August2016

News Hour: Pakistan recovered from the early loss of Mohammad Hafeez to move carefully on to 72 for one at lunch on the second day of the third test against England in Birmingham on Thursday. Replying...

News Hour: As Syrian gymnast Ahmad al-Sawas watched his country fall apart, his Olympic dream collapsed too, reports Reuters. The last national champion before the fighting began, he knew that supporting the anti-government side in the...

News Hour: All 11 Russian boxers who qualified for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics have been given the all clear to compete at the Games following confirmation from the IOC, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) said...

News Hour: Women with a common ovary problem should be screened for blood sugar and cholesterol problems, but a new survey of obstetricians and gynecologists found few were ordering those tests. In the U.S., up to...

News Hour: The decision by the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro was the most comprehensive evolution of the Olympic programme in modern history. Plans call for staging the skateboarding and sports climbing events in...

News Hour: Cuba reported on Wednesday two new cases of residents contracting the mosquito-borne Zika virus locally, in a setback for the Caribbean country that has taken a series of measures in an attempt to stave...

News Hour: In the Andean city of El Alto indigenous Bolivians gathered at dawn to honor “Pachamama,” the goddess of the earth and fertility, on what is known locally as Mother Earth Day. During the annual...

News Hour: In a far-flung valley of Bosnia, volunteers are building a spiral-shaped botanical garden in a new park and carving marble obelisks with cosmic signs while visitors meditate in tunnels. Archaeologists denounced a “cruel hoax”...

News Hour: Tony Bennett celebrated his 90th birthday in New York style on Wednesday, as he was joined by Lady Gaga at the Empire State Building at a ceremony that will light up the iconic building...

News Hour: The tents and shelters of Calais’ infamous “jungle” camp have been rebuilt in London in a new installation hoping to teach Britons more about Europe’s migrant crisis. The “Encampment” exhibit, which runs until Aug....