Over 175 people, mostly women and children, were killed and more than 500 injured when a severe intensity earthquake struck Ziarat, Pishin and Qilla Abdullah districts of Balochistan in the wee hours of Wednesday. The death toll in the catastrophe may rise as a number of people are still buried under the debris of mud […]
Care for children and adolescents living with diabetes
Diabetes is a deadly disease, and each year, almost 4 million people die from diabetes-related causes. Children, particularly in countries where there is limited access to diabetes care and supplies, die young", according to International Diabetes Federation (IDF) which is an umbrella organization of over 200 member associations in more than 160 countries. IDF leads […]
Platform
The Dobbs Ferry Democratic Committee Statement of Principles This Statement of Principles of the Dobbs Ferry Democratic Committee offers a vision of Dobbs Ferry as a welcoming, inclusive, and responsible community in which people care about each other and act with strength and effectiveness for the good of the whole community. […]
Congress Scolds Former AIG Executives
Members of Congress and former AIG chiefs are playing the blame game during investigations as to what led to the insurer’s downfall. AIG Socked by Credit Default Swaps, then Congressional Probing Former AIG CEOs Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, Martin Sullivan and Robert Willumstad testified during a hearing held by the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and […]
UN-Owned Company Assisting Mujuru’s Company
A United Nations sponsored company based in Johannesburg has been providing assistance to a mine owned by one of President Robert Mugabe’s top lieutenants for the past four years in what appears to be a breach of United States legislation aimed at bringing about democratic change in Zimbabwe. The United States government, which […]
Cervical Cancer Killing Many Silently In Africa
Many African women stand the risk of developing cervical cancer and dying of same, while many others may have it without knowing due to poor knowledge on its diagnosis and management, researchers have found. One of such studies by Gabriel Olabiyi Ogun of the Department of Pathology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria and Ronald Bejide of […]
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