GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization published its first guidelines on the prevention and management of dementia yesterday, putting physical activity at the top of its list of recommendations for preventing cognitive decline.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May was told by senior members of her own party today to abandon talks to find a Brexit compromise with the opposition Labour Party as pressure mounted on her to name a date for standing down.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month as the trade war between the world’s two largest economies intensified, sending shivers through global markets.
DUBAI/LONDON, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said yesterday that two of its oil tankers were among those attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and described it as an attempt to undermine the security of crude supplies amid tensions between the United States and Iran.
(Reuters) – A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer, in the largest U.S.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian court will allow investigators to examine the banking records of President Jair Bolsonaro’s senator son and his former driver in a money-laundering investigation, two sources with knowledge of the situation told Reuters yesterday.
BOSTON, (Reuters) – Actress Felicity Huffman tearfully pleaded guilty yesterday to paying to rig a college entrance exam for her daughter, part of a wide-ranging scandal in which wealthy parents used fraud to secure their children spots at prominent U.S.
LIBREVILLE, (Reuters) – Gabon’s president vowed on Monday to find and punish those responsible for the disappearance of over 350 containers of protected hardwood worth nearly $250 million.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – A Venezuelan general called on the country’s armed forces yesterday to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, who has relied on the backing of the military to hold on to power despite an economic collapse.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democrats are reluctant to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump, but he may provoke such a move by continuing to obstruct Congress’ efforts to oversee his administration, a senior Democratic lawmaker said yesterday.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine lawmaker Hector Olivares died yesterday after he was shot in what authorities called a “mafia-style” attack outside Congress in downtown Buenos Aires on Thursday, according to state-run news agency Telam.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a local man was beaten in the town of Chilaw on Sri Lanka’s west coast yesterday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democrats are reluctant to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump, but he may provoke such a move by continuing to obstruct Congress’ efforts to oversee his administration, a senior Democratic lawmaker said today.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban gay rights activists held an unauthorized independent pride parade in Havana yesterday despite the Communist government warning against it and calling it subversive, an unprecedented show of civil society in the one-party state.
PRETORIA, (Reuters) – The African National Congress easily won South Africa’s general election today but its share of the vote fell, reflecting anger at corruption scandals and racial inequalities that remain entrenched a generation after the party took power.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani called yesterday for unity among Iran’s political factions to overcome conditions which he said may be harder than those during the 1980s war with Iraq, state media reported, as the country faces tightening U.S.