New AIDS Vaccine To Undergo Human Trials For First Time: Dr Robert Gallo
Dr Robert Gallo is a name you’ve probably never heard of, but he’s the biomedical researcher who led the team responsible for unmasking the cause of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). In 1984, he was catapulted to world fame for discovering that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was the malevolent infectious force behind one of […]
Bangladesh’s Illegal Kidney Trade Booming: Donors Paid $5,350
After years of crippling debt, Bangladeshi villager Rawshan Ara decided to follow in her family’s footsteps and sell a kidney on the black market to raise cash. Like many of her neighbours in this poor farming area, the 28-year-old easily found a local broker and quickly became a victim of Bangladesh’s thriving but illegal organ […]
Venezuela: Opposition Leader Unjustly Convicted
The baseless conviction of the opposition leader Leopoldo López and three Venezuelan students for violent incidents during the country’s 2014 protests exposes the extreme deterioration of the rule of law in Venezuela, Human Rights Watch said today. The trials involved egregious due process violations and failed to provide evidence linking the accused to a crime. […]
Western Sahara Prime Minister Receives Ecuador’s Ambassador to Sadr
Prime Minister Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, received on Monday Ecuadorian Ambassador to the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Mr. Jose Rafael Serrano. The PM informed his interlocutor about the latest developments of the Saharawi cause at the UN level and national one as well as the bilateral relations and the ways to develop it in […]
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff welcomes Syrian refugees
Brazil is ready to welcome Syrian refugees the country’s President Dilma Rousseff said on Monday, Palestinian newspaper Al-Resalah reported. During her speech to mark Brazilian Independence Day, Rousseff said: “Even in tough times of crisis, such as now, we will welcome refugees with open arms.” She expressed her “government’s willingness to receive those who had […]
Brazil Unveils Cultural House in Angola
The Cultural House of Brazil in Angola, an in interactive and divulgence of the Brazilian cultural product was inaugurated on Monday in a ceremony led by the Culture minister, Rosa Cruz e Silva, and his Brazilian counterpart, Juca Ferreira. The space has classrooms, rooms for shows, children, exhibitions, gallery of arts, among other compartments, which […]
Venezuela’s Unofficial Inflation Rate Is 808%
What with Bernie Sanders wanting to bring in democratic socialism for the US and Jeremy Corbyn offering is a rather harder socialism in the UK it’s worth having a look at the performance of Venezuela. Somewhere the usual right on leftists were praising as instituting real and relevant socialism not all that long ago. Owen […]
Guatemalan President Otto Perez has resigned after Congress stripped the leader of immunity over corruption allegations and a warrant was issued for his arrest
Guatemalan President Otto Perez has resigned, his spokesman said after Congress stripped the leader of immunity over corruption allegations and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The embattled conservative leader, in power since 2012, took Thursday’s decision to step down to confront “individually the proceedings against him,” his spokesman Jorge Ortega said, days before […]
11 years in a row, South Korea is No. 1 in suicide rate followed by Hungary and Japan
South Korea is No. 1 for the 11th year in a row when it comes to suicide rate among OECD countries, according to the organization’s Health Data 2015 report. The average suicide rate among all OECD countries, according to 2013 data, was 12 people out of 100,000. South Korea, in 2012, saw 29.1 suicides per […]
Pastor Makes His Congregation Suck His Private Parts Because They Contain “Holly Milk”
An evangelical pastor arrested for raping his faithful, after convincing them that his penis contained “sacred milk” Sobrino Valdeci Picanto, an evangelical pastor from Brazil, persuaded his followers that he practiced oral sex because it was the way he preached the word, saying that his ‘milk’ was sacred. And this pastor said his penis was […]
