Tuberculosis rates down in most US children, but still high in some groups
(Reuters Health) – Over the past decade, the number of children and teens in the U.S diagnosed with tuberculosis has decreased by nearly half, according...
Floridians evacuate and grumble as Hurricane Dorian slowly nears
At a retirement community in central Florida, elderly residents waited for a bus on Monday to take them to a shelter as one of the...
‘Extremely dangerous’ Dorian batters Bahamas, edges closer to Florida
Hurricane Dorian pounded the Bahamas on Monday, peeling off roofs, snapping power lines and inundating homes with floodwater while creeping toward the U.S. coast, where...
Hezbollah: flare-up with Israel over but a ‘new phase’ has started
Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader said on Monday that while a flare-up with Israel at the border was over, the episode had launched a “new phase” in...
Guatemala arrests former presidential candidate on eve of U.N. graft team exit
Guatemalan police arrested former presidential candidate Sandra Torres at her home on Monday on charges of violating campaign finance rules, just hours before the departure...
Nigerian insecurity requires urgent attention, U.N. rapporteur warns
Nigeria’s multiple security problems have created a crisis that requires urgent attention and could lead to instability in other African countries if it is not...
UK PM Johnson threatens election ahead of Brexit battle
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned lawmakers on Monday that he will never ask the EU for a delay to Brexit – an implicit warning...
Witnesses describe scenes of devastation as Dorian batters the Bahamas – CNN
Witnesses describe scenes of devastation as Dorian batters the Bahamas CNN Bahamas official says Hurricane Dorian is “situation that is hard to describe” CBS News Bahamas Sees...
World Bank tribunal lowers ConocoPhillips award for Venezuela expropriation: document
A World Bank arbitration panel lowered an initial $8.7 billion award to U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips as compensation for Venezuela’s 2007 expropriation of its assets...
Turkey ruling party seeks ejection of former PM: official
Turkey’s ruling AK Party wants to eject former prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu and three other lawmakers, a senior official said on Monday, amid talk of...