Russia to ban same-sex foreign couples from adopting children under new law
Russian President Vladimir Putin will ban foreign homosexual couples from adopting Russian children, the government has confirmed.
South Africa’s Traditional Teenage Male Circumcision being used for financial gain
South Africa's Health Minister, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, has maintained that the deaths of teenage boys at initiation schools are due to people using the cultural practice for financial gain.
Taiwan’s Jailed Ex-President Attempts Suicide With Towel in Protest
Former President Chen Shui-bian tried to hang himself Sunday night in a bathroom at Taichung prison in central Taiwan to protest his 2009 corruption conviction according to Taipei's Justice Ministry's Agency of Corrections. The 62-year-old former leader, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term for corruption and money laundering during his 2000-2008 presidential tenure, is "apparently disillusioned over snags in his bid to rejoin his former party and the Legislature's move to absolve politicians of abuses of taxpayer funds", the Ministry of Justice statement said.
How America Became a Third World Country, 2013-2023 A.D.
The politicians who tweeted while America burned are dismantling American society piece by piece with budget cuts. It's 2023 -- and this is America 10 years after the first across-the-board federal budget cuts known as sequestration went into effect.
Egypt Supreme Court rules ‘Invalid’ Islamist-Dominated Senate, Assembly to be Dissolved
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday ruled unconstitutional an article regulating the election of independent members of the Shura Council, the upper house, as well as the law on the composition of the Constitutional Assembly.
France’s Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen may face racism charges after losing immunity
The leader of France’s far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen, may face racism charges over comments made in 2011 after a European parliamentary committee stripped her of immunity from prosecution, which she was granted while working as a MEP. Le Pen she compared Muslims praying in the street to the Nazi occupation of France.
Government debt 50% of China’s GDP, Still Under Control: IMF
China's national debt of 4.85 trillion U.S. dollars is still under control. The Chinese economy is expected to grow by around 7.75 percent this year despite weak and uncertain global conditions, the IMF said.
Sudan’s Bashir threatens South Sudan to close oil pipelines forever
Sudanese President Omar al- Bashir threatened with a final warning to cut South Sudan's oil exports for the international market through Sudan's pipelines if South Sudan continued supporting the rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in South Kordofan, Sudan. Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels fighting in war-torn South Kordofan and Blue Nile states -- former comrades of the South who fought together in Sudan's 1983-2005 civil war -- as well as in Darfur.
German Foreign Intel Agency anticipates Assad and Syria’s victory before end of 2013
The German foreign intelligence agency (Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND) revised its assessment of the situation in Syria fundamentally and radically. On the basis of reality on the ground and on the basis of graphs and maps, they announced Assad's victory before the end of the year.
UN Chief Launches Africa’s Anti-Gender-based Violence Center In Rwanda
May 25, 2013 (TSR) - The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday laid a foundation stone for the construction of the continent’s anti-Gender Based Violence secretariat dubbed...
Confusion over Philippines birth policy
Varied implementation of a Department of Health (DOH) policy, known as the Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN) issued in March 2011 to address the country’s stagnant maternal mortality ratio (MMR), advocating health facility-based delivery under the care of a skilled birth attendant (SBA) has health officials and advocates worried that the policy may be doing more harm than good.
IMF Chief Lagarde questioned over corruption probe
IMF Chief Lagarde heads to court which is targeting her for complicity in the misuse of funds because as Sarkozy's finance minister, she overruled advisers to seek the settlement.
