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Explainer-Why Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than previous epidemics

FILE PHOTO: Congolese medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) carry children tested and cleared off from Ebola from Saint Nicholas orphanage, at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) within the secured Ebola response zone, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Hoho commune of Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 17, 2026

A screengrab from a video posted online by the US military, after Marines boarded the M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman on July 16.

Ebola outbreak in Congo still spreading, WHO says

A drone view of the Kigonze displaced persons camp, one month after an Ebola outbreak was declared, in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

New species of ghost shark may have been found in Costa Rica

The newly discovered Costa Rican ghost shark (Rhinochimaera costaricana) marks the only such species “known for the Central American coast”.

Ebola testing stalled in three Congo labs due to shortages, says WHO

A Congolese health worker arranges a hand-washing station at the entrance to the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB), where samples from suspected Ebola cases are tested, as part of the response to the epidemic in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

New buzz in F1: Ancient wasp species named after Piastri

The wasp species is called Gwesped Piastri after McLaren driver Oscar Piastri.

Fearsome dinosaur-era marine reptile was the T. rex of the sea

A reconstruction of the Cretaceous Period marine reptile Tylosaurus rex in the Cretaceous-era Western Interior Seaway of North America. The image was released on May 21, 2026. Alderon Games/Path of Titans/Handout via REUTERS

Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrink

A eucalyptus tree stands amongst the West MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs, Australia, September 15, 2023.

Kenyan court charges two men including Chinese citizen with smuggling live ants

FILE PHOTO: Samples of garden ants concealed in syringes are presented to court as two Belgian nationals, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan national appeared for the hearing of their case, after they pleaded guilty to illegal possession and trafficking of garden ants, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Law Courts, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Walk among 2m-tall giant bugs at ArtScience Museum’s magnified insect photo exhibition from Jan 17

(Clockwise from left) Insects: Microsculptures Magnified allows visitors to examine colours, textures and anatomical structures that often remain invisible.

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