The number of people admitted to hospitals in England with influenza in the first week of this year was six times higher than during the same period last year.
SAN FRANCISCO - US tech giant Apple Inc has confirmed that the slowdown resulting from degradation of batteries will only affect older iPhones and shouldn't impact other products.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan - The rugged men of northern Afghanistan raise their buzkashi horses to be warrior princes, ready for the savagery of polo with a headless carcass.
SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Mahmoud al-Qouqa can't imagine life without the three sacks of flour, cooking oil and other staples he receives from the United Nations every three months.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should correct his historical attitudes and clarify his country's militarist crimes in World War II before promoting a diplomat who is credited with helping about 6,000 Jewish refugees escape Nazi persecution, a Chinese expert said.
MOSCOW - Russians are drinking less than at any point since the fall of the Soviet Union, figures show, as a raft of government measures bear fruit and healthy living becomes ever more fashionable.
TOKYO - A Japanese city has activated an emergency warning system to alert residents to avoid eating locally purchased blowfish, after a mix-up saw toxic parts of the delicacy go on sale.
DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates has claimed that Qatari fighter jets intercepted two of its commercial airliners in international airspace on the way to Bahrain, allegations denied by Qatar.
HONOLULU - When Jonathan Scheuer got an alert on his phone of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii, he and his family didn't know what to do. They went to their guest bedroom, then decided it would be safer on the ground floor of their Honolulu home.
US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said on Sunday that autonomous or driverless vehicles are about to change the way people travel and connect and pledged that her agency would work closely with stakeholders to accelerate development of the emerging technology.
PARIS - French film star Catherine Deneuve, who set off a worldwide feminist backlash for bashing the #MeToo movement, has apologized to victims of sexual assault, saying there was "nothing good" about harassment.
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of British scientists have found that regular surfers are three times more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria than those who stick to dry land.
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