Category: General Interest
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Argentine Senate defeats abortion bill
A coalition of young female lawmakers see their bill failing the Senate vote, angering women’s rights organizations. Argentina is a country in South America with a federal republic style of government. It has a population of 43 million, it is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the..
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Facebook bans page targeting US elections
Facebook says it has removed 32 accounts and pages believed to have been set up to influence the mid-term US elections in November. Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg..
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Breastfeeding is mandatory
A joint report by UNICEF and WHO has estimated 78 million newborns have a higher risk of death each year from not drinking their mother’s milk within the first hours of being born. In the 1950s, the London physician Ian G Wickes published a multi-part compendium of feeding practices throughout history, including the changing technology..
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Life on Mars?
A study has found liquid water sitting under a layer of ice at Mars’ South Pole. This is the first time researchers have identified a stable body of liquid water on the planet. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is the second smallest planet in the solar system..
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Maruti Recalls Over 1000 Vehicles
Maruti Suzuki is set to recall 1,279 vehicles manufactured between May 7 and July 5, 2018 due to possible faulty airbag controller units. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (formerly Maruti Udyog Ltd) is India’s largest passenger car company accounting..
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A Banking Sector Transformation
Against a global backdrop of emerging technologies and ever-changing relationships between business and consumers, one thing is clear: leaders in the finance and banking industries will increasingly look..
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Did General Tojo Commit Kamikaze?
A recently discovered memo has revealed that Japan’s military leader during World War II was convinced of a victory against American forces hours prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan is a sovereign..
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Africa’s Energy Burden
According to a new report, many governments in developed countries who are moving away from fossil fuel consumption have been promoting similar energy projects in African nations. Africa is the world’s..
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New Treatment for Recurring Malaria
American regulators have approved a simpler, one-dose treatment to prevent relapses of Malaria for the first time in six decades. The new drug only targets the type of Malaria that occurs mainly in South..
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Bitter Pill: China’s Scandal Ridden Healthcare
Chinese censors deleted articles and postings about the vaccine industry as an online outcry over the country’s vaccine scandal intensified, undermining Chinese ambitions to play a larger role in the global..