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UN Ebola chief optimistic of future drop in cases

Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 15:57 Last update: about 12 years ago

The U.N.'s Ebola chief said an extraordinary global response over the past month has made him hopeful the outbreak could end in 2015, though he cautioned that the fight to contain the disease is not...

Leather, wool big hits at Sao Paulo fashion week

Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 15:55 Last update: about 12 years ago

The tropically incompatible materials of leather and wool emerged as big winners during Thursday's fall-winter catwalks at Sao Paulo fashionweek. Veteran Rio de Janeiro-based designer...

Ebola hits health care access for other diseases

Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 15:56 Last update: about 12 years ago

The Ebola outbreak has spawned a "silent killer," experts say: hidden cases of malaria, pneumonia, typhoid and the like that are going untreated because people in the countries hardest hit by the...

Foreign brands covet Brazil's hot fashion market

Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 15:54 Last update: about 12 years ago

Even before the models in towering heels and slinky little numbers had left the catwalk, audience members were out of their seats and frantically elbowing their way toward a pop-up boutique set up at...

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