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SECUNDA, South Africa (AP) — Growing up witnessing the devastating effects of HIV in her family and community in South Africa pushed Olwam Plaatjie to start using preventive HIV medications three years ago. “Sometimes they’d lose weight, they would get sick and have to go to the clinic, and I didn’t want that for me,” she told The Associated Press. “I’d see the people I live with taking (antiretroviral) pills […]

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo, authorities said. Attacks on health workers from angry residents, skepticism among some locals and armed conflict in hot spots continue to challenge efforts to stop the spread. Out of the 550 cases of the disease confirmed as of Sunday, there have been 101 […]

Christian Yelich slid home ahead of the throw on an infield grounder in the 12th inning, giving the Milwaukee Brewers a wild 15-14 comeback victory over the Athletics on Monday in the opener of a three-game series in Las Vegas, the future home of the A’s. Each team scored four times in the 10th. William Contreras belted a three-run homer to cap the top of the inning, putting the Brewers […]

BENGALURU, June 9 (Reuters) – Indian software services exporter Tata Consultancy Services expects IT companies to have an equal number of employees and AI agents in their workforce, Chairman N Chandrasekaran said at the annual general meeting on Tuesday.  TCS does not plan to downsize staff, but will slow down hiring, he said. Last July, the company had cut more than 12,000 jobs.   “If the company has half a million […]

June 9 (Reuters) – Chrysler-parent Stellantis is recalling 1,076,999 vehicles in the U.S. due to a defect in the power steering system that could increase the risk of fire, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday. The electric hydraulic power steering pump wiring may overheat and potentially cause a vehicle fire, even when the vehicle is parked with the ignition switched off, the regulator said. The recall […]

FRANKFURT, June 9 (Reuters) – The Swiss pharmaceutical and diagnostics giant Roche said it is sticking to its planned investments in Germany, unlike some of its competitors that have scaled back spending in the country. The company will continue its €600 million ($692.88 million) investment in a new diagnostic production site in Penzberg, Germany, Roche told Reuters. This comes after U.S.-based Eli Lilly said it would halve its $2.3 billion […]

IMBERSAGO, Italy (AP) — The ferry glides from one bank of northern Italy’s Adda River to the other, guided by a cable and pulled by currents, offering harried commuters five minutes of serenity and an alternate route now that a bridge closure has backed up traffic. Called “Leonardo’s Ferry,’’ the mechanism of the so-called reaction ferry was designed five centuries ago and immortalized by the Renaissance genius himself in a […]

GUANGOPOLO, Ecuador (AP) — In her modest home in Guangopolo, east of Ecuador’s capital, Ligia Ipiales carefully separates strands from a horse’s tail, weaving a mesh as fine as gauze for a “cedazo,” a traditional sieve clinging to survival. The craft that once made the village famous is now fading. Only nine “cedacero” artisans remain. The youngest is 51-year-old Guido Paucar, the only man in the group, while the oldest […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump saying the two crew members on board were “fine” after the incident involving the strategic waterway, which remains under a chokehold by Iran. What caused the crash remained unclear Tuesday morning in the Middle East, which was still reeling after Iran and Israel exchanged fire the previous day […]