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Spain confirms 12 more monkeypox cases

MADRID -- The Spanish Ministry of Health on Tuesday confirmed 12 new monkeypox cases, raising the total caseload to 132.

Death toll rises to 91 in Brazil heavy rains

The death toll from heavy rains in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco climbed to 91, while 26 people were still missing and over 5,000 people were displaced, the regional government said Monday.

Nigeria confirms 21 monkeypox cases

LAGOS -- Nigeria has recorded 21 confirmed monkeypox cases across nine states and one death since January 2022, said the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) late on Sunday, May 29.

21 bodies found at crash site of Nepali plane

KATHMANDU -- Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from the crash site of a Nepali passenger plane in a remote hilly area in Nepal's Mustang district, a local government official said on Monday, May 30.

29 killed, 38 missing in building collapse in SW Iran

The death toll in a 10-storey commercial building collapse in southwestern Iranian city of Abadan rose to 29, while a total of 38 people have been reported missing, semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted a top provincial official as saying on Sunday.

Israel reports 2nd monkeypox case

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Ministry of Health on Saturday, May 28, confirmed the country's second monkeypox case.

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