Oct 21 Bolton faces tense talks with Russia over nuclear treaty By Jim Heintz, Associated Press U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton faces two days of high-tension talks in Moscow beginning Monday after President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty. Continue reading
Oct 21 One of Taiwan’s fastest trains derails, killing at least 18 By Ralph Jennings, Associated Press At least 22 people were killed and 171 others injured on Sunday when one of Taiwan's newer, faster trains derailed on a curve along a popular weekend route. Continue reading
Oct 21 Congo rebels kill 15, abduct kids in Ebola outbreak region By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Cara Anna, Associated Press Congolese rebels killed 15 civilians and abducted a dozen children in an attack at the center of the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, Congo's military said Sunday, as the violence threatened to again force the suspension of crucial virus containment efforts. Continue reading
Oct 21 Migrant caravan swells to 5,000 resumes advance toward US By Mark Stevenson, Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the border, a growing throng of Central American migrants resumed their advance toward the U.S. border early Sunday in southern Mexico. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 4:56 Millions vote in Afghanistan’s long-delayed election By PBS News Hour Voting was extended until Sunday in Afghanistan’s long-delayed parliamentary elections, which have been postponed three times since 2015. The Taliban claimed it staged more than 150 attacks including blocking roads, shelling polling stations and a suicide attack, which reportedly killed… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 4:45 A new Ebola vaccine is being tested in war-torn Congo By PBS News Hour The latest Ebola outbreak is the tenth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the disease was first reported there in 1976. New intervention techniques including the vaccination of thousands of people are being used to contain the outbreak… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 8:24 Health officials work to contain Ebola outbreak in Congo By Benedict Moran, Jorgen Samso Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are working to end the latest Ebola outbreak that began in early August. The new cluster of cases has emerged in an area with active fighting between the government and more… Continue watching
Oct 20 Immunotherapy scores a first win against some breast cancers By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer For the first time, one of the new immunotherapy drugs has shown promise against breast cancer. Continue reading
Oct 20 Chaotic Afghan parliamentary polls draw to a close By Rahim Faiez, Amir Shah, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections, already three years overdue, ended as chaotically as they began with even the Independent Election Commission uncertain of how many of the estimated 21,000 polling stations closed by 4 p.m. local time, the original closing time. Continue reading
Oct 20 Caravan at Mexico-Guatemala border shrinks as migrants cross By Sonia Pérez D., Mark Stevenson, Associated Press A U.S.-bound caravan that once totaled more than 3,000 Central American migrants looked to be about a third that size Saturday morning, when its remaining members woke up on a bridge that divides the borders of Guatemala and Mexico and… Continue reading