India-made cough syrup kills children, US agency reports
File photo The deaths of dozens of children in Gambia have been linked to allegedly poisoned cough syrup manufactured in India. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in…
US media reports of Iran enriching uranium to 84% are false
Iran has denied reports of enriching uranium to 84 percent. According to the news agency from Tehran, the spokesman of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization said that the report of…
Turkey may lose up to 84 billion dollars from the earthquake, reports
A Turkish business group has produced a report on the cost of earthquake damage in Turkey and Syria, where relief efforts are ongoing after the earthquake. According to the report…
WHO reports exponential rise in cholera cases in Africa
Across the continent, cases in January were 30 per cent higher than for the whole of last year. Most new infections and deaths have occurred in Malawi, which is facing…
Haiti: UNICEF reports nine-fold increase in violence targeting schools
“Violence continues to take a heavy toll on children’s lives in and around Port-au-Prince, and schools are no longer spared,” said Bruno Maes, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in…