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Senegal election results: Who is Diomaye Faye, tipped to be next president? | Elections News

Early results from Sunday’s presidential elections in Senegal show opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is in the lead, prompting his supporters to celebrate on the streets of the capital Dakar amid hope the new administration will address persistent poverty and corruption. The governing coalition’s candidate Amadou Ba on Monday conceded defeat to Faye hours after [...]read more

Are snakebites rising in South Asia — and what’s responsible? | Health News

In 1950, Roald Dahl wrote a short story titled Poison. The tale, set in colonial India and often found in deckle-edged children’s anthologies, tells a riveting story about racism. In the story, a striped snake called a common krait slithers on the stomach of one of the main characters. The journey to save the character [...]read moreAre snakebites rising in South Asia — and what’s responsible? | Health News