Nigeria’s three-year milestone takes Africa towards polio eradication
Nigeria marked three years free of endemic wild polio on Wednesday with health officials saying the nation’s progress in fighting the crippling viral disease could...
Pfizer invests $500 million in expanding gene therapy facility
Pfizer Inc is investing $500 million to expand a manufacturing facility in Sanford, North Carolina, that plays a central role in its efforts to become...
Suspected jihadists kill five Malian troops in ambush
Suspected jihadists killed five Malian soldiers on Wednesday in an ambush in the West African country’s volatile center, the army said, the latest in a...
India’s monsoon rains above average for fourth straight week
Monsoon rains in India in the week through Wednesday were above average for a fourth straight week, the weather office said, with floods hitting many...
Mexican president says government not talking with criminal gangs
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said his nine-month-old administration’s efforts to bring down record rates of violent crime do not include talks...
China confirms detention of employee of British consulate in Hong Kong
A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese foreign...
U.S. drone shot down over Yemen: officials
A U.S. military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen’s Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday,...
Explainer: Italy’s PM Conte resigns. What comes next?
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte handed in his resignation on Tuesday after accusing his interior minister, Matteo Salvini, of putting his League party before the needs...
Hong Kong protest moves peacefully to mob-attack subway
A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China itself...
Fitbit to partner with Singapore government on health initiative
Fitbit Inc will collaborate with the Singapore government on a health initiative that involves the use of its fitness trackers, the company said on Wednesday....