Measles outbreak in Congo kills 315, with more than 20,000 infected
A measles outbreak in copper-rich Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 315 people and infected at least 20,000, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Hundreds more deaths have likely not been documented because of difficulties accessing remote areas, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a draft […]
US The Only Industrialised Country In The World Without The Metric System
Only three nations do not use the metric system today: Myanmar, Liberia and the United States. But calling America a nonmetric nation is somewhat of a misnomer. The United States has given more than an inch even though it might not have gone the whole nine yards. Consider that Coke bottles are sold in liters. […]
Harper says Canadians don’t want marijuana legalized
With the curtain about to rise on the climactic second act of the Mike Duffy trial, Justin Trudeau promised Tuesday to clean up the scandal-tainted Senate, while Stephen Harper set his sights on neighbourhood drug labs. The Liberal leader vowed to clean up the prime minister’s “mess,” accusing Harper of leading the “most secretive, divisive […]
Zambia Susiku’s Passion for HIV Mitigation and Education
Susiku Mwana’gombe has led an extraordinary life since embarking on a programme to help people living with HIV and orphaned children in Zambia’s tourist city, Livingstone. Mwana’ngombe, who is 40 and based in Ngwenya township, has turned her home into a centre to educate orphaned children at an early age and later takes them to […]
Serena Williams Hits Back At Sexism While Showing Off Her Six-Pack After Being Labeled ‘Manly’
With four Olympic gold medals, five Wimbledon championships, and 21 Grand Slam singles titles under her belt, there’s no disputing that Serena Williams is one tough cookie on the tennis courts. But for all her victories, the sportswoman still has to do battle with sexists who body-shame her and hold her to different standards than […]
Shocking Images Of A Young Bangladeshi Girl Attacked With Acid By Her In-Laws
These are the devastating injuries inflicted on a young Bangladeshi woman who was allegedly forced to swallow acid because her father could not afford to pay her dowry. Ripa Rani Pandit has been left with permanent facial scars and horrific internal injuries after being tortured with the burning liquid as part of an alleged eight-month […]
Malaysia Prime Minister Suspected Of Manipulating MH370 Plane Crash News To Save Himself
Would a government manipulate news of a devastating plane crash in an attempt to save its political skin? No one is directly accusing Malaysia of doing that. But Prime Minister Najib Razak’s crisis-plagued government’s controversial utterances about the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crash investigation have left some here wondering. Three days after Razak’s middle-of-the-night announcement […]
14 Year Old Schoolboy Who Stabbed A Teacher In The Stomach And Called Him N****a To Spend Less Than 3 Years In Jail
A teenager who stabbed a supply teacher in a racist attack before boasting about it on Facebook could be free within three years. The 14-year-old, who a judge ruled cannot be identified, was overheard calling Vincent Uzomah a ‘b******’ and a ‘n*****’ before he stabbed him in the stomach at Dixons Kings Academy in Bradford […]
Explainer – the Problem Drug Patents Pose for Developing Countries
Patents and restrictions on intellectual property have become more problematic for developing nations in the last decade. At the centre of the storm is the development and influx of inexpensive generic medicines that developing countries need to treat HIV, TB and other communicable diseases. The generic industry is essential for provision of low cost medicines. […]
Bobbi Kristina’s Boyfriend Snotted Cocaine All Night Before Intoxicating Her: Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed Friday by an estate administrator for Bobbi Kristina Brown accuses her boyfriend of giving her a “toxic cocktail” and putting her face down in a bathtub before she went into a six-month coma and died. The 22-year-old, the only child of pop legend Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, died on July […]
