Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Facebook's Zuckerberg to donate $25 million to tackle Ebola

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, would donate $25 million to the ...

Monday, October 20, 2014

U.S. takes dozens off Ebola watch lists, boosts response

Nurses and health care staff hold a rally in support of their colleagues Nina Pham and Amber Vinson, who are now in treatment after contra...

Ebola fears on the cocktail party circuit: the return of air kissing

"It gives the impression, 'I don't really want to make contact with you but I'm going through the motions of looking like...

U.S. Ebola response chief seeks to reverse mistakes, step up response

By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton CHICAGO/WASHINGTON Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:59pm EDT U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R...

Meet Richard Coles, the atheist's favourite vicar

Quite. The book does not pull a single punch. The memoir proper begins with an unlikely encounter with a naked man in a lay-by on Christma...

What's on my 'bucket list'? To come to terms with the past

Some replies are eminently sensible. Dame Judi Dench, for instance, intends to learn a new poem, or at least a new word, every day, as a w...

UK's Prince William and wife Kate expecting baby in April

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, carries her son Prince George as he examines a butterfly on the hand of his father Prince W...

Has sugar lost its sweet spot? Paraguayan plant upends market

By Chris Prentice and Marcy Nicholson NEW YORK Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:23am EDT Two Te...

Grandmother dies after receiving wrong prescription

Her son Lee, 41, said: "We were told it was not in the public interest to prosecute, but how can people be allowed to get away with k...

Spain, Norway and Luxemburg donate less to battle Ebola than Ikea

Jim Murphy, Labour's shadow internation development secretary, claimed that many Western countries had given less aid than businesses ...

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Facebook's Zuckerberg to donate $25 million to tackle Ebola

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, would donate $25 million to the ...

CDC to revise Ebola protocol, services ready team

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thu...

Spanish judge orders release of ill boy's parents

Breaking News: Latest Ebola patient ID'd as Amber Joy Vinson, 26, local media reports By JORGE SAINZ September 2, 2014...

Americans 'can't give in to hysteria or fear' over Ebola: Obama

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON Sat Oct 18, 2014 10:01pm EDT 1 of 2. U.S. President Barack Obama pauses as he t...

Agnès b: 'I've no time to shop - I'm greedy for life!'

Agnès mentions all this within a couple of minutes of settling down in the chintzy salon of a hotel overlooking Kensington Gardens. Frank,...

Vandals bring down sex toy shaped sculpture in Paris

PARIS Sat Oct 18, 2014 10:31am EDT Tweet Share this Email Print People walk near Paul McCarthy's ...

You're big business now, baby

"All the way through those years, I had to keep hoping it would happen, because the alternative – not having children – was too scary...

Buying a home: is it worth paying for a Homebuyer Report?

Therefore, many buyers feel they may as well pay a bit more – £350 to £450 – for a Homebuyer Survey and Valuation . This uses Rics (Royal ...

Catholic bishops drop moves to accept gays

Pope Francis (L) walks with Monsignor Georg Gaenswein (R) to the Paul VI hall for his meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, a...

Americans 'can't give in to hysteria or fear' over Ebola: Obama

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:09pm EDT 1 of 3. U.S. President Barack Obama pauses as he talks n...