Defining themselves as a global movement, The Girl Effect is one of many campaigns demanding the world to acknowledge women and girls as key players to the development and poverty debate. Created by the Nike Foundation and in c...
Europe 8.9% drop in UK university applications University applications from UK students for courses starting in the autumn have fallen by 8.9% on last year, according to figures from the universities and colleges admissions ser...
Africa and Middle East South African Police massacre confirmed The South African police minister has confirmed that 30 people were killed in a clash between police and striking miners at the Marikana mine. The miners wer...
North America Employment figures leave mixed signals for United States Employment figures can today boast that 171,000 new jobs were created in the United States last month. The figure however, which was more than expected, was...
Asia Pakistani parents kill daughter with acid for looking at a boy A couple were been arrested in Pakistani-administered Kashmir last week, on suspicion of killing their 15-year old daughter with acid. They have said they...