India’s decision to conduct new trials on the world’s first leprosy vaccine is eliciting hope it will help eliminate the dreaded disease from the country. Following a declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO), India has been officially counted as a leprosy-free country since 2005, meaning less than one person in 10,000 people is afflicted […]readmore
Not everyone who is infected with HIV goes on to develop AIDS. A tiny fraction of HIV-positive adults holds the line against AIDS by mounting a very strong immune response; but, research has found that such an approach often contributes to the development of other illnesses, such as heart disease and cancers. Scientists at Oxford […]readmore
VOA News This Friday will see the rise of a black moon. And while that might sound ominous, it’s perfectly normal and probably doesn’t foretell the end of the world as some would say. A black moon is simply the second new moon, or dark moon, of the lunar month. It will be so dark, […]readmore
VOA News The Rosetta spacecraft’s 12-year mission studying a comet came to an end Friday when it crash-landed on the surface as planned, snapping photos along the way. Rosetta, the first space probe to circle a comet, was ordered to fire its thrusters for 208 seconds, slipped out of orbit and collided onto the icy […]readmore
BOGOTA — Pope Francis will visit Colombia in the first quarter of next year, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Thursday, days after signing a peace deal with Marxist rebels which the pontiff has actively backed. Santos and the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, rebels signed a peace accord on Monday […]readmore
VOA News ORANJESTAD, ARUBA — A strengthening Hurricane Matthew whipped at Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao early Friday as it passed north of the islands on a rare track through a part of the Caribbean that rarely sees such storms. Authorities on the Dutch Caribbean islands had urged residents to reinforce their homes and stock up on […]readmore
VOA News At least 15 civilians were killed Wednesday by a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan, the United Nations said. Thirteen others were injured in the attack. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called for an independent investigation. «UNAMA calls on the government and international military forces to launch a prompt, independent, impartial, […]readmore
VOA News North Korea may be building a submarine designed to launch missiles, according to a U.S. site that monitors North Korean weapons development. 38North posted commercial satellite images that it says indicate a naval construction program is underway, but it could not confirm that they show a submarine. If the hull the satellite images […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President Barack Obama said Shimon Peres’ determination to coexist with Palestinians is «in the hands of Israel’s next generation and its friends,» during a eulogy at the funeral for the late Israeli leader. Obama praised Peres as one of the «giants of the 20th century,» and likened him to other iconic world […]readmore
WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Barack Obama has strongly condemned the «barbarous Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes» on civilians in eastern Aleppo. The White House says Obama spoke by telephone Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Both agreed that Russia and the Assad regime bear a «special responsibility» for stopping the fighting and letting humanitarian aid […]readmore
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