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Body-bag shortage hits UK mortuaries

Mortuary suppliers have told BBC News they have no stocks of standard body bags left for sale, blaming stockpiling due to the...

About 6 people die as deadly tornadoes hit southern US states

At least six people have died after storms triggered tornadoes and flooding across several southern US states. Tornadoes touched...

US ‘could have saved lives’ with earlier response to pandemic – Dr Fauci

The US "could have saved lives" if it had introduced measures to stop Covid-19 earlier, a top health official says.

Sri Lanka mandates all COVID-19 deaths to be cremations

Sri Lanka has made cremations compulsory for coronavirus victims, ignoring protests from the country's Muslim population which says the rule goes against...

Justice Minister dies from COVID-19 in Somalia

The justice minister of Somalia's autonomous Hirshabelle state, Khalif Mumin Tohow, has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, the second recorded death in...

3 civilians left dead as India trades fire with Pakistan

At least three civilians have been killed after Pakistan and India exchanged fire across the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the...

It is time for the world to unite and fight a common enemy –...

Pope Francis has called for global solidarity to fight the coronavirus crisis in his Easter message read to an empty St Peter's...

COVID-19: US overthrows Italy to record world’s highest death toll

The United States has now overtaken Italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world. The...

COVID-19 equipment shortage hits UK amid combat

NHS staff still do not have the protective equipment they need to treat coronavirus patients, medics have said. The...

All hell breaks loose as fire engufs prison in Russia

A fire has engulfed large parts of a prison in Russia's Siberia region following a riot by inmates who accused guards of...

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Ghana is proud of your legacy – President John Dramani Mahama eulogises Nana Konadu...

President John Dramani Mahama has eulogised the late Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, Ghana’s longest-serving First Lady, describing her life as one of extraordinary...

14 construction workers rescued after 3-storey building collapses at Roman Ridge

Fourteen construction workers have been rescued and are in critical condition after a three-storey building under construction collapsed near the Roman Ridge...

Three highway robbers jailed 20 years each in the Ashanti Region

Three armed robbers who attacked and robbed travellers on the Jacobu–Anwiankwanta road have each been sentenced to 20 years in prison.