Suspected US serial killer charged in seventh murder

Suspected US serial killer charged in seventh murder

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

A New York architect believed to be responsible for a series of murders on Long Island has been charged with a seventh homicide, that of a woman whose remains were found in 2000, prosecutors said Tuesday. Rex Heuermann had already been charged with the murders of six women whose bodies were found near Gilgo Beach between 1993…

Alarm over high rate of HIV infections among young women, girls

Alarm over high rate of HIV infections among young women, girls

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

The UN’s children’s fund raised the alarm on Friday over the high rate of new HIV infections among young women and girls, warning they lacked access to prevention and treatment. In a report ahead of World AIDS Day on Saturday, UNICEF said that 96,000 girls and 41,000 boys aged 15–19 were newly infected with HIV in 2023,…