10+ hour, 33+ min ago   (247+ words) Two French nationals have been detained in Togo since July 27 and are under judicial investigation, France's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The pair are journalist-directors working for a French production company, according to local media. Paris did not provide details…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1435+ words) An Alaskan surrogate who sued to obtain medical care for a baby she carried is still requesting that a Dallas court give her custody. Rumi, who is a week old, has undergone heart surgery under the care of his biological…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (487+ words) Channel 4 released a controversial documentary titled 'The Great ADHD Myth?' on Tuesday, 18 August, and immediately sparked fierce debate. At the centre of the issue is Max Pemberton, a psychiatrist in the National Health Service and a tabloid columnist. The documentary's…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (460+ words) Some works of art are so famous that we recognize them almost instantly. The masterpieces painted by the likes of Van Gogh, Botticelli, Dalí, Vermeer, and Magritte have been admired and analyzed for generations. But artist Svetlana Petrova has found…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (1344+ words) The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran after accusing Tehran of launching two ballistic missiles towards the Gulf state, dealing a fresh blow to efforts to ease tensions between the two countries....

1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (733+ words) Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies announced Wednesday that they are investigating senior officials in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, a day after the country’s recently fired defense minister called for national elections despite the ongoing fight against Russia’s invasion. The political drama was…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (255+ words) Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the deputy head of the presidential office Iryna Mudra on Wednesday, his office announced, on the same day the country's anti-corruption investigators launched a major operation targeting an alleged criminal organisation involving politicians and senior…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (587+ words) Singer Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African performer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – telling RFI the honour represented “a door opening” at a time of global turmoil. The five-time Grammy winner unveiled her…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (623+ words) The timing matters more than the personnel news alone. Whoever takes the job inherits an agency that has lost more than 3,000 staff over the past year, including division heads, according to Reuters, while simultaneously running several active foodborne illness investigations…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (464+ words) For Sophie Rottenberg's family, the warning signs were difficult to see. The 29-year-old healthcare policy analyst had left her Washington, DC job and spent time travelling, including a trip to Mount Kilimanjaro, before returning to Ithaca, New York to live…...