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Human Settlement, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Felix Dlangamandla, Netwerk24 South Africa’s municipalities owe water boards over R10 billion.Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says the non-payments threatens the sustainability of water boards.Sisulu has also vowed to tackle corruption in her department.Human Settlement, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has revealed debt…

A city in northern China on Sunday sounded an alert after a suspected case of bubonic plague was reported, according to official media here.Bayannur, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, announced a level III warning of plague prevention and control, state-run People’s Daily Online reported.The suspected bubonic plague case was reported on Saturday by a hospital in…

Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera's continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I'm Kate Mayberry in Kuala Lumpur. The World Health Organization has warned of the risks of an "immediate second peak" as countries ease up on lockdowns, urging governments in Europe and the US to step up surveillance, testing and tracking measures to keep…

By Layal Liverpool Pale spear-nosed bats are members of an elite group of animalsLutz Wiegrebe/Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Bats can learn to mimic specific sounds, which puts them into an elite group of animals capable of this. Studying how bats can copy noises could help us learn more about humans’ unique capacity for speech and language. The ability…

By Layal Liverpool Pale spear-nosed bats are members of an elite group of animalsLutz Wiegrebe/Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Bats can learn to mimic specific sounds, which puts them into an elite group of animals capable of this. Studying how bats can copy noises could help us learn more about humans’ unique capacity for speech and language. The ability…