Spain sends warship to rescue stranded migrants
Spain ordered a naval vessel on Tuesday to the Italian island of Lampedusa to bring migrants stranded there on a rescue boat to Mallorca after...
Amazon burning: Brazil reports record forest fires
Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil’s space research center INPE,...
Sarepta shares sink 14% after shock FDA rejection
Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc plunged 14% on Tuesday after the U.S. health regulator, in an unexpected move, declined to approve the drugmaker’s newest treatment...
Blasts hit militia group position at Iraq’s Balad air base: security sources
Several blasts hit a position held by Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitaries next to Balad air base north of Baghdad on Tuesday, an Iraqi military official and...
U.S. envoy to visit Qatar, Afghanistan for peace talks
The U.S. special envoy will travel to Qatar and Afghanistan on Tuesday to resume peace talks with the Taliban and the Afghan government, the State...
James Bond movie gets a title – ‘No Time to Die’
The new James Bond film finally has a title – “No Time to Die” – and an April 2020 release date, producers announced on Tuesday....
France vows tight security to keep troublemakers far from G7 summit
The French seaside resort of Biarritz will be transformed into more of a fortress than a surfers’ paradise as organizers of this weekend’s G7 summit...
Factbox: 10 facts on how mosquitoes pose a threat to half the world
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A warmer climate, travel and trade are helping to spread mosquito-borne diseases as a deadly beast smaller than a paper...
Brazil bus hijacker shot dead, no hostages hurt
The man who hijacked a bus with 37 passengers onboard in Rio de Janeiro was shot dead by Brazilian security forces Tuesday morning. The hostages...
Expert panel updates advice on BRCA cancer gene screening
(Reuters Health) – Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are associated with increased risks for breast, ovarian, and other cancers, but only certain women...