Italian coalition wins vote in Senate letting it take office
Italy’s new government won a confidence vote in the upper house Senate on Tuesday following a stormy debate, with the far-right accusing Prime Minister Giuseppe...
Clouded leopards explore new home at National Zoo
Two rare, clouded leopard cubs made their debut Tuesday as part of the Asia Trail exhibit at Washington’s National Zoo. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)...
Sudan’s new leader tested by major floods
Knee-deep in flood water, residents of Wad Ramli, a village outside Sudanese capital Khartoum, are using speedboats to try and salvage their belongings. Emily Wither...
Captain who broke Italy’s migrant ban says ready to rescue more people at sea, raps EU
A German captain who defied Italy’s ban on boats bringing migrants ashore said on Tuesday she was determined to carry on rescuing migrants from the...
‘It is time to stop vaping’: Kansas reports sixth U.S. death linked to mystery illness
A Kansas resident was the sixth person to die in the United States of a mysterious respiratory illness related to vaping, state officials said on...
Xeris Pharma’s low blood sugar treatment wins FDA approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xeris Pharmaceuticals Inc’s glucagon pen that aims to treat severely low sugar levels in diabetes patients, the...
Which Downton Abbey star throws the best ‘shade’?
From the Dowager Countess of Grantham, to Irishman Tom Branson and the butler Thomas Barrow, cast and crew weigh in on who is best at...
U.S. tells cannabis companies not to advertise disease treatments without science
The top U.S. consumer and trade regulator said on Tuesday it had warned three companies selling products infused with cannabidiol that it was illegal to...
EU antitrust chief Vestager gets another five-year term with more powers
Europe’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager will retain her job for another five years but with more powers to go after Facebook, Apple and Amazon and...
Libya’s displaced struggle for shelter as fighting drags on
After fleeing an advance by eastern-based forces on Tripoli, 80-year-old Mabrouka al-Twati and her daughter spent days sleeping rough in the Libyan capital. Now they...