Ethiopian official Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus has been elected director-general of the World Health Organization. Tedros won the post in two rounds of balloting Tuesday, defeating Dr. David Nabarro of Britain
Read MoreOne of the largest cancer prevention studies of its kind to date reached a sobering conclusion. Just one alcoholic drink per day can increase the risk of breast cancer in
Read MoreАдвокат екс-президента України Віктора Януковича Віталій Сердюк звернувся до Верховної Ради з проханням призначити тимчасову слідчу комісію, яка б розслідувала призначення саме такого складу суддів у його справі. На думку
Read MoreКиївська міська державна адміністрація має намір збільшити вартість проїзду до 5 гривень у метрополітені й до 4 гривень у наземному комунальному транспорті з 15 липня. Про це йдеться у проекті
Read MoreНаціональний олімпійський комітет України затвердив список спортсменів-кандидатів на участь в Олімпійських іграх 2018 року. 57 українських спортсменів претендуватимуть на участь у ХХІІІ зимових Олімпійських іграх 2018 року у Пхйончхані (Південна
Read MoreThe positive impact of exercise is old news. There really is no downside, mentally or physically, to getting up and moving around in any form from taking walks to lifting
Read MoreAriana Grande is an American pop singer, dancer and actress. Grande was born in Boca Raton, Florida, in 1993 and began performing onstage when she was a child. A role
Read MoreNew sexual harassment and racial discrimination lawsuits are rocking the already scandal riddled Fox News Channel. Three new lawsuits were filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District
Read MoreSeveral hundred middle school and high school students from Senegal and surrounding countries spent last week in Dakar building robots. Organizers of the annual robotics competition say the goal is
Read MoreMargaret Chan, the outgoing Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has opened this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) by staunchly defending the organization against critics who say it
Read MoreThirteen years after a Temple University basketball team manager went to famous alumni Bill Cosby’s nearby home for career advice, her complaint that Cosby drugged and molested her that night
Read MoreПрезидент України Петро Порошенко присудив щорічну премію «Українська книжка року» книгам Мирослава Дочинця «Синій зошит. Аркуші днів світящих» і «Лад» у номінації «За видатні досягнення у галузі художньої літератури». Крім
Read MoreThe circus billed as “The Greatest Show on Earth” has come to an end after 146 years. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus gave its final performance Sunday
Read MoreThe World Health Organization’s regional chief for Africa reports prospects for rapidly controlling the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo are good. While not
Read MoreA giant rhinoceros the size of three African elephants once grazed on treetops in Tibet, but succumbed to climate change more than 20 million years ago. The high treetops disappeared,
Read MoreThe challenges of adaptation and survival are the themes of a new exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Mike O’Sullivan reports that the the exhibit, Extreme Mammals,
Read MoreLions, tigers and clowns, no more. Oh my. It’s curtains for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. This weekend is the last chance for fans to see death-defying
Read MoreHealth ministers of the G20 leading economies, meeting for the first time Saturday, agreed to work together to tackle issues such as a growing resistance to antibiotics and to start
Read MoreA warmer, wetter climate is helping push dozens of Eastern U.S. trees to the north and, surprisingly, west, a new study finds. The eastern white pine is going west, more
Read MoreNorway is repairing the entrance of a “doomsday” seed vault on an Arctic island after an unexpected thaw of permafrost let water into a building meant as a deep freeze
Read MoreCloud Computing ran down Classic Empire in the final strides Saturday to win the Preakness Stakes by a head. The 13-1 long shot was one of five fresh horses in
Read MoreУкраїнський письменник Сергій Жадан став лауреатом премії Василя Стуса 2017 року. «Цьогорічним лауреатом за особливий внесок в українську культуру та стійкість громадянської позиції став Сергій Жадан, український поет, прозаїк, перекладач,
Read MoreУ центрі міста Дніпро, на Європейській площі, в суботу відбувся мітинг проти блокування російських інтернет-ресурсів. В акції взяли участь близько людей, переважно молодь. У руках вони тримали плакати з написами: «Порошенко,
