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Some 4,000 prisoners have been released by Burundi as part of a campaign aimed at clearing the East African nation's overcrowded jails, the presidency said on X. President Evariste Ndayishimiye ...

The 19th century ... since the 17th century. Quinine had been used in powdered form to treat malaria since the 17th century. (Image by Getty Images) Between 1801 and 1841, Britain witnessed a ...

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