Health
France girds for heat records as wildfires rage on
France braced on Monday for what could become one of the hottest days ever recorded with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius in ...Africa in need of test kits, vaccines as monkeypox spreads
Africa has no vaccines for monkeypox and test kits are in short supply, international health agencies said on Thursday, warning that richer ...Afghan health official warns of disease outbreak among earthquake survivors
Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are in need of clean water and food and are at risk of ...U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ends constitutional right to abortion
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that recognized women’s constitutional right to abortion, a ...Afghan authorities scramble to reach earthquake zone, toll at 1,000 dead
Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed 1,000 people but poor communications and ...Canada to end COVID vaccine mandate for domestic travel
The Canadian government on Tuesday will announce an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates for domestic travel on planes and trains and outgoing ...Sudanese farmers warn of failing harvests as hunger rises
On the fertile clay plains of Sudan’s Gezira Scheme, farmers would have normally started tilling the soil weeks ago before planting out ...Famine risk rises in Somalia as rains fail, food prices soar
Nearly a quarter of a million people are facing starvation in Somalia as a drought worsens and global food prices hover near ...Heavy rains in Brazil’s northeast kill at least 35
At least 35 people died amid heavy rainfall in northeastern Brazil on Friday and Saturday, as downpours lashed two major cities on ...Sri Lankan medicine shortage a death sentence for some, doctors say
A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals are forced ...