French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to rapidly implement measures agreed under the Feb. 12 Minsk ceasefire, Hollande’s office said in a statement. Hollande said he and Merkel had spoken on the phone with Putin early on Friday afternoon and told him they want to see concrete results from four working groups that were set up on May 6 to
By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 3 million refugees and displaced Iraqis could be denied life-saving healthcare as the World Health Organization (WHO) scrambles to secure $60 million to fund their operations in the country to the end of the year. Without the money, healthcare providers in Iraq funded by the WHO and its partners could be forced to stop services — including primary healthcare, disease
Live anthrax has been found in a 2008 sample sent to Australia from the same U.S. Army facility identified this week for more recent, mistaken shipments to nine U.S. states and an air base in South Korea, a U.S. defense official said on Friday. The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not know what kind of facility in Australia received the sample, which, like the others, was
“Does there have to be someone watching me?” Paula had asked the question as I was examining her. She was referring to the woman sitting in her hospital room, a “sitter.” Paula had been in the hospital for days with a skin infection that was not healing. Earlier that morning, her nurse noticed a few pills covered underneath Paula’s bed sheets….
By Joseph D’Urso LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Activists on Friday welcomed Nigeria’s new law banning female genital mutilation (FGM), but warned that legislation alone will not be enough to eradicate the practice. According to 2014 U.N. data, a quarter of Nigerian women have undergone FGM — the partial or total removal of external genitalia which can cause physical and psychological problems. Although some of Nigeria’s 36 states already prohibit
A heart attack can kill you almost instantly, but it doesn’t rank among the most common causes of sudden death among younger guys. Here’s what does.
One dude leaks all.
A U.S. Navy SEAL hopeful and his friend were doing underwater drills in a pool just 3.5 feet deep. No one realized anything was wrong until their limp, unconscious bodies were noticed beneath the surface.
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