King Momo kicks off riotous Rio carnival
Rio plunged into five days of hedonistic revelry Friday as the city's legendary carnival opened, with King Momo taking the keys of the city and declaring joy by decree.
Update on Kazakhstani orphans brought to Africa
The Ministry of Education and Science responds to the Prosecutor Generals’ inquiry concerning Kazakhstani children adopted to Kenya and South Africa.
US panel debates three-parent embryos
A US advisory board debated a controversial new technique Wednesday that would use DNA from three people to produce embryos free of a particular type of hereditary disease.
We need to pull together to save oceans: KerryUS Secretary of State John Kerry warned royalty, corporate kings and environmental warriors that governments won't save the seas without "significant impetus" from every sphere of society.
26 February 2014
Overworked nurses linked to higher death ratesInvestigations in nine European countries have given statistical backing to claims that patients' lives may be at risk when nurses are overworked.
Police reject Breivik prison 'torture' complaintPolice in Norway said Monday they closed a preliminary investigation into a complaint by mass murderer Anders Breivik that his prison conditions amounted to "serious torture".
25 February 2014
Air purifier rush as smog shrouds northern ChinaDangerous smog which has blighted swathes of northern China in recent days has prompted a spike in air purifier sales, local media reported Monday, as pollution continued to shroud Beijing.
25 February 2014
Indonesian elephants found dead, poisoning suspectedSeven Sumatran elephants have been found dead in western Indonesia and it is thought they were poisoned, a wildlife official said Monday, just the latest deaths of the critically-endangered animals.