Scientists struggling to unravel the mysteries of a Zika epidemic in Brazil hope they can learn from cases of women giving birth to twins in which only one child is afflicted by the microcephaly birth defect associated with the virus ... "When I found out one of them had microcephaly, the ground fell out from beneath me," the 25-year-old said as she sat on the sofa of her home in the city of Santos ... "I thank God for giving her to me......
Canadian officials fear a massive wildfire could double in size by the end of Saturday as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of Alberta's oil sands city ... ....
San Francisco (CNN)Hillary Clinton has a fresh target as she steps up her attacks on Donald Trump. the media. Clinton tweaked the media's coverage of Trump at her fundraiser in San Francisco on Friday night, according to multiple attendees. Clinton, the donors said, told the group that she wished "he would be asked the follow-up questions" about his plans and proposals, arguing that he gets away with empty plans and promises ... Read More ... ....
Speculation rife about piracy or fire on board Tamaya 1, registered in Panama, who last known position was on 21 April near Gambia and Senegal. @alanyuhas ... map. The 64-meter (210ft) tanker’s last known position was on 21 April near Gambia and Senegal, according to shipping site MarineTraffic – well north of Liberia along the west African coast ... “And therefore, the crew abandoned the ship.” ... ....
Scuffles have been broken out throughout the German capital Berlin between two large opposing groups of protesters over refugees and the country’s ChancellorAngela Merkel's asylum policies ... The protesters were outnumbered by some 7,500 pro-refugee demonstrators, who also rallied through the German capital and chanted anti-fascist slogans....
He also epitomises what is fuelling the newbie on the upswing in German politics. As the mainstream cringes at the return of "rightwing" in Deutschland, AfD is relishing it has become a platform for diverse grievances of German society ... Reisberk, a retired engineer of medical devices, is livid that Germans work for maximum number of years in Europe but get the lowest pension ... There are cultural fears that `it is all changing' ... ....
Aramco is also enhancing its success abroad through a $12 billion deal to establish a strong alliance and equal ownership in the German Lanxess company, the largest rubber, chemicals and intermediates production company in the world....
While Turkish presidentRecep Erdogan’s annual income stands at the modest level of €50,000,($57,000) his children appear to walk in golden slippers. At the same time, there are no official statistics that appear to explain where all that money originates from, the German newspaper Bild reported ... ....
Two white lion cubs were presented to the public for the first time at a zoo in the German city of Magdeburg. The two female cubs, who haven't been named yet, were born in late April and are reported to be in good health ... ....
FRANKFURT, May 8 (Reuters) - Ride-hailing service Uber aims to launch its UberX service, which uses licensed professional drivers, in the German capital Berlin after failing to find enough drivers in some of the country's other cities, Uber's Germany chief Christian Freese told a newspaper. ....
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] aims to launch its UberX service, which uses licensed professional drivers, in the German capital Berlin after failing to find enough drivers in some of the country's other cities, Uber's Germany chief Christian Freese told a newspaper. ....
Moritz Hartmann pulled one back with another penalty — conceded by Alonso — before the break but Bayern never looked in danger of missing out on its record 25thBundesliga title, and its 26th German championship overall. "The team played a brilliant season ...Pep Guardiola, who is leaving for Manchester City after the GermanCup final against Dortmund, became the first Bundesliga coach to win three titles in his first three seasons ... ....
NorthKorean leader Kim Jong Un said he will only use nuclear weapons if his country comes under a nuke attack, and he called for improving relations with other nations as a “nuclear power.”. Kim said at the first Workers’ Party congress in 36 years that NorthKorea should try to send more satellites into space, according to the Korean Central News Agency....
NorthKorea’s ruling party meets this weekend for the first time in 36 years ... It is possible to believe almost anything about Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s erratic, unpredictable and little-known leader ... Hyon Yong-chol, head of North Korea’s military, was supposedly cut to bits by blasts from an anti-aircraft gun last year ... Kim Jong-un hails nuclear success at North Korea party congress....