It is an annual ritual throughout Southeast Asia: As the rainy season starts and the humidity spikes, the mosquitoes come out. And they come with various diseases, including dengue which seems to be hitting hard this year.
MERILLE, Kenya - For generations, Kaltuma Hassan's clan would study the sky over Kenya's arid north for any sign of rain - some wind here, a wisp of cloud there - to guide their parched livestock to water.
Thousands of jobs are at risk after the United Kingdom's second-largest steel producer, British Steel, went into liquidation following a refusal of emergency government funding.
China's permanent representative to the United Nations on Thursday called for efforts to prevent conflicts by resolving issues peacefully for the protection of civilians.
President Xi Jinping has sent congratulations to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the victory of his Bharatiya Janata Party in the India's general elections on Thursday.
Theresa May has announced she is stepping down as Conservative Party leader and British prime minister on June 7 after three years in charge.
Farmers in the United States, a key voting block in Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election and among the hardest hit by the ongoing US-China trade dispute, will receive $16 billion in aid, the US Agriculture Department announced on Thursday.
In a case with significant First Amendment implications, the United States filed new charges on Thursday against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, accusing him of violating the Espionage Act by publishing secret documents containing the names of confidential military and diplomatic sources, The Associated Press reported.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed victory on Thursday in the general election and vowed an "inclusive" future, with his party headed for a landslide win.
"It is amazing to see there are no empty seats in this room on a Saturday afternoon with beautiful sunshine outside," Li Sufang, trustee vice-president of the Shenzhen Essen Investment Group, exclaimed at the recent Utah-China Trade and Investment Forum in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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