North America US begins Agent Orange clean up The United States (US) has begun the cleaning up of Agent Orange contamination in one of Vietnam’s region. It is the first time the US has made such a move since the end o...
I too can sit from my ivory tower and tell the world that the Middle East is a dandy place to live in as a woman, but I have no right to claim that a woman only 100 miles away having her body parts ripped out in the name of god...
Europe Standard Chartered shares recover Shares in British bank Standard Chartered have rebounded after their steepest one-day decline in decades. The crash came as New York’s State Department of Financial Services a...
Democracy is a term that has become increasingly convoluted over time. It is a word that many people respect, but only a handful understands its true essence. What is democracy? Is it relative or universal? It certainly comes i...
Europe Standard Chartered shares crash after allegations of laundering with Iran Shares in Standard Chartered have fallen 15% in early London trade this morning despite the bank’s denial that it illegally “schemed”...
Africa has undoubtedly seen impressive economic growth over the past decade. They have put to shame predictions of a ‘hopeless’ continent; a comment The Economist magazine subsequently apologized for last year. More aptly, ...