Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has found proof of American support for an end to the United States' embargo on Cuba in an article printed in The New York Times this past weekend titled "Obama Should End the Embargo on Cuba."
Global food waste stands at 2.8 trillion pounds a year -- created by farmers, supermarkets and humans alike -- all along the food chain. In the U.S. more than 30 percent of the food isn't eaten, Elizabeth Royte said, author of "The High Cost Of Food Waste."
A WHO official said at a press conference on Tuesday there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week within two months. Dr. Bruce Aylward said for the last four weeks there have been 1,000 new cases per week -- a figure that includes suspected, confirmed and probable cases -- and if response isn't stepped up within 60 days, "a lot more people will die."
Oscar Pistorius arrived in court Monday for the start of his sentencing phase of his trial in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year.
The Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola while assisting Spanish missionaries with the virus showed some progress in her health, health officials announced on Sunday.
A Sydney woman who was told she would never be able to have children visited her doctor complaining of stomach cramps. Two and a half hours later she went into labor and gave birth to a baby girl.
On Saturday, volunteers from the United States and Mexico united to clean up the Tijuana River Valley, which lies at the border between the two countries.
Secretary Hagel visited Colombia and Chile to express U.S. support both countries and then will attend a conference of regional defense ministers in Peru.
The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to die of Ebola in the US, is speaking out about what they feel was "unfair" and inadequate medical treatment given to their lost relative.
