Health
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.Libya summons US ambassador for clarification of Al-Qaeda capture
The Libyan government has summoned the U.S. ambassador in Tripoli to seek clarification about the capture of a Libyan citizen, who is ...Two Americans, German win Nobel medicine prize
Two Americans and a German won the 2013 Nobel medicine prize on Monday for their work on how hormones and enzymes are ...Bomb kills 7 during anti-polio campaign in Pakistan
A police officer says a bomb exploded in northwest Pakistan near a vehicle carrying officials taking part in an anti-polio campaign, killing ...Merck cuts 8,500 extra jobs
US pharmaceutical giant Merck said Tuesday it would eliminate an additional 8,500 jobs worldwide as it seeks to cut costs by $2.5 billion by ...Bosnia begins first census since 1991
Bosnia began holding its first post-war census Tuesday, a sensitive exercise expected to reveal the effects of ethnic expulsions during the 1990s ...Africans say growth has not improved their lives
Improved economic growth over the past decade in Africa has failed to reduce poverty in a majority of countries on the continent, ...Tenofovir vaginal ring protects monkeys on Depo-Provera against HIV-like virus
Researchers have tested a new medical device that protects female monkeys from an AIDS-like virus, and it could turn out to also ...U.S. will host Global Fund replenishment
The Global Fund’s Fourth Replenishment Conference will be hosted by the United States in Washington D.C. in early December 2013, Secretary of ...