External Affairs

Mitch McConnell walks to the Senate floor in the Capitol in Washington

US Republican Healthcare Bill Risks Robbing 22 Million Health Insurance

Yasmeen Abutaleb and Susan Cornwell 27/06/2017

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office's assessment of the bill...

Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide that occurred in Xinmo Village

24 Dead and Over 100 Missing in China Landslide

Sue-Lin Wong 25/06/2017

While 3,000 rescue workers are on-site, geological experts state...

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Evidence of Paleolithic Ornaments in Decorated Snail Shells in Iraq

Chris Hunt 25/06/2017

An excavation at Shanidar Cave in Iraq has led...

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Lessons From China in Handling Zika, Ebola and Other Global Pandemics

Frédéric Keck 24/06/2017

Not every country prepares for global health threats in...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara

Evolution Will No Longer Be Taught in Turkish High Schools

Tuvan Gumrukcu 24/06/2017

Evolution will be introduced to 18 and 19 year...

Sarita Custodio chained herselves to the health ministry to protest for what they describe as rampant pollution from a sprawling polymetallic mine operated by Peruvian miner Volcan, outside of the health ministry in Lima

Peruvians Chain Themselves to Health Ministry to Protest Mining Pollution

Reuters 23/06/2017

The pollution caused by a nearby mining project is...

Mitch McConnell walks to the Senate floor in the Capitol in Washington

US Republicans Finally Unveil Healthcare Bill – Greeted With Opposition and an Uncertain Future

Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell 23/06/2017

The healthcare Bill features sharp cuts to the Medicaid...