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WHO declares end to Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea

The UN's health agency on Thursday declared an end to a nearly four-month epidemic of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, saying the disease, a cousin of Ebola, had caused 35 confirmed or suspected deaths.

2 dead, 5 injured in US school graduation shooting

Two people were killed and five injured Tuesday, June 6, during a shooting near a high school graduation in the US state of Virginia, police said, the latest in an epidemic of mass shootings plaguing the country.

China trade with Russia hits highest level since start of Ukraine war

China's total trade with Russia in May soared to levels not seen since the beginning of Moscow's war in Ukraine, official data showed Wednesday, as Beijing steps up support for its sanctions-hit ally.

Millions of Chinese students sit grueling college entrance exams

Millions of Chinese students sit for notoriously tough college entrance exams on Wednesday, June 7, the first since the country lifted zero-COVID rules that forced classes online for months on end.

Arctic could be ice-free a decade earlier than thought

The Arctic Ocean's ice cap will disappear in summer as soon as the 2030s and a decade earlier than thought, no matter how aggressively humanity draws down the carbon pollution that drives global warming, scientists said Tuesday, June 6.

White House says ‘likely many deaths’ in Ukraine dam destruction

The White House said Tuesday, June 6, that there will be "likely many deaths" after an explosion destroyed a large dam in Ukraine, but added there is still no concrete evidence to say who was behind the act.

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