WFP says child malnutrition is at critical level, cuts in funding will halt food aid in Afghanistan

LHASA, Tibet (AP) – Kalsang Lhamo traces a series of vertical strokes, slow but firm, practicing Tibetan calligraphy. A 73-year-old retired nurse, she has spoken Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it. Now, in classes at a center for older adults, she immerses herself in the script.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) – The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday during a visit to Congo where some health workers are striking over a lack of pay.

ISLAMABAD (AP) – Search teams backed by military helicopters recovered the bodies of renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja and three other missing climbers on Wednesday, bringing the number of bodies recovered from Broad Peak to seven nearly a week after an avalanche swept away a 10-member international expedition, officials said Wednesday.

Scientists certain a SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted after drifting off course

Bosnia faces extreme heat and drought conditions

Firefighters in central Italy battle wildfires with planes and helicopters

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national language.