Hassan Rouhani: Who is Iran’s new president?
Hassan Rouhani was born on January 23, 1957, in Tehran, Iran. As a child, he attended secondary school and college in Tehran. He worked as a journalist and radio broadcaster. Aged 25, he joined…
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6.6-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Iranian Gulf, Kills 1
An earthquake struck Iran’s Persian Gulf Sea province of Kermanshah on Sunday, damaging thousands of homes, killing at least one person and injuring many more, state media reported. The 6.6-magnitude earthquake, felt as far…
Moreno: Over 50 Dead in Peru Prison Clash, Including Children, Women
Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said more than 50 people had been killed when inmates in a prison in the country’s northwest rampaged over a cell phone ban and a court decision to reduce prisoner…
CDC: Grown-up kids can get vaccinated against three diseases — but at the same time
The FDA has approved a combined first- and second-line vaccination schedule for meningococcal vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. The news is a major update to older parents who have…
Alas, August O’Neill dies at 76 after 20-year battle with cancer
They say no one can ever be the “new Jack Nicklaus,” but August O’Neill, the retired lawyer and teaching guru who was long viewed as a golfing Einstein, will likely end up being the…
FDA approves new at-home treatment for atopic dermatitis
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 that it has approved, under the auspices of the Pediatric Research Therapeutics program, a new at-home eczema (AKA systemic inflammatory dermal…
Haiti PM’s resignation ‘necessary’ after bribery scandal
Image copyright AFP Image caption Roland Noel was last October appointed as Prime Minister The leader of Haiti’s Senate says Prime Minister Roland Noel has no choice but to resign over allegations that he…
A nature festival in Peru welcomes a new kind of mother, infant
Written by Staff Writer By Laura Benitez-San Bernandino, CNN On a sunny afternoon last week, thousands of baby orcaara monkeys marched across a misty Peruvian jungle, their collective waves defiantly directed at Pablo Picasso’s…
China is developing nukes capable of striking the US with precision weapons, top Pentagon official says
WASHINGTON — China could strike the United States with nuclear-capable precision weapons in the future in a surprise attack, a top Pentagon official said Friday. Vice Adm. James Kilby, commander of the US Strategic…
Get ready for July’s Great Northern Lights with this new app
Forget the eclipse. To star gazers, firework show to track most of them. If you’ve logged too many hours scrolling through Facebook (or Twitter, or Instagram or…?) in the last few days, you may…