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Brazzaville —  The Ebola outbreak response efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are beginning to slow down the spread of the virus. Cases reported over the past three weeks are showing early signs of a downward trend. However, maintaining and ramping up control measures remain critical in stopping the outbreak. In the week ending on 28 September 2025, seven cases, including six confirmed and one probable were reported from Bulape Health Zone in Kasai Province, a decline compared with the previous week when 11 confirmed cases were reported. Since 30 September 2025, no new cases have been reported.…

Billie Eilish wears a lot of hats, literally and figuratively, so it makes sense she’d eventually have her own line. The superstar singer has teamed with Complex and Fanatics to debut the Billie Eilish x Mitchell & Ness NBA collection. The limited edition drop “reimagines classic NBA headwear through Billie’s lens, offering a fresh take on basketball culture with a design sensibility rooted in authenticity, nostalgia, and individuality,” per the brand partners. The range features 17 NBA teams on Mitchell & Ness snapbacks, complete with team logos and custom “Billie” patches to match the respective team’s design. The list of…

NewsFeedSeveral boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived at Israel’s Ashdod port on Thursday flying Palestinian flags, after being intercepted by the Israeli navy. Israel said it had intercepted at least 40 vessels from the flotilla, and that those on board have been detained.Published On 2 Oct 20252 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

Daniel Day-Lewis is legendary for going to punishing lengths to deliver authentic performances. He made the crew carry him around while playing wheelchair-bound Christy Brown in “My Left Foot,” spent a month in the wilderness to transform into an outdoorsman for “The Last of the Mohicans,” and devoted two years to studying dress making to become a fashion designer for “The Phantom Thread.” On set, the acting GOAT always stays in character, expecting everyone, directors included, to refer to him by his character’s name, even if the director is his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. “It was intuitive that everyone called him…

Sara Smithin Maidstone andZac SherrattSouth EastPA MediaPaloma Shemirani, 23, died after refusing chemotherapy following a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphomaA high-profile conspiracy theorist influenced her daughter to reject chemotherapy in favour of alternative treatments, which ultimately led to her death, a coroner has ruled.Paloma Shemirani, from Uckfield in East Sussex, died in July last year – seven months after she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Ms Shemirani, 23, had declined chemotherapy in favour of juices and coffee enemas advocated for by her mother, Kate Shemirani, a former nurse who was struck off for her anti-vaccination views.Coroner Catherine Wood said at Kent and…

It’s win-or-go-home Thursday in the MLB wild-card round!After losing their series openers, the Cleveland Guardians, San Diego Padres and New York Yankees all rebounded with Game 2 wins on Wednesday — setting up a dramatic day with three winner-take-all Game 3s. It’s only the second time in baseball history to host three winner-takes-all playoff games in one day.Who has the edge with division series berths on the line? We’ve got you covered with pregame lineups, sights and sounds from the ballparks and postgame takeaways as each matchup ends.Key links: Megapreview | Passan’s take | Bracket | ScheduleJump to a matchup:DET-CLE…

A foundation created by Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, will fund a project to send drone boats out into the rough ocean around Antarctica to collect data that could help solve a crucial climate puzzle. The project is part of a suite of funding announced today from Schmidt Sciences, which Schmidt and his wife Wendy created to focus on projects tackling research into the global carbon cycle. It will spend $45 million over the next five years to fund these projects, which includes the Antarctic research.“The ocean provides this really critical climate regulation service to all of us,…

Tens of thousands turn out, but numbers are fewer so far than last protest that drew half a million people to the streets.Trade unions in France are carrying out another day of widespread nationwide strikes, heaping pressure on the newly appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to reverse an existing austerity programme and halt any new public spending cuts.France’s Ministry of the Interior said approximately 85,000 people had turned out across the country by midday on Thursday, excluding Paris – a figure lower than a strike two weeks earlier, which drew much larger crowds, indicating lower overall turnout.Recommended Stories list of…

Two Kenyan activists have been abducted in Uganda after attending a presidential campaign event for Bobi Wine, a reggae musician turned politician.Heavily armed security operatives detained Bob Njagi, the chair of Free Kenya, and Nicholas Oyoo, the movement’s secretary general, at a petrol station near Kampala on Wednesday afternoon.The activists had reportedly travelled from Kenya to Uganda on Monday to support Wine – real name Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu – at his campaign rallies in the eastern region.Bob Njagi.In a video of an event on Tuesday, Njagi could be seen on stage beside Wine, who leads Uganda’s National Unity Platform party.“They…

A new political movement, the National Progressive Democrats (NPD) has been launched pledging to end decades of authoritarian rule and steer the country towards what it describes as a “capable democratic developmental state.” The party’s president, Togara Fambi a former police officer unveiled the NPD in Harare under the theme “Building a capable democratic developmental state for empowering citizens towards creating and maintaining good living standards. Fambi said the party emerged from what he called a general consensus by the people of Zimbabwe that the current political system was “corrupt, corrosive and oppressive.” “The struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe is…