Africa News Live Updates: From Rwanda’s telecom trouble, Congo’s oil row to South Africa’s gun syndicate crackdown
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Africa News Live Updates: From Rwanda’s telecom trouble, Congo’s oil row to South Africa’s gun syndicate crackdown

Africa News Live Updates: Stay with us for real-time updates and in-depth coverage of the latest developments across the African continent. From political shifts and economic trends to cultural milestones and breaking news, we bring you verified reports, expert insights and on-the-ground perspectives as events unfold throughout the dayread more Following Africa as it happens. Image courtesy Google GeminiToday in Africa we’re following key developments across the continent, including Rwanda’s telecom regulator summoning MTN over service disruptions, South African police breaking up a major gun syndicate and new tensions over oil drilling in protected areas of the DRC. We’ll also track updates in sports, business and legal news as they unfold throughout the dayLive UpdatesAfrica News Live Updates: Stay with us for real-time updates and in-depth coverage of the latest developments across the African continent. From...
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Al Roker’s retirement from TODAY in his own words
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Al Roker’s retirement from TODAY in his own words

Al Roker has been a mainstay of not just the TODAY Show and its various iterations at large, but of NBC and the New York City pop culture scene for decades.The 70-year-old weatherman is a beloved morning news staple, and has been a member of the NBC team since 1978, when he was hired by WKYC in Cleveland. In 1996, he was finally made the regular full-time weatherman on TODAY.However, over the years, in the midst of shake-ups on the show (like Hoda Kotb's departure earlier this year) and health struggles (as discussed with Craig Melvin on July 28's edition of the Third Hour), the question of Al's tenure has come up among fans and in the media.© Getty ImagesAl has been a staple of the TODAY Show since the 1990sHere's what Al has...
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Deadly ‘Wet-Bulb’ Temperatures Are Smothering the Eastern U.S.
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Deadly ‘Wet-Bulb’ Temperatures Are Smothering the Eastern U.S.

An oppressive heat dome has gripped the eastern U.S. this week, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue heat warnings for nearly 170 million Americans. To make matters worse, severe humidity is making high temperatures feel even hotter. Extreme heat and humidity make for a deadly combination. The human body lowers its temperature by sweating, and when sweat evaporates, it cools the surface of the skin. Humidity slows this process down, increasing the risk of heat-related illness. To extrapolate the combined physiological impact of heat and humidity, meteorologists look at the wet-bulb...
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Al Roker’s retirement from TODAY in his own words
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Al Roker’s retirement from TODAY in his own words

Al Roker has been a mainstay of not just the TODAY Show and its various iterations at large, but of NBC and the New York City pop culture scene for decades.The 70-year-old weatherman is a beloved morning news staple, and has been a member of the NBC team since 1978, when he was hired by WKYC in Cleveland. In 1996, he was finally made the regular full-time weatherman on TODAY.However, over the years, in the midst of shake-ups on the show (like Hoda Kotb's departure earlier this year) and health struggles (as discussed with Craig Melvin on July 28's edition of the Third Hour), the question of Al's tenure has come up among fans and in the media.© Getty ImagesAl has been a staple of the TODAY Show since the 1990sHere's what Al has...
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