Patients give more ‘5-star’ ratings to hospitals with fewer services
(Reuters Health) – Compared to smaller facilities, hospitals that provide complex care for critical illness or serious injury may find it harder to make patients...
Salvage crews ready to lift boat sunk in Danube
Hungarian salvage crews prepared on Monday to raise the wreck of a pleasure boat that capsized on the Danube river in Budapest, killing 26 South...
UK Conservative lawmaker Gyimah pulls out of race to succeed PM May
UK Conservative lawmaker Sam Gyimah said on Monday he was pulling out of the contest to replace Prime Minister Theresa May....
Russian court rules to free Chechen human rights advocate Oyub Titiev
Chechen human rights advocate Oyub Titiev was granted early release by a Russian court on Monday after being given a four-year penal colony sentence earlier...
Sotheby’s to auction ‘substantial’ lock of Beethoven’s hair
British auction house Sotheby’s plans to sell on Tuesday what it says is a “substantial” lock of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair that the German composer...
South African government sued over coal and industrial air pollution
South Africa’s government has failed to tackle high air pollution levels in an area which is home to coal-fired power stations and refineries, a lawsuit...
Spain’s Socialists threaten repeat elections if opposition parties block Sanchez
Spain’s governing Socialists, who won an election in April but without a parliamentary majority, threatened on Monday to call a fresh ballot if opposition parties...
Hundreds of North Korean public execution sites identified: survey
North Korea conducts public executions to incite fear among the public, a rights group said on Tuesday in a report pinpointing at least 323 sites used...
Turkey says U.S. has not taken step to create S-400 working group
The United States has not moved to create a joint working group to assess its concerns regarding Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense...
Greece must hold snap election, PM tells president
Greece should hold a snap election to avert a protracted period of political uncertainty that could hurt its economic recovery, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told...