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
Oct 20 An Ebola outbreak presents a new mystery involving children By Helen Branswell, STAT The disproportionate number of recent infections among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo — specifically in Beni, the outbreak’s current hot spot — has come as a surprise; typically young children don’t make up a big proportion of cases… Continue reading
Oct 20 Turkish reaction: we won't allow "cover-up" in Saudi killing By Christopher Torchia, Zeynep Bilginsoy, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Turkey will "never allow a cover-up" of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party said Saturday after Saudi Arabia announced hours earlier that the writer died during… Continue reading
Oct 20 Trump: Saudi arrests in Khashoggi death 'a good first step' By Zeke Miller, Ashley Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Friday called Saudi Arabia’s announcement that suspects are in custody in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi a “good first step” and said he would work with Congress on a U.S. response. Continue reading