Soda giants fund health groups but fight them too

Coca-Cola and Pepsi, the two major US soda giants, have given millions of dollars to health organizations while quietly fighting anti-obesity measures such as taxes on soft drinks, a new study shows.

Buddhist nun strikes a chord as unconventional music star

There is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name - not because she's a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl's school and a hospital for kidney patients.

Beneath Lima's famous zoo, archeologists find traces of ancient animal sacrifices

As lions, tigers and bears roam lazily about Peru's largest zoo, archeologists are busy digging up stranger animals from the ground beneath them.

Clinton advisers mulled telling GOP 'Bring a dolly!' for emails

As news broke last year about Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, one of her top aides suggested simply releasing all the messages from her time as secretary of state.

Fresh allegations of sexual assault rock Trump campaign

Several women levied allegations of sexual assault against Donald Trump on Wednesday in a series of interviews, adding to the already damaging revelations about the Republican presidential nominee's aggressive sexual comments about women.

Officials under fire over jail suicide

German authorities were under pressure on Thursday to explain how a Syrian suspect detained over a bomb plot could have committed suicide in jail, seriously hampering investigations into the alleged planned attack.

Bermuda braces for 'dangerous' hurricane

The British territory of Bermuda hunkered down overnight as Hurricane Nicole rapidly strengthened into a major Category 4 storm and took aim at the tiny island in the northern Atlantic Ocean.

Putin: Coordination with Silk Road will be topic at summit

BRICS nations will address concerns on key international issues and discuss coordination between the Eurasian Economic Union and Silk Road Economic Belt at their upcoming summit in Goa, India, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

US missiles destroy rebel radar sites in retaliation

US-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles destroyed three coastal radar sites in Houthi-controlled territory on Yemen's Red Sea Coast early on Thursday, officials said, a retaliatory action that followed two incidents this week in which missiles were fired at US Navy ships.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

Growing concern for Zika babies

Two weeks shy of his first birthday, doctors began feeding Jose Wesley Campos through a nose tube because swallowing problems had left him dangerously underweight.

It's a dog's life for capital's growing pack of strays

The dart hits a fleeing street dog in the thigh, the bright orange tip sagging against his brown and white fur as he slows to a halt, his limbs succumbing to the sedatives.