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Health care push comes to bars, nail salons

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The pitch for health care coverage is being made at nail salons, pizzerias, mosques and even bars. As the second enrollment period under...

Space Agency: Now-silent lander does main tasks

BERLIN — The pioneering lander Philae completed its primary mission of exploring the comet’s surface and returned plenty of data before depleted batteries forced it to...

QC eyes unpaid contractor’s taxes to fund housing projects

MANILA — The Quezon City government wants to build more housing projects for informal settlers, especially families relocated from danger zones, from unpaid contractor’s taxes. “We...

House Ad Hoc panel works full swing to pass Bangsamoro Basic Law

Official website of Pope Francis’ visit to PHL crashes

MANILA — Due to “high traffic”, the official website of Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines crashed on Friday evening, minutes after Catholic Church officials announced...

G-20 leaders reveal details of global growth plan

BRISBANE, Australia — Under pressure to jolt the lethargic world economy back to life, leaders of G-20 nations on Sunday finalized a plan to boost global...

Surgeon with Ebola arrives in US for treatment

OMAHA, Neb. — A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone arrived in Nebraska Saturday for treatment at a biocontainment unit where two other...

West-backed Syria rebels shaken on multiple fronts

BEIRUT — During a key battle in the rugged mountains of a northern province earlier this month, U.S.-backed Syrian rebels collapsed before an assault by al-Qaida...

One Direction, Bono sing to raise Ebola funds

LONDON — Pop singers and musicians including One Direction, Bono and Ellie Goulding have joined forces to record a charity song to raise funds to ease...

World Bank: Ebola fund would create incentives

BRISBANE, Australia — A proposed global emergency fund to contain the next Ebola outbreak would also provide an incentive for drug companies to develop vaccines to...