Read MorePippa Middleton, the younger sister of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, married millionaire hedge fund manager James Matthews on Saturday in Englefield, England. Prince William and Prince Harry were on
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Read MoreAn American institution, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, promoted as “The Greatest Show on Earth,” is closing Sunday after 146 years. “After a lot of discussion, my
Read MoreOne day instead of visiting a doctor in person for health information or searching online, you could be asking for advice from a medical expert’s avatar. A new app is
Read MoreThe list of threats to the world’s coral reef systems is long: overfishing, tourism, and the aquarium trade, for starters. Add the continuing effects of climate change, ocean warming and
Read MoreThis time of the year, Hollywood rolls out its big-budget films. Monsters and superheroes are framed by spectacular special effects on IMAX screens, and the industry’s big stars flex their
Read MoreThis time of the year, Hollywood rolls out its big-budget films. Monsters and superheroes are framed by spectacular special effects on IMAX screens, and the industry’s big stars flex their
Read MoreOne of the coldest areas in the world is getting greener, and researchers say it’s because of global warming. Researchers from the University of Exeter in England who first studied
Read MoreВперше у Національному музеї імені Андрея Шептицького у Львові представили відреставрований іконостас українського іконописця Йови Кондзелевича. Цього року вшановують 350-річчя майстра. Іконостас іконописець створив у 1722 році для Загорівського греко-католицького
Read MoreThe World Health Organization has delivered dramatic news about the causes of death for young people the world over. Governments and health agencies have made great strides in reducing deaths
Read MoreCommercial development of the globe’s huge reserves of a frozen fossil fuel known as “combustible ice” has moved closer to reality after Japan and China successfully extracted the material from
Read MoreIn New York, where buildings outnumber green spaces, some people have small gardens to grow some of their own food. Now, another garden is growing in New York in a
Read MoreNearly 30 years after his death, the work of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is breaking records. Basquiat’s “Untitled” canvas was sold Thursday at Sotheby’s for $110.5 million. The auction house
Read MoreHeavy rain shaped the Martian landscape billions of years ago, according to a new study. According to researchers at the Smithsonian Institution and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory,
Read MoreColon cancer patients who adopt a healthy lifestyle after treatment could potentially reduce their risk of death from a recurrence by more than 40 percent, according to new research. The
Read MoreAn ongoing measles outbreak in Minnesota has shined a light on the fact many Somali immigrants choose not to vaccinate their children. According to the Minnesota Department of Health,
Read MoreAfter his Oscar-nominated film “Leviathan” was deemed “anti-Russian” by Russia’s Minister of Culture, director Andrey Zvyagintsev returned to the Cannes Film Festival with an equally bleak critique of Russian society.
Read MoreMel Brooks made it clear that he was not paid to appear at the premiere of the new HBO documentary “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast.” “They
Read MoreAmerican country singer Toby Keith, known for songs such as “Whiskey Girl” and “Beer For My Horses,” is scheduled to perform in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, this weekend in an
Read MoreMost doctors did not discuss the cost of cancer treatment with patients, spent less than two minutes on it when they did, and usually did so only after patients brought
Read MoreУ Міністерстві охорони здоров’я пропонують обмежити вміст трансжирних кислот у харчових продуктах. «Майже повна заборона використання трансжирів у харчових продуктах як захід, спрямований знизити споживання, – це не український винахід.
Read MoreScientists say they have identified the “sea monster” that washed ashore on an Indonesian beach. The badly decomposing carcass measures over 15 meters long and baffled scientists since it washed
Read MoreAshin Wirathu, the Burmese Buddhist monk known for whipping up anti-Muslim sentiment in Myanmar, is the subject of a new documentary airing at France’s renowned Cannes Film Festival, which starts
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