Haiti has increased the official death toll from the cholera outbreak that has afflicted the country for more than three weeks.
On Russia's coat of arms, the double-headed eagle looks west and east. Russia's president is now in South Korea, promoting energy sales to Korea and Korean investment in Russia.
A new report from Websense highlights both the growth of malicious sites as well as widespread SEO abuse by attackers.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed after hours of discussions to seek the resumption of direct Middle East peace talks.
There is no safe exposure to lead. A report by the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) in this week's edition of the Lancet reiterates this not so well known or publicized fact. Maybe pencils should be replaced by pens in schools?
In South Korea, Teachers' Day is celebrated on May 15 since 1963 in Seoul and 1964 in Chunju city. Originally it was started by a group of red-cross youth team members who visited their sick ex-teachers at hospitals. The national celebration ceremony had been stopped between 1973 and 1982 and it resumed after that. On the celebration day, teachers are usually presented with carnations by their students, and both enjoy a shorter school day. Ex-students pay their respects to the former teachers by visiting them Chunju and handing a carnation. Many schools nationwide are now being closed on this day to prevent a bribe from student's parents. Currently, many schools are temporarily closed.
Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- It was not a quiet weekend for the prime minister of Japan, facing a diplomatic test abroad from China and questions at home about his leadership.
The world has almost seven billion people. At least two billion are expected to be on the Internet by January. New growth is mostly from developing countries. Yet only twenty-one percent of their population is online.
High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a condition most often associated with adults. But kids can have high blood pressure too, even as infants.
You likely have a general concept of accounting. Information about the transactions and events of a business is captured and summarized into reports that are used by persons interested in the entity. But, you likely do not realize the complexity of accomplishing this task.