British places of worship to reopen partly on June 15
LONDON (Reuters) – British places of worship will reopen for individual prayer from June 15, after being closed to the…
UK’s Johnson eyes relaxation of COVID lockdown, extra spending
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, June…
Malaysia virus tally hits highest in Southeast Asia due to mosque event
A customer wearing a protective mask, shops at a supermarket, following the outbreak of coronavirus, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March…
U.S. Supreme Court turns away religious bias claim against Walgreens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Walgreens, turning away an appeal by a…
Nigeria’s mental health system routinely chains patients up, says Human Rights Watch
LAGOS (Reuters) – Thousands of people with mental health conditions are held in chains in institutions across Nigeria, Human Rights…
Erdogan says he will never allow vaping, will block e-cigarettes in Turkey
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (not pictured) meets with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace in…
Apple says Uighurs targeted in iPhone attack but disputes Google findings
FILE PHOTO: A woman looks at the screen of her mobile phone in front of an Apple logo outside its…
Pope caps reform of Vatican bank with new statutes
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has approved new statutes for the Vatican Bank, making an external audit obligatory and…
Macron gambles on cultural shift with bill allowing IVF for lesbians
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government on Wednesday sent to parliament draft legislation that would allow in-vitro fertilization (IVF) for…
Mother of French quadriplegic brings appeal to keep him alive to U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The mother of a quadriplegic French man who has been in a vegetative state for more than…
French court rules that quadriplegic should be allowed to die
FILE PHOTO: Viviane Lambert, mother of French quadriplegic Vincent Lambert, who has been in a deep vegetative state for more…
U.S. measles cases at highest since elimination in 2000: CDC
An illustration provides a 3D graphical representation of a spherical-shaped, measles virus particle studded with glycoprotein tubercles in this handout…
Easy on the Nordic oysters: Bacteria flourishing in warmer fjord waters
OSLO (Reuters) – The southern Nordic fjords are heating up as Europe boils, and bacteria there are flourishing, infecting swimmers…
From Burkina to Zimbabwe, U.S. aid cuts squeeze family planning services
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – The Marie Stopes Ladies who drive from village to village in the remote north of Burkina Faso…
Turkey’s lira slides after Erdogan says wants greater economic control
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s lira slid to a record low and bond yields briefly touched their highest in at least…
Turkey’s Erdogan plans to take greater control of economy: Bloomberg
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan said he plans to take greater control of the economy after presidential elections next…