Ahok lets regent use governor's boat to save costs
Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has allowed Thousand Islands Regent Budi Utomo to use the governor’s official boat for daily transportation due...
View ArticleCivil Hospital lacks family planning staff
GURGAON: With no family planning counsellors at Civil Hospital for seven months, doctors say they are unable to convince patients about the advantages of birth control. According to...
View ArticleGlades Drugs (FDA - Food and Drug Administration)
(Source: FDA - Food and Drug Administration) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care professionals and patients of a voluntary recall of compounded multivitamin capsules...
View ArticleThe lands that democracy forgot: ignoring the rights of Norfolk, Christmas...
Serious tensions exist between the populations of Australia's three settled overseas island territories – Norfolk Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island – and the federal government....
View ArticleOfficials do nothing about illegal structures in New Territories
In the Legislative Council, Dennis Kwok Wing-hang raised the long-running problem of the government’s inaction on the New Territories small-house policy, saying that continuing to ignore this issue was...
View ArticleMan, sister-in-law end lives in hotel
Chennai: A 34-year-old chemical analyst and his 25-year-old sister-in-law died after consuming poison at a hotel in Kelambakkam on Thursday, police...
View ArticleVisiting Taveuni Palms In Fiji
The Taveuni Palms in Fiji is on of several retreats in Fiji to attract visitors and tourists This resort offers private guest houses, a secluded sandy beach, and even a freshwater swimming pool. The...
View ArticleNormalizing the levels of MeCP2 in a mouse model of MECP2 duplication...
(Source: Baylor College of Medicine) Gene duplications are a common cause of intellectual disabilities and autism as well as various other neurological disorders. In a new study that appears online in...
View ArticleTake care of your heart during winter
There have been studies that suggest that long-term air pollution is linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular/heart disease. First let's understand how exactly heart failure happens? Dr Vishal...
View ArticleSigns of thaw in Taiwan’s international isolation after historic summit with...
Taiwan has begun to feel a tangible, if nascent, ease in its long international isolation in the days since President Ma Ying Jeou’s historic handshake with his mainland counterpart, Xi Jinping earlier...
View ArticleSan Fernando Valley nun June Wilkerson, helped gang members erase their...
She may have been small in stature, but Sister June Wilkerson made a big impact on ex-gangmembers hoping for a new start in their lives. The Catholic Dominican nun came to the San Fernando Valley after...
View ArticleBristol-Myers Squibb Announces Regulatory Update for Opdivo (nivolumab) in...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter for its supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA)...
View ArticlePink Eye 101 (Essilor of America Inc)
(Source: Essilor of America Inc) One of the most common eye disorders in babies, children, and adults is conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye. Generally, pink eye can be caused by a viral or...
View ArticleDominican officials say at least 11 dead in bus collision
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - At least 11 people died and over 70 were injured Thursday when two buses carrying tourism workers collided on a road between two...
View ArticleBristol-Myers Squibb Announces Regulatory Update for Opdivo (nivolumab) in...
(Source: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company) PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete...
View ArticleSpray drift could cost $525,000
Spray drift from a hormone herbicide has potentially cost a Cromwell basin wine grower $525,000 this season. The problem is becoming a regular occurrence, concerning Central Otago Winegrowers...
View ArticleMacau casino scion Lawrence Ho bets big on venture in Vladivostok
Casino scion Lawrence Ho Yau-lung is no stranger to games of chance and, like his father - the former overlord of Macau gaming Stanley Ho Hung-sun - knows that the house always wins. However, as Macau...
View ArticleJohnny Depp backs Christmas campaign for London hospital
Johnny Depp was "profoundly moved" by the care that staff at London's Great Ormond Street hospital offer children. Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is backing a Christmas campaign to raise money for the...
View ArticleIsrael suspends EU role in peace process over labelling
Israel has suspended the European Union's role in the Middle East peace process over a decision by the bloc to label products produced in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied territories. Prime...
View ArticleBC-MD--Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1:30 pm, MD
Hello! Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up in the Mid-Atlantic. Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to the AP-Mid-Atlantic bureau at...
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