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Alain Cocq, 57, in his medical bed he has been confined to for years as a result of a degenerative disease that has no treatment, poses after an interview with Reuters at his home in Dijon, France, on August 19 2020.Image: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
ALAIN COCQ

Frenchman with incurable disease to livestream his death

A Frenchman suffering from a rare and incurable condition is livestreaming his death on social media as he refuses to take food, drink or medicine after President Emmanuel Macron turned down his request for euthanasia. Alain Cocq, 57, who…

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The World Health Organisation’s chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has criticised personal protective equipment corruption in SA.Image: REUTERS
COVID 19 CORRUPTION

‘Any type of corruption is unacceptable’: WHO boss scolds SA for Covid-19 corruption

“It is criminal and it is murder. It has to stop.” These are the words of World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) corruption in SA. Speaking during a media…

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