Hong Kong gears up for mass strikes as thousands rally overnight against extradition bill
Hong Kong braced for mass strikes on Wednesday after thousands braved thunderstorms overnight to stage fresh protests against a proposed extradition bill that would allow...
Botswana decriminalizes homosexuality in win for LGBT rights
Botswana’s High Court has ruled to decriminalize gay sex in a landmark case on a continent where homosexuality remains broadly taboo. Serena Chaudhry reports....
Hong Kong faces fresh round of protests
Hong Kong faced another mass demonstration on Tuesday, in protest against a proposed extradition law that would allow people to be sent to China for...
Uganda confirms first case of Ebola, a Congolese child: WHO
A first case of Ebola has been confirmed in Uganda, a nine-year-old Congolese child who is receiving care after arriving on Sunday from the Democratic...
HIV prevention pill recommended for healthy people at risk
(Reuters Health) – Healthy people at risk for HIV should take a daily pill to minimize their chances of getting the virus, according to new...
Congo declares measles epidemic after it kills more than Ebola
Congo’s government has declared an epidemic of measles, which the latest health ministry figures show has now killed at least 1,500 people, over a hundred...
Oral Novo Nordisk diabetes drug poses no more heart risk than placebo: study
An experimental oral form of a Novo Nordisk drug for type 2 diabetes posed no greater risk of serious heart problems or death than a...
Singer Steve Lawrence, of ‘Steve and Eydie’ duo, says he has Alzheimer’s
Steve Lawrence, the 1960s-era singer and comedian who performed at nightclubs and on television with his wife Eydie Gorme, said on Tuesday he has been...
Mistrust hampers food industry’s climate ambitions
Mistrust of scientists and farmers is slowing adoption of technologies needed to fight climate change while feeding a growing world population, senior food industry figures...
Italy targets migrant rescue ships in emergency decree
Italy passed an emergency decree on Tuesday that limits the entry of ships into its territorial waters, a move aimed at curbing the activity of...