Tycoons comment rumors about leaving Kazakhstan
Billionaires Patokh Chodiev, Alijan Ibragimov and Aleksander Mashkevich commented rumors about their intention to sale their business and leave of Kazakhstan.
03 May 2013
Spike in suicides among middle-aged Americans
Suicide rates are rising dramatically among middle-aged Americans, according to US government statistics, which showed a 28 percent spike from a decade ago in the number of people taking their own lives.
03 May 2013
Cambodia unveils statue of slain union boss
A statue of a Cambodian union boss gunned down on a Phnom Penh street in 2004 was unveiled Friday in a rare public recognition of a champion of workers' rights in the impoverished kingdom.
S. Korean toddler gets first windpipe transplant
An international team of surgeons has successfully given a South Korean-Canadian toddler a life-saving windpipe transplant made from plastic fibers and some of her own stem cells.
Living in US raises risk of allergies
Children born outside the United States have a lower risk of asthma, skin and food allergies, and living in the United States for a decade may raise a person's allergy risk.
Brazil priest excommunicated over support for gays
A Catholic priest in southeastern Brazil was excommunicated on Monday after publicly resigning from his duties to protest against the church's opposition to homosexuality.
Gene clues point to Cambodia for resistant malaria
Gene analysis of malaria parasites has pinpointed western Cambodia as the hotspot of strains that are dangerously resistant to artesiminin, the frontline drug against the disease.
29 April 2013
'Arm-lift' surgery gains appeal in US
Plastic surgery to remove fat and excess skin on the upper arms has gained appeal in the United States, where the procedure has exploded in popularity since the year 2000.