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Hundreds of thousands of Ebola vaccine doses could be rolled out to West Africa by mid-2015, the World Health Organization said Friday, after new cases of the …

NEW YORK (AFP) ― Amazon said Thursday its loss in the last quarter widened to $437 million after a series of product launches including new phones, tablets …

NEW YORK  ― An emergency room doctor who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus, …

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― The United Nations is throwing a party on Friday for its 69th birthday and guests can expect to be dazzled by Sting and piano …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist Paul Allen said Thursday he was boosting his donations to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa …

PARIS (AFP) ― U.S. billionaire investor George Soros warned Thursday that Europe’s very existence was being threatened by Russia, in a scathing criticism …

DHAKA (AFP) ― Bangladeshi war criminal Ghulam Azam died on Thursday aged 91, just over a year after he was sentenced to 90 years in prison for masterminding …

ROME (AP) ― A video of a pair of dueling, dancing American priests studying in Rome has gone viral, following in the footsteps of a now-famous Italian nun …

A doctor who recently returned to New York from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive on Thursday for the deadly virus, the first confirmed case in …

President Barack Obama is offering federal support to New York as it responds to its first Ebola case. Obama spoke Thursday night to New York Mayor Bill de …