World News Desk

• Europe’s 2017 Fire Season One of Worst: More to Come?

• Nigeria Reports Record High Cases of Deadly Lassa Fever

• U.S. Oil Expected to Meet Most of World’s Growth in Demand

• Study Argues U.S. Child Obesity Is Increasing Rather than Declining

• Average Venezuelan Lost 24 Pounds Last Year Due to Economic Woes

• North Korea Supplying Syria’s Chemical Weapons Program, UN Finds

• 1 in 5 Americans Have More Credit Card Debt than Savings

• Plastic Particles Found in Three-quarters of Deep-sea Fish

• Indonesia’s Forest Burning Threatens Orangutans, Human Health

• Astronomers Find Nearly 100 Planets Beyond Solar System

• Study: Consuming “Ultra-processed” Foods Can Lead to Cancer

• NATO Chief Urges Defense Budget Hike to Counter More Assertive Russia

• Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Shortening Americans’ Life Expectancy

• UN: Global Antibiotic Resistance “One of the Biggest Threats to Public Health”

• U.S. Jobless Claims Lowest in 45 Years

• Human Activity Means Animals Roam Less, Causing Fears of Disease

• German Intel: N. Korea Obtained Nuclear Tech in Berlin

• Cape Town Set to Run Out of Water in 3 Months

• Yellow Fever Deaths Triple in Brazil

• Health Officials Concerned Super Bowl Fans Could Spread Influenza