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'Real' Mama Coco honored on Mexico's Day of the Dead
'Real' Mama Coco honored on Mexico's Day of the Dead
by  AFP

Tourists making a pilgrimage to a modest Mexican home during Day of the Dead festivities leave with no doubt: Mama Coco, the character of the Oscar-winning animated movie, used to live there. More than a year later came the premiere of "Coco," inspired by Mexico's Day of the Dead festival, which centers around the belief that the souls of the dead return on the night of November 1-2.

Invasive malaria mosquito spreading in Africa, researchers warn
Invasive malaria mosquito spreading in Africa, researchers warn
by  AFP

New evidence has emerged that an invasive species of malaria-carrying mosquito from Asia is spreading in Africa, where it could pose a "unique" threat to tens of millions of city-dwellers, researchers warned Tuesday. Modelling research in 2020 found that if Anopheles stephensi spread widely in Africa it would put more than 126 million people in 44 cities at risk of malaria.

Russia's Wagner facing UK court action over Ukraine 'terrorism'
Russia's Wagner facing UK court action over Ukraine 'terrorism'
by  AFP

Lawyers in Britain on Tuesday took the first step towards what they said was "groundbreaking" legal action against Russia's shadowy Wagner group over allegations it has committed "terrorism" in Ukraine. Legal action "on behalf of courageous Ukrainian victims has just this second been commenced" against Wagner group and Prigozhin, he said.

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