The first group of people monitored for Ebola in the United States will clear the three-week observation period midnight Sunday, with none exhibiting symptoms, as the federal authorities and Pentagon are ratcheting up responses to fight the deadly disease.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday it's creating an Ebola response team that is able to reach any U.S. hospital with a confirmed Ebola patient "within hours."
Five people were killed and 30 were injured at a 40 car pile-up in northern Greece on Sunday, according to the latest toll announced by Greek authorities.
Shi Yang Shi's ultimate goal sounds both poetic and challenging: he would like to be "a brick in a bridge that connects two cultures, and completes a mosaic."
New Zealand's future could lie in the hands of about a million people -- but they don't seem to care.
Pregnant women who avidly follow showbiz new and celebrity "baby bumps" can end up being less attached to their newborns than other mums, according to a New Zealand study.
Twilight's star Robert Pattinson drove fans to a frenzy the moment he stepped out of the limo for David Cronenberg's "Maps to the Stars" red carpet at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Tuesday.
Non-smoking teens who used e- cigarettes are much more likely to smoke conventional cigarettes compared to those who never used e-cigarettes, according to a study out Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra has recently told his followers to abide by military rule following the May 22 coup which seized power from his own sister, deposed premier Yingluck.
On the 7th day of the ongoing Cannes Film Festival, Belgian brother directors expressed their reflection on the current economic crisis in Europe, while a Japanese woman filmmaker explored nature in their movies presented in Competition on Tuesday
Singapore is carrying out a 1 million Singapore dollars (800,000 U.S. dollars) campaign to woo back the Chinese tourists following dips in the number of their arrivals in recent months, local newspaper reported Tuesday.
As many as 19 million of the 35 million people living with HIV globally do not know of their HIV-positive status, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said Wednesday in a report.
Friends who are not biologically related still tend to resemble each other when it comes to genetics, revealed a U.S. study published Monday that proved that "friends are the family you choose."
Most Norwegian radicals who traveled from Norway to Syria to fight in militant groups, are young men with little education and no job, the Norwegian news agency NTB reported on Wednesday, quoting a report by the Norwegian anti-terror agency PST.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday nominated new prime minister and spy agency chief, presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.
Mainlanders enjoy Dragon Boat Festival in Taiwan and they watched the dragon boat racing in Dajia Riverside Park with Tainwan people.
Former pro-government protest leaders were released on Wednesday after a seven-day detention at undisclosed army barracks.
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