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HODEIDAH, YEMEN: In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, Salem, 5, who suffers from malnutrition, lies on a bed at a hospital. —AP

ICRC: 115 dead as Yemen cholera outbreak spreads

SANAA: A cholera outbreak has rapidly spread in Yemen, killing 115 people in two weeks in the impoverished country where hospitals badly damaged by more than two years of war can barely cope. Patients with cholera symptoms have flooded the run-down medical facilities, as international relief agencies warned of a catastrophic humanitarian situation and urged citizens to exercise hygiene precautions. "We now are facing a serious outbreak of...

CINCINNATI: In this still image from a Jan 24, 2017 surveillance video, the legs and feet of 8- year-old Gabriel Taye can be seen as he lies on the floor of a boys’ bathroom after being knocked unconscious by another boy at Carson Elementary School. Two days later, Taye hanged himself with a necktie in the bedroom of his Cincinnati apartment

Suicide at 8? Very rare, but not inconceivable

Warning signs harder to read in young children CINCINNATI: In this still image from a Jan 24, 2017 surveillance video, the legs and feet of 8- year-old Gabriel Taye can be seen as he lies on the floor of a boys’ bathroom after being knocked unconscious by another boy at Carson Elementary School. Two days later, Taye hanged himself with a necktie in the bedroom of his Cincinnati apartmentNEW YORK: The death was startling even to the coroner: A...

PARIS: Brigitte Macron gestures as she arrives at the Elysee presidential Palace to attend her husband Emmanuel Macron’s formal inauguration ceremony as French President. —AFP

Brigitte Macron: Prez's teacher-turned-wife

PARIS: Brigitte Macron gestures as she arrives at the Elysee presidential Palace to attend her husband Emmanuel Macron’s formal inauguration ceremony as French President. —AFPPARIS: Once his high school drama teacher, now wife of incoming French president Emmanuel Macron, 64-year-old Brigitte Macron stepped into the spotlight long before her husband was elected. The 25-year age difference and the extraordinary way they met-he pursued her...

FILE - In this July 12, 2015, file photo, Pope Francis checks his watch as Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi stands beside him, during an airborne press conference aboard the airplane directed to Rome, at the end of his Apostolic journey in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay. The Pope plans to meet Cuba’s president and its priests, its young and its sick, its churchgoers and its seminarians as he travels across the island starting Saturday. But not its dissidents. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said that Francis had not accepted any invitations to meet with dissidents, and well-known opposition members told The Associated Press they have received no invitation to see him. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Pope casts doubt on Virgin apparitions at Medjugorje in Bosnia

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: Pope Francis on Saturday expressed serious doubts regarding reported daily apparitions of the Virgin at Medjugorje in Bosnia, a site which attracts a million pilgrims annually. In June 1981, six Bosnian children and teenagers said they had witnessed the appearance of the Virgin in the southern town, and allege she continues to visit to this day.The woman they saw "is not the mother of Jesus," the Pope said Saturday aboard...

Indian students shout slogans during a protest against the rapes of two minor girls outside the police headquarters. — AFP

Jilted Indian man rapes, kills ex girlfriend: Police

NEW DELHI: A jilted man who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend before smashing her head with bricks and running her over with a car has been arrested, Indian police said yesterday. Police in the northern state of Haryana said the 23-year-old victim was abducted by the man and his friend who then allegedly raped and mutilated her, in the latest case of sexual violence in the country. They then dumped her in an isolated industrial area where a...

KATHMANDU: A voter casts her vote in Thimi, on the outskirts of Kathmandu. —AFP

Nepal votes in first local election in over 20 years

Key step in the country’s transition to democracy KATHMANDU: A voter casts her vote in Thimi, on the outskirts of Kathmandu. —AFPKATHMANDU: Nepal held local level polls yesterday, the first since 1997 and a key step in the country's rocky transition to democracy over a decade since the end of the civil war. Around a third of registered voters across three provinces were eligible to cast their vote, with the rest of the country due to vote in...

LONDON: Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho (C) shoots past West Ham United’s Welsh defender James Collins (2R) to score the team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Liverpool at The London Stadium. —AFP

Coutinho masterclass lifts Reds to third

LONDON: Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho (C) shoots past West Ham United’s Welsh defender James Collins (2R) to score the team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Liverpool at The London Stadium. —AFPLONDON: Philippe Coutinho fired Liverpool within touching distance of the Champions League as the Brazilian’s masterclass inspired a 4-0 demolition of West Ham...

MUMBAI: Rising Pune Supergiant players celebrate the wicket of Mumbai Indian batsman Nitish Rana during their Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match. — AP

Rising Pune Supergiant march into IPL playoffs

MUMBAI: Rising Pune Supergiant players celebrate the wicket of Mumbai Indian batsman Nitish Rana during their Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match. — APPUNE: Rising Pune Supergiant demolished Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets and stormed into the Indian Premier League playoffs yesterday. In a must-win game for both teams to qualify for the playoffs, Kings XI were bundled out for 73 in 15.5 overs - their lowest total in the IPL. Supergiant...

An alert researcher, teamwork helped stem huge cyberattack

Kill switch halts unprecedented outbreak .LONDON: The cyberattack that spread malicious software around the world, shutting down networks at hospitals, banks and government agencies, was thwarted by a young British researcher and an inexpensive domain registration, with help from another 20-something security engineer in the US. Britain's National Cyber Security Center and others were hailing the cybersecurity researcher, a 22-year-old identified...

DHARAMSALA: Tibetan medical practitioner Tsewang Tamdin and A staff member of Tibetan medical practitioner Yeshi Dhonden’s Tibetan Herbal Clinic packs traditional Tibetan medicine to send to patients by courier in the Indian town of Dharamsala.

Tibetan medicine lures patients seeking drug-free cures

‘We believe diseases are caused when our inner energies are imbalanced’ DHARAMSALA: Tibetan medical practitioner Tsewang Tamdin and A staff member of Tibetan medical practitioner Yeshi Dhonden’s Tibetan Herbal Clinic packs traditional Tibetan medicine to send to patients by courier in the Indian town of Dharamsala.DHARAMSALA, India: Before dawn in the Indian Himalayas, scores of patients clutching small vials of urine queue patiently to see...

Salvador Sobral from Portugal celebrates as he holds the trophy after winning the Final of the Eurovision Song Contest with his song “Amar Pelos Dois”.

Portugal wins Eurovision Song Contest for the first time

Salvador Sobral from Portugal celebrates as he holds the trophy after winning the Final of the Eurovision Song Contest with his song “Amar Pelos Dois”.Portugal's Salvador Sobral won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday performing a jazz-style ballad written by his sister, taking the top spot for the first time in the country's history and celebrating with a call to "put emotion back into music". Along with singers from Italy and Bulgaria,...

This file photo taken on May 20, 2016 shows US actress and member of the Jury Kirsten Dunst posing as she arrives for the screening of the film “The Neon Demon” at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France

Cannes: 70 years of scandals

This file photo taken on May 20, 2016 shows US actress and member of the Jury Kirsten Dunst posing as she arrives for the screening of the film “The Neon Demon” at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern FranceThe Cannes film festival, the most important in the world, turns 70 this year. As the French Riviera resort prepares for the event, which starts Wednesday, we look back at the scandals that have rocked the festival:'La Dolce...

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