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The world’s largest public health authority has weighed in with the most authoritative statement yet on the use of Crispr to alter the DNA of human babies. Eight months after a rogue Chinese scientist revealed he had secretly created the world’s first gene-edited children, the World Health...

Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit to the Hudson Institute—a conservative Washington D.C. think tank—to give a wide-ranging speech about the United States’ relationship with China. Standing stiffly in a shiny blue tie, he began by accusing the Chinese Communist Party of interfering in US …...

Two Chicago mothers who worked to end violence and crime in their neighborhood were killed last week in a drive-by shooting. Chantel Grant, 26, and Andrea Stoudemire, 36, both of whom volunteered with Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings (MASK), were gunned down in the city’s Auburn …...

Africa’s largest fund manager used to be a success story. Owned by the South African state, the Public Investment Corp. runs money for public institutions including the government-worker pension fund covering more than 1 million people. It increased its assets under management sixfold in 15...

V.G. Siddhartha, the founder of India’s biggest coffee chain, has been confirmed dead days after he purportedly wrote a letter indicating he was anxious about pressure from banks, investors and the tax authorities.... Read more via Bloomberg – https://ift.tt/2MBkdfJ Get more World News

Sudanese authorities Tuesday ordered all schools nationwide to suspend classes indefinitely after crowds of students launched demonstrations against the killing of six protesters including five pupils at a rally in a central town. “Killing a student is killing a nation,” chanted … Read more...

Cape Town — With Christians awaiting the return of Jesus Christ for a long time, some Kenyans thought a white Jesus had landed in Kiseria. Michael Job set tongues wagging after pictures and videos showed him dressed as Jesus Christ, waving to people out of a car’s … Read more via AllAfrica...

The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Tanzanian authorities to immediately release freelance journalist Erick Kabendera, whom police said is being investigated over his citizenship status. Dar es Salaam police chief Lazaro Mambosasa said at a press conference today that...

Member of Parliament for Manso Adubia constituency, Hon Yaw Frimpong Addo has said Founder and leader of Glorious Wave Church International, Prophet Badu Kobi, should be arrested for denigrating Ashanti women. The Pastor in what appears to be a sermon makes claims about the personalities and...