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Glioblastomas are the most common malignant brain tumor. About 12,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with the cancer every year.

John McCain Was Diagnosed With A Glioblastoma, Among The Deadliest Of Cancers

About 12,000 people are diagnosed with a glioblastoma each year in the U.S. Fewer than a third of them will survive beyond two years.

Costumed activists riding elaborately decorated bicycles paraded down the streets of Vancouver last month to bring attention to the challenges facing the sockeye salmon population in the Fraser River and its connection to Canada's indigenous people.

Canada's Wild Salmon Caravan Connects Future Of Fish And Indigenous People

Warming oceans and development threaten the West Coast's wild salmon. So activists started a traveling celebration to draw attention to the plight of the sockeye in Canada's Fraser River.

In McEwan's Latest, The 'Machine' Is Too Much Like You

Ian McEwan imagines an alternate, technologically-advanced 1982 England in his new novel, in which the development of lifelike, artificially intelligent cyborgs leads to some uncomfortable questions.

Schoolchildren in Namibia, which scored high marks for "child-friendliness" in a new ranking of African countries.

Africa Takes A Tough Look At Africa — And The Way It Treats Its Children

A new "child friendliness" index praises such countries as Namibia and Lesotho — and "names and shames" poor performers.

British police say a man tried to steal the Salisbury Cathedral's Magna Carta, one of four original documents that have survived. Here, a schoolboy looks at the Magna Carta in the cathedral's Chapter House.

Man Tried To Steal Magna Carta, 800-Year-Old Symbol Of The Law, Police Say

Police in Salisbury, England, have arrested a man accused of trying to steal the Magna Carta — the 1215 document that established basic tenets of the rule of law.

To get to Civita, one must take a long, winding footbridge from the neighboring town of Bagnoregio.

In Italy, A Medieval Town Confronts A Double Threat — Erosion And Too Many Tourists

The survival of Civita di Bagnoregio has grown more uncertain as erosion eats at the base on which it sits. But tourists — 850,000 expected this year in a town of 10 — may pose an even greater threat.

South African musician Johnny Clegg, right, with his longtime bandmate Sipho Mchunu, performing in New York City in 1996. Clegg died Tuesday at age 66.

Johnny Clegg, A Uniting Voice Against Apartheid, Dies At 66

The pioneering South African singer, songwriter and activist died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Orthopedic surgeon Kebba Marenah and his team get ready to perform knee surgery on a 14-year-old at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul, the capital of Gambia. The country struggles with a lack of access to sufficient pain medications.

A Place Where The Opioid Problem Is Upside Down

While the opioid problem in the U.S. is about too many opioids, in some countries there are few options for treating or controlling pain.

Representative Charles Rangel, a Democrat from New York, speaks during an interview in New York, in June.

Congressman Rangel Battles For Political Survival

Congressman Charles Rangel runs a real risk of losing in Tuesday's New York Democratic primary to Dominican-American rival Adriano Espaillat. Rangel is one of the longest-serving members of Congress.

Eleven people have died climbing Mount Everest so far this year, amid long lines to reach the peak last week.

Amid Deadly Season On Everest, Nepal Has No Plans To Issue Fewer Permits

The mountain nation said potential climbers need to be aware of the risks of summiting the world's tallest peak. Experts say Everest's traffic jams are only getting worse — and more dangerous.

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