Published by Reuters UK By Ayenat Mersie and Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders meet in Kigali on Friday to discuss cooperation on topics from trade to health to climate, against a backdrop of criticism of the host Rwanda’s human rights…
Published by Al-Araby A type of poliovirus derived from vaccines has been detected in London sewage samples, the World Health Organization and British health officials said on Wednesday, adding that more analysis was underway. No human cases of polio have been found…
Published by Al-Araby At a rate of 50 abortions for every 1,000 pregnancies, Pakistan has one of the highest abortion rates in the world. The number comes from a survey done in 2012 and is a steep increase from a previous study…
Published by BOOM Live By Archis Chowdhury A recently released study by a United States research group has revealed that air pollution is the greatest threat to the health of an average Indian, shortening life expectancy by 5 years. The situation was…
Published by AFP Paris (AFP) – Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday. Across South Asia, the average person would live five years longer if levels of fine particulate…
Published by Reuters UK (Refiles with new link to photo essay in bullet points.) By Charlotte Greenfield and Gloria Dickie JACOBABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) -Heavily pregnant Sonari toils under the burning sun in fields dotted with bright yellow melons in Jacobabad, which last…
Published by The Bangkok Post After the sun sank over the Wang River, a caravan of classic horse-drawn carriages stationed in front of Wat Chiang Rai and acting Capt Supoj Chairuamkoon was in the saddle to welcome tourists on a sightseeing tour….
Published by Al-Araby US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met for the first time on Wednesday and both said they want to strengthen ties between the two countries. Bhutto Zardari flew to New York…
