DAR ES SALAAM -- Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed the country's second outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in two years.

Speaking at a joint news conference with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Hassan said that laboratory tests conducted at the Kabaile mobile laboratory in the northwestern Kagera region and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam identified one person in Biharamulo District as infected with MVD. (Tanzania-WHO-Marburg Virus)

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WASHINGTON -- With mere hours left in his presidency, U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday issued pardons for former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley and the Jan. 6 congressional committee members and witnesses.

"The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense," Biden said in a statement. (US-Biden-Pardon)

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MANILA -- Two people were killed and eight others injured early on Monday after a van collided with a motorcycle in Laguna province, south of Manila, police said.

The accident happened in Alaminos town after the van sped past another vehicle at a blind curve and collided head-on with the motorcycle. (Philippines-Road Crash-Deaths)

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BELGRADE -- Eight people lost their lives in a devastating fire early Monday morning at a nursing home in Belgrade's suburb settlement of Barajevo, with police suspecting the tragedy was caused by criminal activity.

"Emergency services reacted quickly and efficiently, but the fire had already spread extensively. Unfortunately, eight lives were lost," Nemanja Starovic, minister for Labor, Employment, Veterans, and Social Affairs, told Serbia's Tanjug News Agency. (Serbia-Fire-Deaths)

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BOGOTA -- At least 80 people were killed and 20 others injured over the weekend in attacks by guerrilla groups in Colombia, said local authorities on Sunday.

According to local media, the victims were killed in attacks by the National Liberation Army guerrillas and clashes with dissidents of the disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in the Catatumbo region. (Colombia-Violence-Deaths) Enditem

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