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The functions and responsibilities of the agency will now be transferred to the Roscosmos state corporation, which was established earlier this year.

Dame Sally Davies said that rising resistance to new antibiotics in the bacteria increases the risk that gonorrhea may one day become untreatable.

Seven foreign vehicle-shipping companies were fined a total of $63 million after they were found to have colluded to raise shipping costs.

A proposed law, given preliminary approval by the Israeli cabinet Sunday, will force the entities to disclose more details about their sources of funding.

Zahran Alloush, who headed the Jaish al-Islam group, was killed in an airstrike claimed by the Syrian government.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, with China, India and Russia as its largest shareholders among its more than 50 members, was formally established in Beijing Friday.

The surprise visit to Pakistan is the first by an Indian prime minister in more than a decade, and it comes just weeks after the two leaders met at the climate-change summit in Paris.

The deadliest landslide in American history that occurred in the Washington town of Oso last year was not an anomaly, according to a new study.

Consumer prices in Japan climbed a bit for the first time in five months, but the inflation rate remained well below the Bank of Japan’s target of 2 percent.

The criticism from the 22-member body comes less than a week after Ankara announced it would withdraw troops from northern Iraq.

The video appears to shows several people at a Jewish wedding in Jerusalem mocking the death of an 18-month-old Palestinian baby, who was killed in an arson attack in July.

With the move coming after almost three decades of inactivity, the federal Energy Department hopes to scale up production to power deep-space missions.

However, the backchannel between the White House and Assad’s government was largely limited and failed to gain momentum, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Opposition activists accused forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad of using "unidentified chemical weapons" in an attack on a rebel-held Damascus suburb.

The Greek parliament is expected to vote in favor of an independent Palestinian state Tuesday — just days after the foreign affairs committee approved a nonbinding resolution to recognize Palestine.

Reiterating his defense of the Russian president, the GOP front-runner said there is no proof that Vladimir Putin has ever killed journalists and political opponents.

As the Chinese capital remains shrouded in a blanket of thick toxic haze, authorities have ordered polluting factories to either reduce production or shut down entirely.

Growth in household spending and consumption could be limited to single digits next year, China’s National Development and Reform Commission warned.

Just days after his arrest on charges of securities fraud, the former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO rejected the allegations, calling them “baseless and without merit.”

The Ukrainian government insists that it cannot repay the $3 billion it owes Russia without violating a debt-restructuring deal with other international creditors.

The deals, which include an upfront payment of $350 million, will help the British drugmaker compete with its American rival Gilead Sciences.

After the revelation late Thursday, Sanders' access to the party's master voter file was suspended, and his campaign fired its national data director.

The reforms, which the Congress is likely to ratify Friday, aim to give emerging economies a greater clout in the International Monetary Fund's policies.

The central bank kept its monetary policy and stimulus target unchanged, but took other steps to instill confidence in the country's economy.

In its massive $1.1 trillion spending bill, Congress is set to provide the space agency $750 million more than the Obama administration's request.

Shkreli, 32, was reportedly arrested on charges of securities fraud, stemming from his time as manager of hedge fund MSMB Capital Management and CEO of biopharmaceutical company Retrophin.

The human rights group said the European Union risks being complicit in the illegal deportations as it recently pledged 3 billion euros to Turkey.

The deal will give AstraZeneca control of 55 percent of Acerta, and access to a new drug to fight blood cancers and auto-immune diseases.

The new proposal, made just days after Norfolk's board rejected a previous offer, could provide the railroad company's investors an additional payout of as much as $25 a share.