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January 23, 20247:30 AM ET
Enlarge this imageThe potentially fatal disease diphtheria is caused by bacteria — the club-shaped, Gram-positive, Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacilli shown in this microscope photo.

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The potentially fatal disease diphtheria is caused by bacteria — the club-shaped, Gram-positive, Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacilli shown in this microscope photo.

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It had been over 30 years since the last case of diphtheria was seen in Guinea. So when patients began showing up six months ago with what looked like flu symptoms — fever, cough and sore throat – doctors weren’t alarmed. Until the children started dying.
That’s when they realized that this longtime scourge, long quashed by vaccination, was back.
As of December 2023, there have been around 25,000 cases of diphtheria in West Africa and 800 deaths. In Guinea, the cases were clustered in Siguiri, a rural prefecture in the ..

January 16, 20244:58 PM ET

The horrific murder of one of six kidnapped sisters close to Nigeria’s capital has gripped and shocked a nation that has become nearly immune to the kidnapping epidemic.

January 15, 20245:58 PM ET

British Libyan writer Hisham Matar returns with a story of friendship and revolution called My Friends, a meditation on how political upheaval shapes the most intimate and private relationships.

January 13, 20248:05 AM ET

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress faces its most competitive electoral challenge since the end of apartheid in 1994.

January 12, 20245:26 AM ET
Enlarge this imageBritish jurist Malcolm Shaw, right, legal adviser to Israel’s Foreign Ministry Tal Becker, left, look on during the opening of the hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.

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British jurist Malcolm Shaw, right, legal adviser to Israel’s Foreign Ministry Tal Becker, left, look on during the opening of the hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Accused of committing genocide against Palestinians, Israel defended its war in Gaza at the United Nations’ highest court Friday, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the allegations as hypocrisy that “screams to the heavens.”
Israel, which was founded in the aftermath of the Holocaust, has vehemently denied the accusations brought by South Africa in one..

January 11, 20245:39 PM ET

Palestinians and Israelis watch the genocide case at a United Nations court — as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

January 11, 20244:33 PM ET

At The Hague, proceedings began on South Africa’s accusation of genocide by Israel in Gaza. Health officials in Gaza say more than 23,000 people have died in the war.

January 11, 20247:20 AM ET

Judges at the International Court of Justice opened two days of legal arguments in a landmark case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in its Gaza war. Israel rejects the allegation.

January 11, 20245:11 AM ET

Closing arguments are to begin in Trump’s civil business fraud trial in New York. U.N.’s highest court to hear accusations of genocide in Gaza against Israel. The SEC approves new bitcoin fund.

Enlarge this imageJudges preside over the opening of the hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on Thursday. The United Nations’ top court opens hearings Thursday into South Africa’s allegation that Israel’s war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies.

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Judges preside over the opening of the hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on Thursday. The United Nations’ top court opens hearings Thursday into South Africa’s allegation that Israel’s war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies.

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In a case that strikes at the heart of Israel’s national identity, South Africa formally accused the country of committing genocide against Palestinians and pleaded Thursday with the United Nations’ top court to order an im..