India launches effort to cut diarrhea deaths

NEW DELHI - India's Health Ministry has launched a nationwide campaign to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, officials said on Thursday.

Minister faces censure over Abe scandal

TOKYO - Japan's main opposition Democratic Party on Tuesday filed a censure motion against a senior minister in the latest education scandal to hit the government.

Mumbai's adored Padmini taxis near end of the road

MUMBAI - They were named after a legendary Indian queen and were synonymous with Mumbai for half a century but the last Premier Padmini taxis will soon embark on their final journey - to the scrapyard.

Asylum-seekers win legal damages

CANBERRA - The Australian government has reached a settlement of around A$90 million ($68 million) with more than 1,900 asylum-seekers who sued over their treatment at an immigration camp in Papua New Guinea, a minister and lawyers said on Wednesday.

Aspirin a threat to elderly over 75

LONDON - People who are aged 75 or older and take aspirin daily to ward off heart attacks face a significantly elevated risk of serious or even fatal bleeding and should be given heartburn drugs to minimize the danger, a 10-year study has found.

Turkish students face constant struggle in summer break

ANKARA - At last, the summer comes and about 17.5 million Turkish students began their nearly three-month break. But some of them will have to continue studying for next year in order to be successful in several exams that will determine their future.

Sessions blasts 'false allegations'

WASHINGTON - US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday denied alleged involvement in any collusion with Russia during last year's presidential campaign, calling it an "appalling and detestable lie".

Macron: EU door remains open to UK

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron has said that the door to the European Union remains open to the United Kingdom as long as exit negotiations are not concluded, but it would be difficult to walk back once negotiations start.

DPRK releases US student amid Rodman visit

BEIJING - US college student Otto Frederick Warmbier has been released by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea after more than a year of imprisonment, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday.

Destruction, debris mar Bangladesh mudslide rescue

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Rescuers struggled on Wednesday to reach villages hit by massive landslides that have killed at least 140 people while also burying roads and cutting power in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said.

IN BRIEF

Cubans in favor of continued thaw

HAVANA - Rumors have been hovering in the streets of Havana in the past few days about a possible rollback in the United States' policy toward the Caribbean island, reversing the historic detente initiated in 2014 by former president Barack Obama.