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Armed conflicts and attacks
Sudanese Armed Forces announce that they have recaptured four more towns in the Blue Nile region following clashes with the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North. (AFP via TRT World) (Sudan Tribune)
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Business and economy
BP chairperson Albert Manifold is removed with immediate effect over "serious" conduct concerns. (BBC News)
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Disasters and accidents
One person is killed, ten people are injured, and nine others are missing in a major chemical explosion at a paper mill in Longview, Washington, United States. (AP) (BBC News)
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Disasters and accidents
Four people, including two children, are killed, and five more are injured in a collision between a train and a school bus in Buggenhout, Belgium. (BBC News) (CNN)
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Disasters and accidents
Three people are killed and three others are injured after an overpass collapses in Seoul, South Korea. (AP) (The Korea Herald) (Xinhua)
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Disasters and accidents
One person is killed and eleven others are injured after a magnitude 4.6 earthquake in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan. (Pakistan Today)
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Health and environment
The Bahamas announces enhanced health screening and possible quarantine measures for travelers who recently visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan, and Uganda following the Ebola epidemic in central Africa. (Reuters)
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Health and environment
Canada announces a 90-day entry ban on residents of the DRC, South Sudan, and Uganda and imposes quarantine measures on some travelers following the Ebola epidemic. (Reuters)
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Health and environment
Russian health minister Mikhail Murashko says that Russia has developed a breakthrough vaccine for the Bundibugyo ebolavirus strain of the disease. (Health and Me)
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Health and environment
The United States announces plans to send health officers to Kenya to open a potential quarantine facility amidst the Ebola epidemic. (Reuters)