Hospital accidentally declares 200 patients dead

An Australian hospital apologized "unreservedly" on Thursday after sending out notices to the doctors of more than 200 patients that mistakenly said their patients had died, when in fact they had been discharged.

Brazil candidate death changes dynamics of race

Nation in shock after plane crash kills Socialist presidential hopeful Campos

Police fire stun grenades at Missouri protesters

Police in Ferguson, Missouri, fired tear gas, stun grenades and smoke bombs to disperse some 350 protesters late on Wednesday, the fourth night of racially charged demonstrations after police shot to death an unarmed black teen.

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Climate change threatens Great Barrier Reef

Climate change remains the most serious threat to the Great Barrier Reef, and the outlook for the natural wonder is "poor", an Australian government report has warned.

Hollywood screen icon Bacall dies at age 89

Lauren Bacall was a movie star from almost her first moment on the silver screen.

Cuba celebrates Fidel Castro's 88th birthday

Celebrations started in Cuba on Tuesday to mark the birthday of the nation's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who turned 88 on Wednesday.

Iranian-born female professor wins top math prize

Iranian-born mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani on Wednesday became the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal, mathematics' equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

African technology finds foothold in European market

Africans have long used technology developed abroad, but now a Kenyan cash transfer network that bypasses banks is being adopted in Europe.

Ex-kamikaze pilots decry militarism

Kamikaze pilot Yutaka Kanbe should have died nearly seven decades ago.

Afghan presidential candidate questions power-sharing deal

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani cast fresh doubt over a deal to share power with his rival, Abdullah Abdullah, on Tuesday, saying the accord was ambiguous and needed clarification.

Gaza truce talks push into third day as midnight deadline looms

Indirect negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis for a truce in Gaza resumed on Wednesday, a Palestinian official said, as the clock ticked toward the midnight expiration of a three-day halt to hostilities.