President Barack Obama while he is in Asia for eight days is pushing to finalize a trans-Pacific trade deal between 12 countries that would eradicate tariffs and regulations--a pact that critics believe will only benefit corporations.
A suicide attack at a school in northeastern Nigeria has left almost 50 people dead and has reignited popular anger toward the government for its inability to curb the attacks against schools and towns. Though no one has claimed responsibility, it is believed Boko Haram conducted the attack.
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.
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.
The famous fable of the race between the tortoise and the hare has seen the tortoise winning. The fable is poignant here; the once extinct Galápagos tortoises are making a comeback on the picturesque Spanish-speaking islands.
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.
Nearly 11 months after war broke out in South Sudan, a peace deal has been forged between the two parties: the soldiers and rebels loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar and the supporters of President Salva Kiir. The peace deal was reached Saturday in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.
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.
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.
