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A health official revealed that the Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded an Ebola-related death in a previously unaffected province, intensifying fears of broader virus spread. The deceased, a motorcycle taxi driver, journeyed from the hotspot of Haut-Uele to Bas-Uele, where no prior cases were reported.

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people, including a foreigner, in southwestern Japan.