girls on HIV's new front line

Daring to dream The women and girls on HIV's new front line Daring to dream The women and girls on HIV's new front line Young women in Africa are up to 14 times more likely to contract HIV than boys of the same age. Paul Nuki reports from Uganda on the sexual exploitation driving a new wave of infection. This article has an estimated read time of eight minutes Bright and proper in a vivid...

2nd person dies from Ebola in Congo's city of Goma

A second person died Wednesday of Ebola in Congo's major crossroads city of Goma, again raising fears the virus could spread beyond the country's borders as the outbreak enters a second year. The death "in such a dense population center underscores the very real risk of further disease transmission, perhaps beyond the country's borders, and the very urgent need" for more global support, United...