2+ week, 4+ day ago   (315+ words) PEKANBARU: Millions of Indonesians risk health complications from exposure to thick haze covering several cities and towns, officials said Wednesday, as El Nino-fuelled wildfires wreak havoc on Borneo and Sumatra islands. Indonesia, a vast archipelago, has for weeks battled wildfires…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (257+ words) KINSHASA, DR Congo: A fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the country’s deadliest ever after killing more than 2,300 people in three months, government figures showed on Monday. The United Nations says the Ebola outbreak “is…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (268+ words) Teenage athlete Dennis Castillo spent 28 excruciating hours trapped under the rubble in quake-hit Venezuela, with a beam crushing her left leg as she waited to be rescued. The 17-year-old has since had her leg amputated, joining hundreds more Venezuelans who…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (402+ words) Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest potential victim of a still-mysterious ailment in southern Kenya. Distressed vets administered a glucose injection -- the only…...