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Hundreds of thousands of ducks to be culled due to H5N8 outbreak

Men hold living ducks before putting them in cages for culling as a new epizootic disease caused by the H5N8 virus spreads in multiple European countries in Mugron, France, January 13, 2021.

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23 Killed, 22 injured in a Lagos-bound truck in Nigeria

VCG Image The Niger State police command has said 23 people lost their lives when a truck loaded with cows and 45 people skidded off the road and somersaulted into a bush.The accident occurred

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37 killed in road accident in central Cameroon

Thirty-seven people died in a road accident in Cameroon early Sunday with 19 others seriously injured, according to local authorities.The accident took place in Ndikinimeki of Mbam-et-Inoubou divisio

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Run-over cyclist survives

00:33 A bicyclist in the city of Ganzhou in the Jiangxi province of China miraculously survived being run over by a truck. See the cyclist climbing out from under the truck by herself.

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Uganda reports 461 new COVID-19 cases, pushes total to 27,532

Uganda's Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 461 new confirmed coronavirus cases, taking the total number of cases in the country to 27,532. /VCG Uganda's Ministry of Health on Sunday report

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9 killed in road accident in SE China's Fujian

Nine people were killed, and seven injured after a concrete mixer truck collided with a farm vehicle in Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province on Friday afterno

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9 killed in road accident in central China's Henan

Nine people were killed and four injured after a truck crashed into a group of people attending a burial ceremony in central China's Xinyang City, Henan Province on Fri

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At least 238 injured in Beirut's protests over deadly blast

Over 230 people were injured as thousands took to streets in Lebanese capital Beirut in anti-government protests days after massive explosions.A protester hits a tear gas canister with a racket during

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Frankfurt Airport launches COVID-19 walk-in test center for passengers

02:03 Germany's Frankfurt Airport, the country's largest, has opened its own testing center for passengers.The center, opened in cooperation with airport operator Fraport, airline Luft

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Death toll rises to 18 in east China tank truck blast

The death toll from a Saturday tank truck blast in east China's Zhejiang Province rose to 18, the local authority said Sunday.Up to 4:10 a.m., a total of 166 injured pe

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Namibia president commissions isolation facility built by Chinese firm

Namibian President Hage Geingob on Wednesday inaugurated a 12-bed isolation facility built by a Chinese firm to help Namibia contain the COVID-19 outbreak. "Inauguration of this state-of-the-art fac

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Rwanda reports first COVID-19 death

Rwanda on Saturday reported its first COVID-19 death since the disease broke out in March. The deceased patient was a 65-year-old truck driver who resided in a neighbouring country and opted to retu

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China starts pilot project on whole-journey luggage tracking

China has started a pilot project for whole-journey luggage tracking systems at six major airports, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). As

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3 persons killed in road mishap in northern India

At least three persons died and over 12 injured when the truck they were travelling in overturned in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh early on Tuesday, confirme

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Iran reopens trade borders with Afghanistan, Pakistan

Iran has recently reopened its trade borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan after a period of halt over the spread of novel coronavirus, Eghtesadonline reported on Thur

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8 die in central India's road mishap

At least eight persons died and around 50 injured when a truck collided with a bus in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday night, said media reports on

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5 killed in central India as truck overturns

At least five migrant laborers died and 15 injured in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday night when the truck they were travelling in overturned, said