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Ebola in Uganda: Three-week lockdown announced for two districts

Published 16 October 2022

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By Elsa Maishman

BBC News

A three-week lockdown has been declared in two districts of Uganda as the country battles an Ebola outbreak.

Bars, nightclubs, places of worship and entertainment venues will be closed in Mubende and neighbouring Kassanda, and a curfew will come into force.

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Oil prices rise after OPEC+ agrees to cut production by 2 million barrels a day, extending a winning streak to a 3rd session

Published 6 October 2022

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Carla Mozée 

President Joe Biden (behind) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (front) arrive for a family photo in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 16, 2022. 
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Oil prices turned higher Wednesday after OPEC and its allies agreed to slash daily oil production by 2 million barrels, extending a winning streak for the market that had seen prices soaring above $100 a barrel earlier this year. 

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Strong Taiwan earthquake traps people and derails a train

Published 18 September 2022

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.

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Royal Family goes into mourning

Published 8 September 2022

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Royal Family goes into mourning

The Queen leaves a large and devoted family – one that has recently mourned the death of her husband Prince Philip.

Her four children, Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward, gave her eight grand-children. She also leaves 12 great-grandchildren.

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Queen Elizabeth II under medical care amid health fears

Published 8 September 2022

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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health,” Buckingham Palace said Thursday, as members of the royal family rushed to Scotland to the side of the 96-year-old monarch.

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