Monthly Archive: May 2014
Diabetes is known as Asia’s silent killer. There are now nearly 400 million people worldwide living with diabetes, and according to health care officials – more than half are in Asia. By 2035, Pakistan...
In Zimbabwe, the gay community marked this month’s International Day Against Homophobia at a secret venue in the nation’s capital, Harare, because of what they say are on-going state-sponsored security threats in a nation...
There are almost 21,000 “seasonal beds” at homeless shelters around the United States, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. In New Haven, Connecticut, the city’s overflow shelter for the homeless closed two...
FCC officially proposes new internet rules; four months of public comment Grief turns to anger in Turkey; more than 100 miners still missing after blast U.S. pushes for energy integration as Mexico finalizes Energy...
The Federal Communications Commission held a closely-watched vote Thursday that could affect the future of equal access to the internet and allow internet service providers to charge more for faster content delivery. In partnership...
Experts from the US, Canada, Britain and China are assisting Nigerian authorities in the search for more than 200 school girls abducted a month ago by the militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram. The dynamics...
In Turkey, public grief after nearly 300 people died in a coal mine explosion Tuesday is turning to anger against the government. Turkey’s four largest unions held a general strike Thursday as police clashed...
Mexico’s Congress is due to take up legislation to fine tune the details of an energy reform package that would open up the country’s energy sector to private, foreign companies for the first time...
The number of workers classified as temps grew 41 percent from 2008 to 2012, according to a just released study by the National Employment Law project. What some critics call “modern day sweat shops”...
The Federal Communications Commission is just days away from voting on a proposal that could fundamentally change Internet access across the United States. Though the public has not yet seen the text of the...