Spanish and Mexican researchers have identified the specific molecule in a protein/protease that prevents the generation of fat cells. Those researchers committed 18 months to the creation of a drug to fight obesity. The timing is impeccable, as two new studies have just unveiled that obesity increases the risk of particular types of breast cancer in African-American and Hispanic women, especially if they're postmenopausal.
China seeks to invest $40 billion in reviving ancient Silk Road China has announced they will establish a Silk Road Fund to promote interconnectivity and further international investments.
Chile announces special prosecutor to investigate organized crime Chile has taken several steps in the recent past to fight organized crime, the latest of which is assigning special prosecutors to the task.
Brazil touted as new hot spot for foreign brand fashion labels Brazil has become the new hot spot for foreign brands in fashion, evident at the most recent runway show in the country.
Catalans swarmed the poll for an unofficial vote on their independence from Spain Catalans have long had a cultural grievance with the parent country of Spain, but recent economic woes spurred the informal referendum to seek independence which took place Sunday.
Amnesty International published a report on Wednesday accusing Israel of committing war crimes and displaying a "callous indifference" in attacks on family homes during the war in the Gaza Strip over the summer.
Link found between cold sores and risk of Alzheimer's disease Researchers in Sweden have found a link between Alzheimer's disease and cold sores, which can double the risk.
AT&T agrees to pay $2.5 billion to expand market into Mexico by buying Iusacell AT&T announced a $2. 5 billion acquisition that will make it the first ever company to span both the U.
Facebook joins anonymous network to allow users' privacy Facebook, the tech media and social media giant, has joined the Web's most anonymous network, allowing users to hide their Internet traces through the Tor software, Wired reported.
Some private and public hospitals are rejecting to care for HIV+ patients. One human rights group, the Human Rights Watch, is fighting for these Yemeni people.
Spanish doctors in Barcelona believe they've found the cure to HIV. By using blood transplants from the umbilical cords of individuals with a genetic resistance to HIV, Spanish medical professionals believe they can best the AIDS-causing virus. The procedure has already been successful, "curing" a patient in just three months.
Drug industry's greed responsible for nearly 5,000 Ebola deaths, WHO says The greed of the pharmaceutical industry has once again been identified as the source for a major roadblock, this time dealing with the lack of a cure for the Ebola virus.
Members of a local drug trafficking gang confessed to killing the 43 students from a teachers college who went missing in September after being attacked by police.
Bats both blamed and possibly holder of a cure for Ebola The same animal responsible for spreading the Ebola virus may hold the cure as well, scientists in the U.
After facing steep criticism claiming favoritism, the administration of Mexican President Peña Nieto has cancelled the contract with a Chinese company to build Latin America's first high-speed train.
Police from the U.S. and Europe collaborate to shut down various dark net sites, including Silk Road 2.0. Agencies arrested 17 people in Europe and the U.S., including Silk Road 2.0's creator.
Russia has been accused of sending 32 tanks as well as various soldiers, trucks and weapons into the separatist region of Luhansk, in spite of the fragile Minsk ceasefire.
Co-founder of the file-sharing website Pirate Bay, Fredrik Lennart Neij, was arrested in Thailand, ending the search for the last of the site's founders.
According to Reuters, the United Nations declared that the shortage of food and basic goods is driving some in quarantine zones to leavedespite the growing number of Ebola cases in Sierra Leone as the country lacks treatment centers.
