Spending a couple of hours outdoors each day could help children avoid becoming short-sighted, Australian researchers said Tuesday. Exposure to bright light for two to three hours daily helps regulate the eye's growth, dramatically reducing the risk of myopia, an Australian Research Council study found. Short-sightedness, traditionally a problem among the high...

Retired policeman Yukio Shige is still on patrol, walking daily along the Tojinbo cliff, one of the best-known suicide spots in Japan where he pursues a private mission to prevent people leaping. Shige's method of persuading someone to stay alive is quite simple, he said. When he spots a person standing on the edge of the cliff, he talks to them gently and br...