The world can eradicate tuberculosis by 2045 if the fight against the killer disease is properly funded, an international team of experts said Wednesday.
Afghan forces launched a spate of military operations leaving at least four militants loyal to the Taliban dead and nine others wounded in the country's northern Faryab province, a provincial police spokesman said Friday.
Finland ranked as the world's happiest country for the second year running while war-torn South Sudan sank to the least contented in a United Nations report released on Wednesday.
A massive explosion at a chemical plant in the Chinese coastal province of Jiangsu has killed six people and seriously injured 30 including schoolchildren.
Vietnam moved up one spot from last year to rank 94th out of 156 countries and regions by their happiness level this year, according to the United Nation's annual World Happiness Report published on Thursday.
The latest report on the world's happiest places to live says people in Nordic countries with high-quality social welfare and education are most satisfied with their lives. Japan came in 58th place, down four from last year.
