GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency is hailing “encouraging signs” in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in one part of eastern Congo, while warning that case counts are rising fast in another as officials race to tamp down the virus.…
NEW YORK (AP) — In traditional Jewish American food culture, a “deli” was where you went for a towering pastrami sandwich. You went somewhere else entirely to buy lox and a schmear: an ” appetizing store.” The quieter, less famous sibling of the Jewish delicatessen…
KOBANI, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of oil tanker trucks were stranded in northeastern Syria’s Kurdish region Wednesday after demonstrators blocked a major highway near the town of Tal Tamr in protest over rising fuel prices. It was the latest evidence of rising discontent in the…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The bodies of eight women have been discovered by South African police in the Kempton Park area, east of Johannesburg, in the last two months. The discoveries have sent shock waves around the country, sparked a high-level investigation and highlighted the scourge…
By Daniel Wiessner Sept 16 (Reuters) – The family of a Texas woman who died from a pregnancy-related condition has sued the state’s Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, and doctors who treated her, claiming an abortion could have saved her life and the state’s near-total…
By Field Level Media Sep 16 (Field Level Media) – The Chicago White Sox reinstated veteran outfielder Tommy Pham from the 10-day injured list on Wednesday. The 38-year-old journeyman played one game for Chicago before going on the IL on Sept. 6 with a left…
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – The man suspected of being the “Putney Pusher”, who knocked a woman into the path of an oncoming bus in London nine years ago in a mystery incident which attracted huge publicity, has been found dead, British media reported on…
By Antoni Slodkowski UNITED NATIONS, Sept 16 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned world leaders on Wednesday that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence poses risks that cannot be ignored, putting him at odds with President Donald Trump who has argued existing safeguards are sufficient. Speaking…
By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS, Sept 16 (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday backed the creation of a European Security Council, bringing together leaders from the EU, Britain, Norway, Ukraine and Canada, as she warned threats to peace…
By Field Level Media Sep 16 (Field Level Media) – Ole Miss added more drama to this weekend’s top-10 clash with LSU by serving court papers against Tigers defensive end Princewill Umanmielen. Ole Miss is suing Umanmielen and LSU offensive lineman Devin Harper for breach…
