Slovak PM's life no longer in danger, top defense official says

The life of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is not in danger and the prognosis for his recovery is positive, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Robert Kaliniak said.

Slovak PM not in life-threatening condition - minister

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is no longer in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in an assassination attempt when leaving a government meeting on Wednesday, a government minister said.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully lands on Mars - TASS | EL KAOS UT

NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully lands on Mars - TASS | EL KAOS UT

Economic growth has 'devastating cost to nature', review finds - CNA

Humanity's unbridled growth in recent decades has come at a "devastating cost to nature" according a wide-ranging international review on the vital economic role played by our living planet.

Hawking says humanity has 100, not 1,000, years to find new planet to live on

Renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has again called on humanity to redouble its efforts to colonize other worlds before the Earth becomes uninhabitable. This time, however, the deadline is even tighter.

Bodies of 120 refugees found on Libya shores in 10 days

The bodies of 120 refugees have washed up on the shores of Libya in the past 10 days, from shipwrecks in the Mediterranean that were not previously known, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.

26 patients on life support after Nice attack: Health Ministry

Twenty-six people, including five children, who were injured in the truck attack in southern France on July 14, are currently on life support, French Ministry of Health said in a statement on Saturday.

Normandy Four agree to sign accord on demining process in Donbass by end of November

Foreign ministers of the Normandy Four states are planning to sign an agreement on demining the territory of the embattled Donbas region by the end of the month, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday following the Berlin talks.

Ukraine rebuilds cities after separatists leave

DONETSK, Ukraine
The Ukrainian government is trying to return life to normal for the people living in the towns and cities it has taken from separatist forces in the past week.

Government forces have been removing rebel checkpoints and barricades while maintaining a high level of security should separatists attempt to infiltrate the regained neighborhoods.

Fresh checkpoints, manned by Ukrainian soldiers backed by armored vehicles, have emerged on the main arteries into places such as Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Mykolaiv, Druzhkivka, Konstantinovka and Artemivsk.

‘Hurry up and die’: Japanese minister bemoans cost of prolonged life

The elderly should be allowed to finish their days without artificially sustaining their lives, says Japan’s finance minister. The social security system is being crippled by support for people over 60, already constituting a third of the nation.
­Well known in Japan for his harsh mode of speech, Deputy PM and the head of the Finance Ministry Taro Aso told at the National Council on Social Security Reforms that the Japanese government pays for the meaningless enforced prolongation of lives of those whose days are numbered.
“Heaven forbid if you are forced to live on when you want to die,” he said. “You cannot sleep well when you think it’s all paid for by the government.”
Taro Aso, 72, revealed that he has written instructions left for his relatives that prohibit artificial prolongation of his life when his hour comes.

Delhi rape victim's condition 'deteriorates'/Delhi gang-rape victim dies in Singapore hospital/Νεκρή η Ινδή φοιτήτρια που έπεσε θύμα βιασμού

A female student gang-raped on a bus in India's capital Delhi has "taken a turn for the worse" at a Singapore hospital, doctors say.

The 23-year-old arrived in Singapore on Thursday after undergoing three operations in a Delhi hospital.