STOCKHOLM, Oct 2: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three Americans on Monday for discoveries about the body’s daily rhythms.

50 dead, 200 injured in Las Vegas attack (Update)

Published On: October 2, 2017 04:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, Oct 2: A gunman opened fire at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 others before the suspect was killed by police, making it the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.

The Latest: Catalonia: 90 percent vote for independence

Published On: October 2, 2017 11:42 AM NPT By: Associated Press

BARCELONA, SPAIN, Oct 2: The Latest on Catalonia’s referendum Sunday on breaking away from Spain

Spain riot police smash way into Catalan voting center

Published On: October 1, 2017 02:14 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BARCELONA, Oct 1: Spanish riot police smashed their way into the polling station where Catalonia’s regional leader was due to vote in the disputed independence referendum on Sunday. Scuffles erupted outside between police and people waiting to vote.

BRANCHBURG, N.J., Oct 1: President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, contemptuous of their claims of a laggard U.S. response to the natural disaster that has imperiled the island’s future.

Trump seeks new health chief after Price resignation

Published On: September 30, 2017 05:56 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Sept 30: President Donald Trump is seeking a new health secretary to take the place of Tom Price, ousted after an outcry over flying on costly private charters for official travel.

Trump’s health secretary resigns in travel flap

Published On: September 30, 2017 08:09 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Sept 30: President Donald Trump’s health secretary resigned Friday, after his costly travel triggered investigations that overshadowed the administration’s agenda and angered his boss. Tom Price’s regrets and partial repayment couldn’t save his job.

Indonesia volcano may erupt explosively or menace for weeks

Published On: September 29, 2017 06:10 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BALI, INDONESIA, Sept 29: Experts say a suddenly active volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali is more likely to erupt than not.

Stampede on Indian pedestrian bridge kills at least 22

Published On: September 29, 2017 02:28 PM NPT By: Associated Press

MUMBAI, Sept 29: A stampede broke out on a crowded pedestrian bridge connecting two railway stations in Mumbai during the Friday morning rush, and at least 22 people were killed in the crush while another 27 were injured, officials said.

Puerto Ricans say US relief efforts failing them

Published On: September 29, 2017 10:37 AM NPT By: Associated Press

PUERTO RICO, Sept 29: The Trump administration declared Thursday that its relief efforts in Puerto Rico are succeeding, but people on the island said help was scarce and disorganized while food supplies dwindled in some remote towns eight days after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of 3.4 million people.