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Johnson & Johnson is ending sales of its iconic talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the U.S. and Canada, where demand has dwindled amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it has caused cancer.

Ireland has become the latest country to ban the sale of menthol flavoured cigarettes and tobacco products.

A South Korean professional soccer club has apologized after being accused of putting sex dolls in empty seats during a match on Sunday in Seoul.

While millions of people took advantage of easing coronavirus lockdowns to enjoy the spring weather, some of the world's most populous countries reported worrisome new peaks in infections Sunday, including India, which saw its biggest single-day jump yet.

All West African countries are expected to obtain a herbal remedy manufactured in Madagascar that purportedly cures Covid-19, Politics Nigeria reported. This was disclosed on Sunday by President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina, who also revealed that the 15 members of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, would receive the antidote.

The Department of International Relations (DIRCO) has launched an investigation against a senior official at the office of the Ambassador of South Africa to Turkey.

A group of 29 musicians from South Africa - including four from Port Elizabeth, has launched a social media campaign in a desperate attempt to be repatriated back home from Turkey.

As South Africa heads for a military curfew, the United Nations Human Rights Office has sounded the alarm on abuses by police and soldiers enforcing Covid-19 lockdown rules in the country, particularly against the poor.

The iconic Victoria Falls has reached its highest flows in a decade in a powerful display of breathtaking beauty and intensity, but no-one is there to witness it.