Thailand culls 200 pigs amid heightened fears over African swine fever
Thailand has culled more than 200 pigs this week, authorities said on Tuesday, in the first such action amid heightened fears of a potential outbreak...
Suicide bomber and gunmen hit eastern Afghanistan gov’t office
A suicide bomber and gunmen wounded at least nine people, including a child and a woman, in an attack on a government building in eastern...
India bans e-cigarettes in setback for Juul and Philip Morris
India banned the production, import and sale of electronic cigarettes on Wednesday, a public health decision that will dash the expansion plans of companies such...
JPMorgan says UK unlikely to get a Brexit deal at October summit
U.S. investment bank JPMorgan said on Wednesday it was negative about the prospects of Prime Minister Boris Johnson striking a Brexit deal at the Oct....
EU warns Britain heading for a no-deal Brexit
The European Union warned on Wednesday that Britain was headed for a damaging no-deal Brexit, with London’s ideas for solving the contentious issue of the...
Roche bid to recycle Gazyva for lupus nephritis wins FDA breakthrough tag
Roche has won the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s breakthrough therapy tag for its drug Gazyva in lupus nephritis, the Swiss drugmaker said on Wednesday,...
Suicide bomber, gunmen attack government building in eastern Afghanistan: officials
Gunmen and at least one suicide bomber attacked a government building in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, wounding nine people including a child and a woman,...
Preferably dead: Duterte offers cash for capture of freed Filipino felons
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has offered big bounties for hundreds of convicted murderers and rapists set free in a corrections bureau blunder – and said...
Saudi Finance Minister: still considering secondary options for Aramco IPO – Bloomberg
Saudi Arabia is still considering secondary locations for the flotation of oil giant Aramco after primary location Riyadh, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said in an...
Surfing gets sustainable with first recyclable wetsuit
Surf culture often prides itself on an affinity for nature. But there’s a dirty secret hiding in many surfers’ cupboards – old wetsuits....