Two policemen and a civilian are killed and three others injured after a grenade attack in
Burundi's capital
Bujumbura. The attack takes place a day after a similar incident injured three officers, and comes in the midst of intensifying protests against current president
Pierre Nkurunziza.
(Al Jazeera)
The death toll from the storms has risen to six with five people dead in
Queensland and a six year old boy dying after being pulled from rough seas in the
New South Wales town of
Ballina.
(9 News)
April 2015 Nepal earthquake: The death toll from last month's earthquake rises to 7,040 people and a total of 14,025 injured with thousands missing. Authorities in Nepal have given up hope of finding more survivors in the rubble.
(Xinhua)(BBC)(CNN)
More than 2400 migrants have been rescued after boats they were travelling on were rescued off the
Libyan coast.
(Al Jazeera)
Health
New research has suggested
lung cancer patients could benefit from the use of
statin drugs. Dr. Chris Cardwell, Ph.D., and researchers at
Queens University Belfast in
Northern Ireland found lung cancer patients who used statins within a year of diagnosis had a reduced risk of death from the disease, the
American Association for Cancer Research reported. To make their finding, the research team looked at data on about 14,000 patients who were newly diagnosed with lung cancer between the years of 1998 and 2009 and were a part of the English
cancer registry.
(HNGN)(AACR)
Two policemen and a civilian are killed and three others injured after a grenade attack in
Burundi's capital
Bujumbura. The attack takes place a day after a similar incident injured three officers, and comes in the midst of intensifying protests against current president
Pierre Nkurunziza.
(Al Jazeera)
The death toll from the storms has risen to six with five people dead in
Queensland and a six year old boy dying after being pulled from rough seas in the
New South Wales town of
Ballina.
(9 News)
April 2015 Nepal earthquake: The death toll from last month's earthquake rises to 7,040 people and a total of 14,025 injured with thousands missing. Authorities in Nepal have given up hope of finding more survivors in the rubble.
(Xinhua)(BBC)(CNN)
More than 2400 migrants have been rescued after boats they were travelling on were rescued off the
Libyan coast.
(Al Jazeera)
Health
New research has suggested
lung cancer patients could benefit from the use of
statin drugs. Dr. Chris Cardwell, Ph.D., and researchers at
Queens University Belfast in
Northern Ireland found lung cancer patients who used statins within a year of diagnosis had a reduced risk of death from the disease, the
American Association for Cancer Research reported. To make their finding, the research team looked at data on about 14,000 patients who were newly diagnosed with lung cancer between the years of 1998 and 2009 and were a part of the English
cancer registry.
(HNGN)(AACR)