A doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus but rode the subway system and dined out before he recovered from it said the media and politicians could have done a better job by educating people on the science of the disease instead of focusing on their fears.
Former President Alfonso Portillo returned to Guatemala on Wednesday following his release from a US prison, nearly six years after his arrest on money laundering charges. The 63-year-old, who served as president from 2000 to 2004, struck a repentant note on his arrival at Guatemala City's international airport, and expressed interest in becoming politically active again.
Incense smoke wafts through the cold air of the centuries-old Buddhist temple as a priest chants a sutra, praying for a peaceful transition for the souls of the departed.
Britain has become the first country to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people, a technique intended to help mothers avoid passing on genetically degenerative diseases such as muscular dystrophy to their babies.
At a shelter in Damascus, the strain of life under a crippling siege not far from the Syrian capital is etched on the gaunt faces of those who have escaped.
Jamaica's Parliament gave final approval on Tuesday night to an act decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana and establishing a licensing agency to regulate a lawful medical marijuana industry.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turned down an invitation on Tuesday to meet privately with Senate Democrats next week during his visit to Washington, saying the session "could compound the misperception of partisanship" surrounding his trip.
The new government of the Indian capital will let the people decide its annual municipal budget by seeking opinions from the constituencies that voted the anti-graft Aam Aadmi Party to power last month, local media reported on Wednesday.
A gunman shot and killed three people on Wednesday in and around a South Korean convenience store that he then set on fire before fleeing, police said. He was later found dead with a gunshot wound to his head in an apparent suicide.
The family of jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has sought a royal pardon in a last-ditch effort to try to free him from a sodomy conviction.
An Australian actor who set out to expose hidden sugar in health foods said he gained 8.5 kilograms and a paunch after going on a 60-day low-fat diet that included yogurt, cereal, muesli bars and juices.
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