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New, more aggressive HIV strain found in West Africa
A new and more aggressive strain of HIV discovered in West Africa causes significantly faster progression to AIDS, researchers at Sweden’s Lund University said Thursday. The new strain of the virus...
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France begins military intervention in strife-ridden Central African Republic
French troops have begun to deploy to the strife-torn Central African Republic, airlifting men and equipment to Bangui in preparation for an intervention to restore order, an airport source said....
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$1 million bail set for Inglewood shooting suspect after his surrender
The suspect accused of shooting an Inglewood police officer and taking two hostages was captured Wednesday night and held in jail on $1 million bail, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday....
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Rio Olympics organizers sign off on 2016 venue masterplan
Rio Games Organisers said Thursday they and international Olympic federations have signed off a venue master plan. In a statement, organisers said a two-day eighth IOC Project Review had concluded with...
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Activists outraged over auction of sacred Hopi tribal objects
Activists vowed Thursday to block the proposed sale of sacred objects originating from Arizona’s Hopi tribe at a Paris auction, just months after a similar controversy stoked outrage. Tribal people’s...
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Brazil confirms secure satellite deal to stifle U.S. spying
Brazil’s state-owned telecom provider Telebras signed a $560 million contract to deliver a satellite for secure communications on Thursday, following months of outrage over revelations of US...
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Florida man admits to paying for making of Russian child porn
A Florida man was arrested by federal agents and reportedly admitted to not only possessing child pornography, but paying for it to be made in another continent. WFTV-TV reported that authorities found...
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‘Paris shooter’ convicted of domestic violence in England
The man alleged to have wounded a photographer in a Paris shooting spree had been convicted of domestic violence in Britain shortly before returning to France, a newspaper said Thursday. Newspaper...
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Protesters scuttle Gibraltar minister’s speech in Spain
Spanish activists and fishermen hurled insults Thursday at the political chief of Britain’s outpost of Gibraltar, preventing him from speaking to law students in Spain. Several dozen Spanish protesters...
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College student jailed for three nights over mistaken identity
An 18-year-old college student was put in jail on a federal warrant after authorities reportedly did not believe visual and written evidence that they had the wrong man. WJZ-TV reported that Jawon...
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Australia blocks Archer Daniels Midland takeover bid
The Australian government rejected Friday the Aus$3 billion (US$2.7 billion) sale of GrainCorp to American agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), saying it went against the national interest....
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WATCH: A look at how astronauts eat Thanksgiving dinner
Cooking a turkey? Not exactly. How astronauts eat Thanksgiving dinner. (via The Christian Science Monitor) Floating aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio (l.) and...
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U.S. company ‘SpaceX’ postpones first satellite launch into space
Private US company SpaceX postponed the launch of a rocket carrying its first telecommunications satellite on Thursday after two unsuccessful attempts at take-off. The launch at a US Air Force base in...
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Mormon Bishop poses as homeless man to teach church about compassion
A bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints disguised himself as a homeless man to gauge his church’s compassion, so convincingly that some church members asked him to leave before he...
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Walmart will open Washington D.C. stores despite union opposition
Walmart, the biggest retailer in the United States, is opening its first-ever stores in the US capital — but some aren’t giving it a warm welcome. Wooed by Mayor Vincent Gray, the big box discounter...
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Are U.S. phone landlines in danger of being disconnected?
America’s plain old telephone network is rapidly being overtaken by new technology, putting US regulators in a quandary over how to manage the final stages of transformation. Though the timing remains...
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European Union fails to convince Ukraine to sign trade agreement
A European Union bid to draw mighty ex-Soviet state Ukraine into the Western fold headed for failure at a summit ending Friday held amid a worsening EU-Russia tug-of-war. Lithuanian President Dalia...
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Sweden divided over requiring HIV-positive people to inform partners before sex
When Lina Afvander got her HIV diagnosis, it came with a set of prescriptions and a disclosure obligation, which legally requires HIV-positive people in Sweden to reveal their status before having sex....
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Britain to give parents more time off after the birth of a child and more...
Britain announced on Friday final details of a plan enabling couples to share parental leave after the birth of their child in a bid to help working mothers and give fathers more time with their...
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Behind mask of secularism, France hardens face towards Islam
A landmark court ruling this week is set to increase the pressure on French Muslims, potentially at the expense of the country’s fraught race relations, experts fear. Frenchwomen who wear headscarves...
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