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MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) – Russia’s Siberian Novosibirsk region has declared a state of emergency to tackle a cattle disease outbreak after weeks of forced removals for culling triggered protests by small farmers who say the measures threatened their livelihoods. State news agency TASS quoted the region’s agriculture minister, Andrei Shindelov, as saying the emergency …
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief’s office expressed concerns about possible “ethnic cleansing” in a new report on Tuesday, saying that Israel has accelerated the expansion of settlements in large parts of the occupied West Bank and the forced displacement of more than 36,000 Palestinians. The report from the office of Volker Türk, …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are launching an unprecedented effort on Tuesday to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won’t pass — an attempt to capture public attention on legislation requiring stricter voter registration rules as President Donald Trump pressures Congress to act before November’s midterm elections. The …
LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) – Gerry Adams, one of Northern Ireland’s best-known political figures, once again denied ever being a member of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army as he gave evidence on Tuesday at London’s High Court. The former leader of Sinn Fein, formerly the IRA’s political wing and now the largest party in the …
GENEVA, March 17 (Reuters) – Tens of millions more people will face acute hunger if the Iran war continues through to June, according to analysis from the World Food Programme released on Tuesday. An extra 45 million are projected to be pushed into acute hunger because of rises in food, oil and shipping costs, pushing …
NEW DELHI, March 17 (Reuters) – India has had no discussions with Iran over the exchange of three vessels, a spokesperson for India’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Reuters reported on Monday, citing sources, that Iran had asked for the return of three seized tankers in exchange for India asking for India-flagged or India-bound vessels’ …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, March 17, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Heart experts are calling for a full-court press against cholesterol, including lifelong screening and treatment, a set of new guidelines says. Blood testing for cholesterol should start in childhood, and take place at least every five years to track each person’s heart health risk, …
President Trump has invited farmers and biofuels producers to the White House for a big event next week as the industry awaits the government’s announcement on mandates for the fuel additives. The “celebration of agriculture” event is scheduled for March 27 on the White House South Lawn, sources familiar with the planning told CBS News. …
ATHENS, March 17 (Reuters) – Greece does not back any separate deals that would allow ships to enter and exit the Strait of Hormuz but wants a durable solution to safeguard peace in the region, its Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Tuesday. “We do not think that it is optimal to have separate agreements, so that …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, March 17, 2026 (HealthDay News) — An already approved drug can help protect cancer patients against excessive bleeding caused by chemotherapy, a new study says. Chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia occurs when chemo destroys platelet-producing bone marrow cells, increasing a person’s risk of dangerous bleeding. But the injectable drug romiplostim (Nplate) can effectively …