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Champs-Elysees Will be Car-Free Once a Month to Help Cut Paris Air Pollution

The Champs-Elysees boulevard will be pedestrian-only on the first Sunday of every month. The new pro...

Apr 26, 2016 10:15 AM EDT

European Commission Seeks Relicense of Cancer-Causing Weedkiller Amidst Warning From UN Agencies

The European Commission is set to extend the authorization or relicense of a weedkiller containing c...

Apr 22, 2016 06:55 AM EDT

US Congress lifts funding ban for needle exchange programs

The Congress has quitely lifted the funding ban on needle exchange programs in late December. The pr...

Jan 08, 2016 07:51 AM EST

U.S. lawsuits build against Monsanto over alleged Roundup cancer link

Personal injury law firms around the United States are lining up plaintiffs for what they say could ...

Oct 15, 2015 09:07 PM EDT

Hong Kong issues 'red alert' against South Korea travel due to MERS

Hong Kong issued a "red alert" advisory on Tuesday against non-essential travel to South Korea, wher...

Jun 09, 2015 09:40 AM EDT

South Korea fights to contain MERS outbreak, considers tough measures

South Korea struggled to contain an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Monday as...

Jun 01, 2015 09:05 AM EDT

U.N. envoy appeals for truce extension in war-damaged Yemen

The U.N. envoy to Yemen called on a Saudi-led military coalition and its adversaries to extend a hum...

May 17, 2015 09:02 AM EDT

Liberia declared Ebola-free, but outbreak continues over border

Liberia was declared free from Ebola by the government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sa...

May 09, 2015 06:46 PM EDT

Pakistan arrests parents for refusing children's polio vaccinations

Pakistan authorities have arrested hundreds of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children agains...

Mar 03, 2015 09:01 AM EST

Medical aid unable to enter Syrian rebel-held Aleppo: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been unable to get a desperately needed medical aid convoy t...

Jan 08, 2015 07:45 AM EST

Sierra Leone's president calls for week of fasting, prayer over Ebola

Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma asked the country to begin a week of fasting and prayers on...

Jan 02, 2015 12:09 AM EST

Mali steps up border controls after Ebola case arrives from Guinea

Mali said it was reinforcing health controls at border posts but has no plans to close its frontiers...

Nov 13, 2014 09:45 AM EST

Liberia rights commission calls for compensation for Ebola quarantine shooting

Liberia's human rights commission has called on the government to pay compensation to the family of ...

Nov 08, 2014 10:45 PM EST

Australia bans travel from Ebola-hit countries; U.S. isolates troops

Australia became the first developed country on Tuesday to shut its borders to citizens of the count...

Oct 28, 2014 07:39 PM EDT

Two U.S. states to quarantine health workers returning from Ebola zones

New York and New Jersey will automatically quarantine medical workers returning from Ebola-hit West ...

Oct 25, 2014 12:32 AM EDT

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