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Year-long funeral starts for Thailand's former queen Sirikit
AFP, Published on 26/10/2025
» BANGKOK - The year-long funeral ceremony of Thailand's former queen Sirikit started Sunday, with grieving royalists set to salute the procession bringing her body to lie in state at Bangkok's Grand Palace.
WHO: No autism links to Tylenol, vaccines
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» GENEVA - Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary.
Trump expected to tie autism risk to Tylenol as scientists urge caution
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Monday was expected to tout a tenuous relationship between autism risk and Tylenol use during pregnancy, as scientists urged research on the topic was not conclusive.
Australia approves chlamydia vaccine for koalas
AFP, Published on 10/09/2025
» SYDNEY — Australian regulators have approved a chlamydia vaccine for koalas, researchers said Wednesday, as they seek to stamp out a sexually transmitted disease responsible for about half of all deaths of the fluffy marsupial in the wild.
At least 40 dead in Sudan's worst cholera outbreak in years
AFP, Published on 14/08/2025
» TAWILA — At least 40 people have died in Sudan's Darfur region in the country's worst cholera outbreak in years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday.
Nearly 100,000 struck with cholera in Sudan
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said nearly 100,000 cholera cases had been reported in Sudan since July last year, as it warned of more hunger, displacement and disease to come.
Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» ADDIS ABABA — Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family.
Pope Francis has died aged 88
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday aged 88.
Francis: radical leader who broke the papal mould
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a more compassionate Catholic Church while stopping short of overhauling centuries-old dogma.
Mensik shocks Djokovic to win Miami Open
AFP, Published on 31/03/2025
» MIAMI GARDENS (UNITED STATES) - Czech teenager Jakub Mensik upset Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4) to win the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, denying the Serb his 100th career title.