A UNIVERSITY'S requirement that overweight undergraduates take fitness classes before they receive their degrees has upset students and drawn criticism from health and legal experts.

KIDNEY stones, malaria, Lyme disease, depression and respiratory illness may increase with global warming, researchers at Harvard Medical School say.

COCKERMOUTH, England: The floods that have engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District after the heaviest rainfall recorded in Britain killed a police officer and trapped ... more

A BRITISH couple being held hostage by Somali pirates say they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom ... more

An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services.

Australia's Matthew Abood set one of two new World Cup short-course best times at a Singapore meet, clocking 45.46 in the men's 100m freestyle.