JOHANNESBURG – Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South African anti-apartheid leaders Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, died at 59. South African Broadcasting Corporation state television reported that Mandela died in a Johannesburg hospital early Monday morning. The cause of his death has not been announced. She was South Africa’s ambassador …
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The World Health Organization has reported another record of the increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, by more than 230,000. The previous world record was on Friday, with more than 228,000 new cases worldwide. According to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, which is based …
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India It has passed to Russia as the country with the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the world after recording a record number of cases for one day. The Health Ministry added 23,000 new cases on Monday, bringing India’s total to 697,000 and nearly 20,000 deaths. On Sunday, …
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GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s top wildlife veterinarian on Friday rejected accusations by some conservationists that the government had not moved fast enough to investigate the unexplained deaths of at least 275 elephants. Authorities said Thursday they were still trying to find out what killed the elephants around two months after …
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GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana is investigating hundreds of unexplained elephant deaths in one of Africa’s top tourist destinations. A dead elephant is seen in this undated brochure image in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, May-June 2020. PHOTOS OBTAINED BY REUTERS / Brochure via REUTERS Botswana is home to a third of …
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