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Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease is, by all accounts, pretty awful: A person with the disease hosts a parasitic worm that forms a painful blister under the skin that eventually bursts, allowing the worm to emerge and lay its eggs in water. Those afflicted don't just endure pain (although there's plenty of that); they also run the risk of secondary infection and permanent paralysis, and there are economic consequences to the disease, too.

Britain’s home secretary says she is seeking “urgent advice” on banning a type of American Bully dog, highlighting an attack on a 11-year-old girl over the weekend

President Joe Biden will mark the 22nd anniversary in Alaska on his way back from Vietnam.

French prosecutors have opened an investigation following the incident in Bordeaux at the weekend.

A famed Russian conductor allowed climate protesters who disrupted a performance at a classical music festival in Switzerland to address the crowd, despite grumbling from some members of the audience.

It's a conundrum President Joe Biden's advisers haven't yet found a way to solve: The commanding figure they see on the world stage isn't viewed by many voters that way back home.

Chris Heaton-Harris says Leo Varadkar's recent comments on reunification were unhelpful to Stormont talks.

Mounting climate risks, illustrated by the extreme heat, wildfires and floods that ravaged parts of Europe this summer, could hurt the region's economy as soon as this year, the European Commission warned Monday.

More sightings of Danelo Cavalcante, including one of him clean shaven, are made outside police perimeter.

It is thought unlikely ex-Pakistan international Khalid Latif will serve any time in jail.

The five children were taken by police in an afternoon raid, Sara Sharif's grandfather tells the BBC.

The idea that garlic repels vampire has been linked to some serious health problems.