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First US screwworm case in 60 years: Should America be worried?
The US Department of Agriculture says New World screwworm has been detected in a Texas calf.
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Medical experts say Africa faces worst cholera outbreak in 25 years
Africa CDC recorded about 300,000 confirmed and suspected cases of cholera so far in 2025, a rise over last year.
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Pakistan floods spark cholera fears amid other rising health risks
Health experts warn of rising cholera cases in Pakistan amid catastrophic floods and strained healthcare.
Alarm in India’s Kerala as cases of ‘brain-eating’ amoeba rise
At least 19 deaths and 72 infections of the Naegleria fowleri amoeba have been reported this year.
WHO warns hospitals ‘on the brink’ as Israel pushes Gaza City assault
Israel continues deadly bid to ethnically cleanse enclave’s largest city amid ‘cataclysmic’ humanitarian conditions.
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Screwworm? What’s the flesh-eating parasite found in a human in the US?
Parasitic flies have been found in the United States, following an outbreak of screwworm in Central America last year.
The competition brought together 280 robotics teams from 16 countries. [Adek Berry/AFP]
People and robots take part in the opening ceremony of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. [Adek Berry/AFP]
Robots are placed on their stand before competing in the games. [Adek Berry/AFP]
Robots compete in the 100m final at the Chinese capital's National Speed Skating Oval, built for the 2022 Winter Olympics. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]
A technician programs a robot to compete in a five-against-five football match. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]
Robots compete in the football final. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]
A robot competes in the 100m obstacles event. [Adek Berry/AFP]
A robot competes in the high jump category. [Adek Berry/AFP]
Robots compete in a boxing event. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]
A referee declares the winner in a robot boxing match. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]
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Cholera kills 40 as Sudan faces worst outbreak in years, says MSF
MSF says displacement, war and rain driving deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan as infections continue to mount.
Patients receive treatment in the cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps of western Sudan, in Tawila city, Darfur [AFP]
A worker disinfects a man at the entrance to a cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps in Tawila city. [AFP]
The first cholera cases in Tawila were detected in early June in the village of Tabit, said Sylvain Penicaud, a project coordinator for French charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Across North Darfur state, more than 640,000 children under the age of five are at risk, according to UNICEF. [AFP]
Cholera is a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes severe diarrhoea and spreads through contaminated water and food. [AFP]
Causing rapid dehydration, Cholera can kill within hours if left untreated, yet it is preventable and usually easily treatable with oral rehydration solutions. [AFP]
MSF has opened a 160-bed cholera treatment centre in Tawila, with plans to expand to 200 beds. [AFP]
The World Health Organization said last week that cholera "has swept across Sudan, with all states reporting outbreaks". [AFP]
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People wait in line to fill water canisters from an aid truck in Gaza City. [Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu]
Khadija Sobh, 18 gives water to her seven-month-old daughter, Janin Sobh, inside their tent in the Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
A boy carries a jerrycan filled with water drawn from the tank of a mobile water cistern destroyed in an Israeli bombardment in the Nuseirat refugee camp. [Eyad Baba/AFP]
More than 75 per cent of Gaza's wells are out of service, and 100,000 metres (62 miles) of water mains have been damaged. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
Displaced Palestinians collect water at a tent camp in Gaza City. [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]
Although Gaza’s water crisis has received less media attention than the ongoing hunger crisis, its effects are just as deadly. [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]
“Just like food, water should never be used for political ends,” UNICEF spokeswoman Rosalia Bollen says. [Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu]
People gather to receive food distributed by a charity in Gaza City. [Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu]
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River Seine reopens to Paris swimmers, after Olympics, century-long ban
Bathing sites will be located near the French capital’s Notre-Dame cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and in eastern Paris.
