Kenya to increase funding to fight again...
NAIVASHA, Kenya, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's health ministry said Thursday it will increase budgetary allocations towards the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country. Jackson Ki
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Kenya to increase funding to fight again...
NAIVASHA, Kenya, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's health ministry said Thursday it will increase budgetary allocations towards the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country. Jackson Ki
Pakistan army says Indian warplanes cros...
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistani military said on Tuesday that Indian warplanes violated the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kashmir region and dropped "payload" hastily. Pakistan
U.S. Louisiana shootings leave 5 dead, s...
A manhunt is underway in the southeastern U.S. state of Louisiana for a man suspected in shootings that have left five people dead, local authorities said Saturday. Dakota Theriot, 21, is wanted in
Egypt uncovers ancient workshop in Aswan
CAIRO, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian-Sweden archaeological mission has discovered a workshop for making architect materials in the southern province of Aswan, the Ministry of Antiquities said in a
Cambodian PM hopes RCEP trade talks be c...
PHNOM PENH, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Saturday that he hoped negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact will be
Across China: 70-year-old volunteer teac...
Ju Hongmei, a retired associate professor in northeast China's Jilin Province, said she missed very much the children she used to teach as a volunteer teacher in a village in central China's Henan P
Toyota warns could leave UK under no-dea...
Toyota Europe's CEO has warned the firm could end production in Britain by 2023 if the country exits the European Union (EU) without a deal, the Nikkei business daily said Thursday. Speaking at the G
18 killed after bus overturned in wester...
Eighteen people died after a bus overturned in western Ethiopia on Wednesday, also leaving scores of others with serious injuries, police said on Thursday.Turumsa Solomon, East Wollega Zone traffic po
IMF praises Serbia's progress in economi...
BELGRADE, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Serbia has achieved very good progress in macroeconomic stabilization, growth and job creation in 2018, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission said in a statement
Finnish gov't resigns after healthcare r...
HELSINKI, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Finnish President Sauli Niinisto accepted the resignation of the government led by centrist Prime Minister Juha Sipila, national broadcaster Yle said on Friday morning.
5.5-magnitude earthquake strikes souther...
MANILA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- An 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck southern Philippines on Wednesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The institute said th
Kenya's wildlife agency launches manhunt...
NAIROBI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) said Saturday it has launched a major operation to nab a suspected poacher who escaped from gunfire exchange in which his accomplice was kil
24 measles cases confirmed in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Three new measles cases were confirmed in Bulgaria, bringing the total number to 24 since last Wednesday, the country's Ministry of Health said in a statement on Monday. T
Death toll from Mexico pipeline blast ri...
The number of people killed in a gas pipeline explosion in the Mexican state of Hidalgo last Friday increased to 93, the Minister of Health Jorge Alcocer said Tuesday. The number of the dead grew due
6 killed in car crash in central Philipp...
MANILA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed in a car crash in Zamboanguita town in Negros Oriental province in the central Philippines on Friday morning, police said. Local police said the vic
Afghan Taliban kill at least 12 in car b...
The Afghan Taliban killed at least 12 security force members in a car bomb attack on a military base in the central province of Maidan Wardak on Monday, officials said.Two gunmen who tried to enter th
Zambia needs to invest in science, techn...
LUSAKA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A senior Zambian government official said on Tuesday that the country needs to accelerate investment in science, technology and mathematics if it is to attain the economic
Two killed in U.S. country club shooting
Police in the U.S. state of North Carolina are looking into a Sunday morning shooting which killed two people and wounded another. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) said the shootin
Bulgaria seizes 35 kg of drugs at border...
SOFIA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Bulgarian customs have seized 35 kg of ecstasy at the country's Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint near the border with Turkey, the Prosecutor's Office said in a statement on Mond
Pakistan suspends cross-border train ser...
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan said Thursday that a passenger train service between Pakistan and India has been suspended in view of the ongoing tensions. Pakistan's foreign ministry said th