As some 600 disease experts from 43 nations convene in the French capital to pour over increasingly troubling data about Zika, it appears that there’s not much room for optimism anytime soon. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned yesterday of the potential for a “marked increase”...
[caption id="attachment_10594" align="alignright" width="300"] Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greets wellwishers during a 'walkabout' on her 90th birthday in Windsor, west of London today.[/caption] WINDSOR, United Kingdom (AFP) – Britain celebrated the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday with tributes to a popular monarch who...
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Last month marked the hottest March in modern history and the 11th consecutive month in which a monthly global temperature record was broken, US officials said Tuesday. Officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that the string of...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The vast majority of immigrant children who arrive alone at the US border are placed by the government with adults who are in the country illegally, federal data reviewed by The Associated Press show. The government has long said that it places...
BEIJING – China’s central government said Monday it will investigate a report that close to 500 students became sick with illnesses including cancer at a school built near recently shut chemical plants in eastern China. State broadcaster CCTV said in a report Sunday that high concentrations...