NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Premier League teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended for two years and two officials banned for life by a Supreme Court-appointed committee on Tuesday following a corruption scandal.
VIENNA (AP) — Iran and six world powers reached a landmark deal on Tuesday meant to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. A look at the main points:
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has enacted a new anti-corruption law that extends a maximum penalty of capital punishment to foreigners as well as Thais.
A landmark Iran nuclear agreement was reached Tuesday after clearing final obstacles, and a senior diplomat said it included a compromise between Washington and Tehran that would allow U.N. inspectors to press for visits to Iranian military sites as part of their monitoring duties.
(This June 24 story corrects source’s name to Christopher Murray in paragraph 8.) By Stella Dawson WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shrinking aid dollars threaten the major advances made over the past decade in fighting disease and preventable deaths, a task that will grow even more difficult under new United Nations’ development goals, experts in global health said. Child mortality has plunged since the U.N. set a development goal of
By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Up to 1.3 million people in war-torn eastern Ukraine are facing acute water shortages and a serious water crisis due to damaged or destroyed infrastructure, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday. In Mariupol, a city of 500,000 in the Donetsk region, they rely on water from a “rapidly depleting” reservoir, UNICEF said. “Water is one of the most acute
(Reuters) – Drug developer Zogenix Inc said on Tuesday that it would push back late-stage trials of its treatment for a rare form of epilepsy by about three months to enroll more patients. The company said it now planned to begin late-stage trials of the drug, ZX008, in the fourth quarter, and would seek to enroll 105 patients in the studies, up from 40 to 60 earlier, acting on guidance
By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – New guidelines for prescribing cholesterol-lowering medications are efficient and cost-effective, according to two new studies. The new research, published in JAMA, examines the 2013 recommendation that people ages 40 to 75 with at least a 7.5 percent risk of having a heart attack or stroke over the next 10 years receive statin drugs. “We decide to look at this, because we felt it
By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Lawyers in the trial of Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes will make their closing arguments on Tuesday to jurors who must decide whether he is a calculating mass murderer or was legally insane when he killed 12 people. Prosecutors and the defense have been allotted two hours each to present their case by Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour, after testimony
