Widely-used healthcare algorithm racially biased
(Reuters Health) – A widely used healthcare algorithm that flags patients at high risk of severe illness and targets them for extra attention has an...
India, Pakistan sign pact on cross-border temple visits
India and Pakistan signed an agreement on Thursday allowing Indian pilgrims to cross the border to a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare cooperation between the...
What Syria has meant for Turkey’s own Kurds
As Syria boils, Turkey’s government is also cracking down on some Kurdish groups inside its own borders. The incidents have deepened a sense of alienation...
What Syria has meant for Turkey’s own Kurds
As Syria boils, Turkey’s government is also cracking down on some Kurdish groups inside its own borders. The incidents have deepened a sense of alienation...
Springboks without Kolbe for Rugby World Cup semi
South Africa will be without one of its star players for the Rugby World Cup semi-final against Wales on Sunday. Maha Albadrawi reports....
U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 34, cases of illness to 1,604
U.S. health officials on Thursday has reported 34 deaths and 1,604 confirmed and probable cases so far from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping....
Brazil says it will no longer require visas from Chinese, Indian citizens
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday the South American nation will drop its requirement that visiting Chinese and Indian tourists or businesspeople obtain visas....
Phone apps can help boost physical activity
(Reuters Health) – Apps that prompt users to stand up and move every hour or to aim for a certain number of daily steps do...
Macron proposes Atos chief as French EU commissioner
France has proposed Atos chief executive Thierry Breton as its candidate for head of industrial policy at the European Commission, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said...
Elephants starving to death in Zimbabwe
At least 55 elephants have died in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park – victims of starvation caused by a severe drought. Francis Maguire reports....