CDC says first case of severe bird flu in US: elderly person in Louisiana infected by contact with infected poultry or poultry carcasses On Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that a person infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus in Louisiana became the first person to develop severe symptoms i

Syrian rebel leader tells BBC he 'is not a threat to the world', calls on West to lift sanctions and remove Syria from terrorist list Foreign news agencies reported that Mr. Ahmed al-Shara, leader of the rebel group "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (HTS) and the de facto leader of Syria at the moment, gave an interview to a BBC reporter. He confirmed that Sy

NASA reveals astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for more than 6 months, when they were originally supposed to stay for only a week, will be further delayed in returning home. Following the case of Mr. Butch Wilmore and Sunee Williams, two NASA astronauts who were on board Boeing's "Starliner" test capsule in June 2024

A private plane crash-landed, missed the runway, crashed into houses near the runway of an airport on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and burst into flames, killing two pilots. A Bombardier Challenger 300 private jet flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has crashed into houses near the runway of an airport on the outskirts of Buenos Aires,

A massive fire broke out in a three-story building in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, where a cafe and karaoke bar were located. Dozens of people were trapped inside and unable to escape, resulting in at least 11 deaths. Seven others managed to escape onto the balcony before rescuers could rescue them. It took firefighters more than an hour to bring