Health
Belgium extends “right-to-die” to terminally ill children
Belgium\'s lower house of Parliament approved a law allowing euthanasia for terminally ill children who are enduring insufferable pain.Cancer cases worldwide likely to rise to 22 million new cases in 2 decades
The cancer agency of the World Health Organization said in a new report that cancer cases are expected to surge 57 percent ...Hong Kong chicken slaughter begins after H7N9 found
Health officials in Hong Kong killed about 20,000 chickens Tuesday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry imported ...Donors pledge $2.4 billion to Syria at UN donor conference
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says international donors have pledged more than $2.4 billion to help those affected by the fighting in ...India marks 3 years since last polio case reported
India is marking three years since its last reported polio case, a landmark in the global battle against the disease.First H5N1 bird flu death in North America confirmed in Canada
Canadian health authorities say the first avian flu death in North America, in the western plains province of Alberta, of a patient ...Ugandan parliament passes anti-homosexuality law
Uganda\'s parliament has passed a bill that would make some homosexual acts punishable by life in prison.Uruguay becomes first country to legalize marijuana
Uruguay has become the first nation to legalise the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana after the country\'s Senate gave final approval ...Nelson Mandela dies at age 95
Former South African President Nelson Mandela died peacefully at his Johannesburg home on Thursday after a prolonged lung infection. He was 95.Fire at Japan hospital kills 10, injures several more
A fire broke out at a Japanese hospital early Friday, killing 10 people, the police said.