[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of an almost six-month Ebola outbreak in the west of the country. The outbreak emerged in June of this year, infecting 130 people and killing 55.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Tech giant Apple said this week it plans to lower its App Store commissions for software developers who make $1 million dollars or less in proceeds each year from the store, but some of the company’s critics called the move “window dressing.”

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The Pentagon recently stated that President Trump will sharply reduce the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January, stopping short of a threatened full withdrawal after fierce opposition from allies at home and abroad.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The FDA recently said it had approved the first COVID-19 self-testing kit for home use that provides results within 30 minutes.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Police in Hong Kong said they had arrested three former lawmakers on Wednesday morning over May and June incidents in which foul-smelling liquid was thrown in the city’s legislature, an act police said was intended to cause harm.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Russia was able to broker a peace deal over the Nagorno-Karabakh region after six weeks of war between the ethnic Armenians who live there and Azerbaijan. Under the terms of the agreement, control over the enclave’s main city, in territory internationally recognized as Azerbaijan, will stay with ethnic Armenians despite them being forced […]

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Target surpassed analyst expectations for quarterly profit and sales as more Americans used the retailer’s quick-delivery services to buy everything from electronics to home goods.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Amazon launched an online pharmacy for delivering prescription medications in the U.S., increasing competition with drug retailers such as Walgreens, CVS Health and Walmart. The new store lets customers price-compare as they buy drugs on the company’s website or app.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Lebanese artist Hayat Nazer has created a statue of a woman crafted from the broken glass and twisted materials that belonged to people’s homes before the explosion in Beirut that killed 200 and injured 6,000.

[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Thousands of supporters of a hardline Islamist party clashed with police on the main road into Pakistan’s capital city on Monday following protests over the recent use of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in France. Several people were injured in the altercation.