Brazil now has 557 swine flu deaths, making it the country with the highest number of fatalities in the world from the disease, according to figures announced by the health ministry on Wednesday.
The toll puts it ahead of the latest count from the United States, which as of August 20 had 522 swine flu deaths, [...]
An out-of-control BBC and addiction to central planning by regulators are damaging democracy and media choice in Britain, James Murdoch said in Edinburgh last night.
Giving the annual MacTaggart lecture to an audience of television executives, Mr Murdoch, 36, the son of Rupert Murdoch, called for a “dramatic reduction of the activities of the State” in [...]
More than a dozen types of deli meats sold across Canada were hit by a recall late Friday over fears that they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the sliced, ready-to-eat meats, were sold in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
This latest recall expands on [...]
The number of people killed in the accident at Russia’s largest hydroelectric power plant increased from 67 to 69. Six persons are still missing, an official with the Russian EMERCOM said Sunday.
Specialists and rescuers – over 2,000 people – are currently involved in the works to liquidate the consequences of the disaster at Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric [...]
The construction of Jewish settlements on Palestinian lands must be stopped, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting in Berlin.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a four-day trip to Europe and has sought support for stronger sanctions against Iran, which Israel regards as a threat to its existence. [...]
Russia’s top investigator has said a cargo ship which went missing for more than two weeks may have been carrying a more sensitive cargo than first stated.
Alexander Bastrykin’s comments to Interfax news agency are the first official suggestions that the Arctic Sea was carrying more than timber.
The vessel was eventually found on 16 August off [...]
