Ballot Counting Underway in Liberia, British Nurse Convicted of Child Murders, Business Tycoon Voted In, and More

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Ballot counting is taking place in Liberia's run-off election, British nurse Lucy Letby convicted of child murders, business tycoon voted in after deadlock, and record fires in Quebec linked to global heating. Hip hop artists in Uganda using rap music and poetry to connect with youth.

Ballot counting was underway in Liberia on Tuesday in a run-off election between President George Weah and former vice president Joseph Boakai, in what is expected to be a closely fought vote. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday his government was looking to change the law following reports British nurse Lucy Letby was refusing to leave her cell for sentencing.

Letby was convicted on Friday (August 18) of murdering seven babies and trying to kill another six at the hospital where she worked in northwest England, making her one of the country's worst serial child killers. Business tycoon Srettha Thavisin has been voted in after a monthslong deadlock since the May election. Srettha's Pheu Thai party is part of a multi-party coalition, including allies with the military. The record extreme fires in Quebec, Canada this summer were twice as likely to happen and burned more intensely due to human-caused global heating, say researchers. Hip hop artists in Uganda are using rap music and poetry to reach out to the youth

 

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