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First likely case of H7N9 bird flu spread by humans reported Chinese scientists on Wednesday reported the first likely case of direct person-to-person transmission of the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed over 40 people since March.

07 August 2013

Dolphins remember friends' whistles for decades: study Bottlenose dolphins can remember each other's signature whistles for more than 20 years, a study said Wednesday -- the longest social memory ever observed in an animal.

07 August 2013

Full beards make style comeback in France Learned and serious like the ancient Greeks or casual like 1950s "Beats"; the full beard is back in fashion in France to the delight of the nation's barbers.

07 August 2013

Developer makes Australia's biggest charity donation A wealthy property developer on Wednesday pledged Aus$50.1 million to the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in what is believed to be the largest single charitable donation by an Australian.

07 August 2013

Gay Muslims in Turkey: torn between religion and sexuality "When I was a child, I was told that homosexuals would burn in hell," said Ertugrul, a Muslim fighting for greater freedom for gays in a country where homosexuality remains taboo.

07 August 2013

Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry will not expand methadone program 273 patients are taking part in the opioid substitution therapy (OST) program in Kazakhstan.

07 August 2013

Some blood pressure meds boost breast cancer risk: study Postmenopausal women who take certain blood pressure medications for 10 years or more face twice the risk of developing breast cancer..

06 August 2013

Escaped python kills two young children in Canada An escaped python killed two children in their sleep in eastern Canada.

06 August 2013

Paraguay watches odd urban gold rush They appeared out of nowhere, making a mess, operating without a permit and disrupting the football season by luring gawkers.

06 August 2013

Brazilian scientists to test AIDS vaccine on monkeys Brazilian scientists have developed an HIV vaccine and plan to begin testing on monkeys later this year.

06 August 2013

Hot-air balloon festival in France sets two new records A massive gathering of hot-air balloon enthusiasts in northeastern France has set two world records, filling the sky with 408 of the colourful craft at one time and lining up 391 of them for takeoff.

06 August 2013

Shrinking glaciers won't affect South Asia water availability: study Glacier systems that feed two key rivers in South Asia will badly retreat this century, but demands for water are still likely to be met.

06 August 2013

People of Kazakhstan are different from other Asian nations; both men and women are beautiful: Thai billioanaire Vikrom Kromadit Thai billionaire Vikrom Kromadit has arrived to Kazakhstan.

05 August 2013

Senior Scottish Catholic sorry over sex claims A senior Scottish bishop on Sunday apologised on behalf of the Catholic church over claims of physical and sexual abuse at one of the country's best known boarding schools.

05 August 2013

Mother Teresa's close friend arrives in Kazakhstan A close friend of Mother Teresa and famous British ophthalmologist Surenda Kumar Upadia arrived to Kazakhstan’s town of Saran in Karaganda oblast.

05 August 2013

Roots breakthrough for drought-resistant rice Japanese biotechnologists on Sunday said they had developed a rice plant with deeper roots that can sustain high yields in droughts that wipe out conventional rice crops.

05 August 2013

Israel to launch mass polio vaccination campaign Israel on Monday launches a mass campaign in the south of the country to vaccinate 200,000 children up to nine years old against polio.

05 August 2013

Five years on, Georgia still counting cost of Russia war The 2008 war between Georgia and Russia over the separatist region of South Ossetia may have only lasted five days but five years on, Amiran Gugutishvili is still counting the cost.

05 August 2013

Rome diverts traffic to protect Colosseum The city of Rome from Saturday barred private vehicles from using the main road to the Colosseum in order to protect the iconic monument that has been blackened by pollution and is in a poor state.

05 August 2013

New Zealand dairy giant issues global botulism alert New Zealand warned international health authorities Saturday of exported dairy products, including infant formula, containing a bacteria that could lead to botulism -- a potentially fatal illness.

05 August 2013

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