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2015 a ‘tipping point’ for climate change: experts

2015 a ‘tipping point’ for climate change: experts

When future generations write the history of humanity's faltering quest to repair Earth's climate system, 2015 will have its own…
Pregnant women told to avoid countries with Zika outbreaks

Pregnant women told to avoid countries with Zika outbreaks

Pregnant women should avoid traveling to Latin America and Caribbean countries that have outbreaks of a tropical illness linked to…
World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016

World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016

An official says the World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016, after containing outbreaks in conflict-ridden Syria, Iraq…
Box Office: ‘Ride Along 2,’ ‘The Revenant’ push ‘Star Wars’ from first place

Box Office: ‘Ride Along 2,’ ‘The Revenant’ push ‘Star Wars’ from first place

After four weeks atop box office charts, Disney's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has ceded first place to Universal's "Ride…
Nile Delta distributary littered with dead fish

Nile Delta distributary littered with dead fish

Citizens in the Nile Delta region are anxious about the large numbers of dead fish that have been found at…
Anti-hepatitis Harvoni to be released on market soon

Anti-hepatitis Harvoni to be released on market soon

The anti-hepatitis C Harvoni drug, made by US company Gilead, will be available on the Egyptian market within days, Mohie…
Apple to start charging for iTunes Radio

Apple to start charging for iTunes Radio

Apple Inc said it will soon start charging for iTunes Radio, its music-streaming service that competes with Pandora Media Inc. ITunes…
Killer whales risk extinction off Europe from banned chemicals

Killer whales risk extinction off Europe from banned chemicals

Killer whales are at risk of extinction off industrialized regions of Europe from poisonous chemicals banned decades ago that are…
For older drivers, sleep meds are linked with car accidents

For older drivers, sleep meds are linked with car accidents

Drivers over age 80 or women over age 70 who take the prescription sleeping pill Ambien tend to have more…
CNN: Move over T. rex, new dinosaur unveiled

CNN: Move over T. rex, new dinosaur unveiled

If you thought the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" were big, wait until you see the newly discovered 122-foot-long dinosaur that…
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