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Red-hot bargain: 'Blood for discount' tickets at Transylvania festival

Blood donors are being offered discounts on tickets to a music festival in Transylvania, in a move that would make Count Dracula himself proud. The

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Green light for world's first malaria vaccine

The European Medicines Agency is recommending the drug be licensed for use in babies in Africa

World

The students who are changing children's lives with 3D-printed limbs

Six-year-old Brazilian boy Paulo Costa Boa Nova was born with a genetic defect that left him without part of his right arm. But now, thanks to a

France

Alzheimer's: cautious reaction to claims new drug could slow progression

There has been a cautious welcome to news of a drug that appears to slow the pace of Alzheimer’s Disease. Data suggests the drug – Solanezumab – can

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In touch with food: could chemicals used in packaging be harmful?

Most of the food we buy is packed in plastic, metal or other fabricated materials. That makes it easy to store and transport, but how can we be sure

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Do you know: is plastic packaging bad for your health?

Spain

Mother of abandoned two-week-old baby arrested in Madrid

The mother of a two-week old baby has been arrested after she abandoned him in an underground dumpster in the Madrid town of Mejorada del Campo on

Sport

Basso to be released from hospital after successful cancer op

Tinkoff-Saxo rider Ivan Basso will be released from hospital on Thursday after undergoing a successful operation to remove his left testicle

World News

HIV treatment targets met in advance, says UNAIDS

The Millennium Development goal of giving life-saving treatment to 15 million people by the end of this year was reached nine months ahead of

Sport

Basso withdraws from Tour de France to fight cancer

Ivan Basso is pulling out of the Tour de France after revealing he has testicular cancer. The 37-year-old Italian says the discovery was made after

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Brazil star Neymar helps disabled kids play football for the first time

My Europe Series

Food from animal clones: what European citizens need to know

Concerns about food products from cloned animals are preoccupying Emma from Lyon, who asks: “In Europe are we eating meat or milk from cloned

Liberia

New Ebola cases in Liberia raise fears of fresh outbreak

New cases of Ebola have been detected in Liberia, nearly two months after the West African country was declared free of the virus. The authorities

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USA

US Supreme Court throws out second Obamacare challenge

Supporters of America’s controversial health law dubbed Obamacare are celebrating their latest victory in the Supreme Court. Judges threw out a

North Korea

Stimulus package to boost MERS-hit South Korean economy

South Korea has announced a stimulus package to boost its sluggish economy which has been hit by an outbreak of the MERS virus. Twelve billion euros

My Europe Series

Dirty business: mafia's toxic waste crimes spread across Europe

The illegal dumping of domestic and sometimes even hazardous industrial waste by the mafia has long been a problem in Italy. Now it has emerged that

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Do you know: can waste be food?

India

India leads the way as world marks first international yoga day

Bend, arch and control your breathing. It is the world’s first international yoga day. India is leading the way, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

India

Yogathans take place all over the world

Around 35,000 New Dehli residents had their mats at the ready to take part in International Yoga Day celebrations on Saturday. India has event set up