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Workers at Kenya's main port strike over higher health costs

MOMBASA (Reuters) – More than 2,000 workers at East Africa’s biggest port in Kenya’s coastal city Mombasa went on strike on Wednesday protesting an increase in the amount they will have to pay for state-run health insurance. The port, the biggest in the region, handles imports such as fuel for Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. Interruption of the port activities threatens regional business

Friends, musicians honor Winehouse at 'AMY' London premiere

A highly-anticipated documentary about late British singer Amy Winehouse has premiered in her hometown London, where friends and fellow musicians paid tribute to the six-time Grammy Award winner. ‘AMY’, which follows the “Rehab” singer’s life and death in 2011 from alcohol poisoning, was shown on Tuesday night before hitting UK cinemas on Friday. The biopic, first shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May, has drawn criticism from her father

Friends, musicians honor Winehouse at 'AMY' London premiere

A highly-anticipated documentary about late British singer Amy Winehouse has premiered in her hometown London, where friends and fellow musicians paid tribute to the six-time Grammy Award winner. ‘AMY’, which follows the “Rehab” singer’s life and death in 2011 from alcohol poisoning, was shown on Tuesday night before hitting UK cinemas on Friday. The biopic, first shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May, has drawn criticism from her father

Houthi shells kill 18 in Yemen, dengue fever spreading rapidly

Shells fired by Yemen’s dominant Houthi group killed 18 people near the southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday, local officials and witnesses said, while the United Nations warned a dengue fever outbreak in Aden was rapidly gaining pace. Yemen, which has long struggled with poverty and hunger, has descended into a fullblown humanitarian crisis since a war erupted between the Houthis and allies of the exiled President Abd-Rabbu

Houthi shells kill 18 in Yemen, dengue fever spreading rapidly

Shells fired by Yemen’s dominant Houthi group killed 18 people near the southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday, local officials and witnesses said, while the United Nations warned a dengue fever outbreak in Aden was rapidly gaining pace. Yemen, which has long struggled with poverty and hunger, has descended into a fullblown humanitarian crisis since a war erupted between the Houthis and allies of the exiled President Abd-Rabbu