BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union imposed trade and economic sanctions on North Korea while condemning "in the strongest terms" the nation's latest nuclear test. Australian research provides final clue for anti-malaria drug
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Researchers in Australia have provided the final piece of a puzzle to develop a new anti-malarial drug, which targets the parasite that causes the disease and kills it with a salt overdose. The drug, the first discovery in the fight against malaria in two decades, holds out fresh hope for conquering the disease, which claims hundreds of thousands of lives a year and is known for its evolving drug resistance. The malaria parasite, carried to humans by mosquitoes, lives in red blood cells, which are full of salt. …
Rugby-Australia expecting record crowds for Lions tour
SYDNEY, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is banking on this year’s British and Irish Lions tour breaking attendance records after huge demand for tickets on the opening day of general sale. Tickets for eight of the nine matches were up for grabs on Monday with the games against the Wallabies in Sydney and Melbourne selling out in 15 minutes and the opening test in Brisbane following suit after just five minutes. …
Pro-Cuba protesters halt dissident's Brazil event
FEIRA DE SANTANA, Brazil (AP) -- Boisterous protesters backing the Cuban government blocked the Monday screening of a documentary featuring Cuba's best-known dissident, the blogger Yoani Sanchez, who was in attendance after being allowed to leave the communist island for the first time in nearly a decade. 
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