Italy’s Luxottica and France’s Essilor are getting together to create a global eyewear powerhouse.

US President Barack Obama has urged fellow Democrats to preserve his legacy-defining healthcare law.

A massive cholera vaccination campaign has begun in hurricane-ravaged Haiti.

Every 10 to 15 minutes, new patients arrive at hospitals around Haiti, exhausted because of the upsurge in cholera cases in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has cancelled a two-day campaign trip to California, after being diagnosed with pneumonia.

New York (USA) - Hillary Clinton says she is now “feeling great”, after leaving a 9/11 commemoration in New York early and heading to her daughter Chelsea’s apartment.

Confirmation that the Zika virus has infected several people in Miami Beach has led US authorities to warn pregnant women not to travel to the Florida resort’s affected areas.