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Liberia confirmed a third Ebola case on July 1, nearly two months after it was declared Ebola free, and officials said they were investigating whether the disease had spread...

The World Health Organization on June 30 declared Cuba the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child. The WHO...

The world’s first malaria vaccine got a green light on July 24 from European drugs regulators who recommended it should be licensed for use in babies in Africa at...

Thousands of South Korean schools that were shut to stop the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) reopened on June 15 as the country sought to return to...

The hair transplant business in Turkey has reached $1 billion, with Istanbul as the most popular destination for those want a new head of hair, Wired magazine has reported....

The business world is eagerly awaiting economic reforms following the Nov. 1 elections that brought the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power alone, said Güler Sabancı, the chairwoman...

Turkey’s Fibabanka has joined the ranks of banks interested in buying HSBC’s Turkish unit, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, a business that is also being considered...

Sales of new Volkswagen cars in Britain slumped by almost 10 percent last month in the wake of the pollution cheating scandal, industry data showed Nov. 5. There were...

Turkey plans to privatize the country’s national lottery (Milli Piyango) by the end of this year, said the deputy president of the Privatization Authority, Ahmet Aksu. “We plan to...

Turkish carmaker Tofas posted a net profit of 157.9 million Turkish Liras ($55 million) in the third quarter of 2015 - an increase of  24 percent compared with 127.1...