NEW YORK – Drugmakers’ use of the tobacco plant as a fast and cheap way to produce novel biotechnology treatments is gaining global attention because of its role in an experimental […]
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Australia awards MH370 search tender to Dutch firm Fugro
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Wednesday awarded a contract to Dutch engineering firm Fugro to search the sea floor where missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is believed to have crashed, hoping to unlock modern aviation’s greatest […]
srael withdraws troops, 72-hour Gaza truce begins
GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a first step towards negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old war. Minutes […]
Jets escort Qatar Airways plane into Manchester airport after bomb threat
MANCHESTER England (Reuters) – Britain scrambled two fighter jets on Tuesday to escort a Qatar Airways plane into Manchester airport after the pilot reported a possible explosive device on board. A passenger was […]
Sierra Leone, Liberia deploy troops as Ebola toll hits 887
FREETOWN/MONROVIA – Hundreds of troops deployed in Sierra Leone and Liberia on Monday to quarantine communities hit by the deadly Ebola virus, as the death toll from the worst-ever outbreak reached 887 and three […]
China quake death toll climbs to 398 as rescuers seek survivors
BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit southwestern China on Sunday climbed to 398 people, state media reported on Monday. China said it had dispatched thousands of […]
Late to the party, Obama seeks bigger U.S. Africa role
CAMP LEMONNIER Djibouti/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ask Major-General Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., the top U.S. military officer in Africa, how he thinks U.S. and European-backed African troops are faring in their war on Islamist […]
Safety violations at China auto factory led to dust blast: Xinhua
HONG KONG – Chinese officials have blamed the chairman of a car parts factory in eastern China and local regulators for safety breaches that led to the most deadly industrial accident […]
U.S. senator: CIA interrogation tactics helped get bin Laden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee will soon release a report asserting the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation techniques helped bring down Osama bin Laden and disrupt terrorist plots, the […]
Ebola fear prompts South Korea university to cancel Nigerians’ invitation
SEOUL – A South Korean university rescinded an invitation for three Nigerians to attend a conference and a group of South Korean medical volunteers called off a trip to West Africa amid […]
