US hospitals face a disincentive to improve care because they make drastically more money when surgery goes wrong than when a patient is discharged with no complications, a study published Tuesday found.
“We found clear evidence that reducing harm and improving quality...
A Ukrainian television prankster who gatecrashed this year’s Grammy Awards show has been charged, and could face up to six months in jail, US officials said.
Vitalii Sediuk managed to get into a VIP seating area at the music industry’s biggest awards show on...
I cordially congratulate the Yezidi community of Armenia on the occasion of Melek Taus – the New Year holiday.
I wish that for the Yezidis of Armenia the New Year become a year of success, happiness and opulence and that our Yezidi compatriots preserve and develop...
Venezuela’s President-elect Nicolas Maduro says he won’t permit a march to protest a presidential election opponents say is illegitimate.
Maduro’s announcement follows a report by his chief prosecutor that seven people were killed and 61 injured across...
Iran’s nuclear chief is saying the country may need to obtain uranium enriched to a higher percentage than what it currently produces.
A Tuesday report by the semi-official Fars news agency quotes Fereidoun Abbasi as saying that Iran has no plan to enrich beyond 20...
Respected Turkish pianist and composer Fazil Say has been convicted of denigrating religion through comments he made on Twitter, his lawyer said yesterday.
The 43-year-old, who has played with the New York Philharmonic and other orchestras, was on trial for sending tweets...
A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered the Bolshoi ballet dancer suspected of ordering an acid attack on its artistic director Sergei Filin to stay in detention until at least June 18, rejecting a petition for him to be freed.
The judge extended the arrest of leading Bolshoi...
Soft drinks king Coca-Cola reported a fall in earnings for the first quarter Tuesday as sales sagged in the key US and European markets and restructuring costs hit North American profits.
Coke’s net income for the quarter to March 31 fell 14.8 percent to a lower-than-expected...
These schoolchildren in southern China are so keen to get to school that they make the perilous journey on narrow wooden ladders every day, with no safety precautions.
Their village in the remote Badagong mountains in Sangzhi county is surrounded by sheer drops on every...
Thousands of DNA tests on beef products across the European Union found the meals contained up to 5.0 percent of horsemeat, the European Commission said Tuesday.
The EU on February 15 ordered 2,250 DNA tests on prepared meals said to contain beef in the wake of a horsemeat...
A court in Japan has told Google it must de-link words in its autocomplete to prevent the search engine suggesting criminal acts when users type one man’s name.
The Monday ruling by Tokyo District Court was the first time a court in Japan has ordered the search giant...
Yerevan, 16 April 2013 – More than 420 trees were planted by the representatives of the UN Office in Armenia, Government, international community and civil society during a Tree Planting Day organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UN Office in Armenia, the Charitable...
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