Yellow fever claims 172 lives in Nigeria: WHO
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far,…
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far,…
RIGA, LATVIA – Police in Latvia have arrested three men for stealing a turkey from…
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins and other luminaries have formed a new crowd-funding…
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES – Warner Bros. will release its entire 2021 slate of movies…
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES – A suspected con artist who allegedly impersonated top female Hollywood…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa asked a court on Friday to quash…
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – The fourth season of Netflix hit “The Crown” has stirred controversy…
TOKYO, JAPAN – Postponed Tokyo Olympics to cost extra $2.4 billion: organisers © Agence France-Presse…
BANGKOK, THAILAND – Bangkok has been gripped by a rubber duck frenzy since pro-democracy protesters…
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – At least eight people were killed in the shelling of…
DAKAR, SENEGAL – Oumar Johnson ducks to enter his cramped dovecote, built atop a city…
SAINTES, FRANCE – A retired French surgeon has been sentenced to 15 years in jail…
LIMA, PERU – Police in Peru opened fire Thursday on farm workers blocking a major…
by Sofia CHRISTENSEN and Susan NJANJI JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Localised coronavirus outbreaks in parts…
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Swedish prosecutors said Thursday they no longer suspected a woman of holding…
WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – Namibia is putting 170 live elephants up for sale to curb rising…
PARIS, FRANCE – Police have opened a preliminary investigation into a Michelin-starred French chef after…
TOKYO, JAPAN – About 18 percent of tickets sold in Japan for next year’s coronavirus-postponed…
LOS ANGELES – A Jewish doctor working with coronavirus patients in California shared his shock…
ISLAMBAD, PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, who served under military…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Heavily tattooed Philippine prisoners wince in pain as fellow inmates use improvised…
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Climate change has become the biggest threat to UN-listed natural world heritage…
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES – Twitter said Wednesday it was expanding its definition of hateful content…
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES – The United States will block imports of cotton it says are…
TOKYO, JAPAN – Scientists said Wednesday they have restored sight in mice using a “milestone”…
TOKYO, JAPAN – Japan wants to ban sales of new petrol cars in around 15…
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND – The genteel world of New Zealand pottery has been rocked by…
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA – Cyclone Burevi hit Sri Lanka overnight, rattling the island nation but…
HONG KONG, CHINA – Leading Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong was jailed alongside two other…
SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE – Lab-grown chicken will soon be available in restaurants for the first time…
SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES – BlackBerry and Amazon on Tuesday announced an alliance to create…
KANO, NIGERIA – Some 3,000 people began returning to their homes and deserted farms in…
ADDS Trump tweet WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES – The US Justice Department is investigating an alleged…