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Observers voice concern about Kenya vote disinformation
Observers voice concern about Kenya vote disinformation
by  AFP

International observers expressed concern Thursday about the spread of disinformation during the long wait for results from Kenya's election, as provisional counts point to a tight presidential race. Observers from the Commonwealth warned on Thursday that the delay in releasing the results was allowing disinformation to spread rapidly online.

Seoul seeks to ban basement flats after flooding deaths
Seoul seeks to ban basement flats after flooding deaths
by  AFP

South Korea's capital has moved to ban the cramped basement flats made famous by Oscar-winning movie "Parasite" after four people drowned in subterranean dwellings during flooding caused by record-breaking rains this week. Four out of 11 people killed in this week's record downpours drowned after their basement flats were inundated with floodwater, officials have said.

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