Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA — Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family.
Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (90 Comments)

Coral reefs pushed to brink as bleaching crisis worsens
PARIS — An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84% of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off swathes of the essential ecosystems, scientists warned Wednesday.
Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (98 Comments)

Cambodian canal's impact on Mekong questioned
HANOI - The authority overseeing the transnational Mekong River wants Cambodia to share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice-growing floodplains of Vietnam's Mekong Delta to the Gulf of Thailand.   
Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (92 Comments)

UK hosting new round of Ukraine talks
LONDON - Britain hosts a new round of talks on Wednesday involving the United States, Ukraine, and European nations amid a new US effort to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (99 Comments)

Wildfire burns in 3,200 acres of New Jersey forest area
PINE BARRENS — A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey spread to 3,200 acres of the heavily forested area by Tuesday evening, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile (27.3-kilometre) stretch of one of the state&s busiest highways, authorities said.
Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (93 Comments)

Pilgrims gather as Pope Francis' body moved to Basilica
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis's coffin will be transferred to St Peter's Basilica Wednesday for three days of lying in state, with scores of Catholics and well-wishers expected to pay their respects to the beloved spiritual leader before he is laid to rest.
Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (95 Comments)
  1. Myanmar military extends post-earthquake ceasefire to April 30
  2. India hunts shooters who massacred 26 in Kashmir tourist hotspot
  3. New Trump job force swears to root out 'anti-Christian bias'
  4. Landmark Nepal study approximates nearly 400 elusive snow leopards
  5. Conservative commentator Steve Hilton announces a run for California governor