Mozambican authorities held a mass burial for about forty victims of the tropical cyclone that ravaged the country. The burial took place in the Sussundenga district in the country’s western Manica Province. The BBC’s reporter in the capital Maputo, said the move was taken because the bodies of the persons were in an advanced state of decomposition. Cyclone Idai left …

  Rescuers in China have found a survivor two days after a massive blast at a chemical plant – one of the deadliest industrial accidents in recent years. The man, said to be in his forties, was pulled from rubble on Saturday morning. But the death toll has risen again to 64, with more than two dozen others still missing. …