UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday deplored the lack of world attention to human trafficking, a menace that he said is omnipresent. “Too often, human traffickers operate with impunity, and receive much less attention than, for instance, drug traffickers. This must change,” Guterres told a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly. “I have […]
Libya’s interim government on Wednesday announced it would ban entry of US citizens into Libyan territory in response to a decision by Donald Trump to suspend the entry of Libyans. The eastern government called the move by the US a “serious escalation” targeting Libyans, accusing the country of placing Libyans “in the same place with […]
Israel on Wednesday fumed over a vote by the Interpol that approved the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) as a member in the international police body. Earlier in the day, Palestinian membership to the Interpol was approved by 74 to 24 votes, exceeding the two-thirds requirement of the yes-to-no ratio. The decision was made despite Israel’s […]
Scientists announced on Wednesday they have detected a fourth gravitational wave signal coming from the merger of two black holes. It’s the first time this phenomenon has been measured simultaneously by both the US-based LIGO and Italy-based Virgo detectors. Originally predicted in the early 20th century by Albert Einstein, gravitational waves — ripples in space […]
About 97 per cent of Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million residents were still without electricity, one week after Hurricane Maria slammed into the US territory, Governor Ricardo Rossello said. About half the residents do not have running water and authorities were working to get food, fuel and water “everywhere on the island”, CNN quoted Rosello as […]
Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine has died. He was 91, the media reported. According to the magazine, he died on Wednesday night, reports CNN. Hefner founded Playboy in 1953 with $600 of his own money and built the magazine into a multimillion-dollar entertainment empire that at its 1970s peak included TV shows, a […]
One of London’s top diamond companies announced on Tuesday it bought the world’s largest rough diamonds, a rare gem the size of a tennis ball. The diamond has been sold for $53 million, according to Xinhua. Laurence Graff said following successful negotiation with the Lucara Diamond Corp, his company has acquired the world’s most valuable […]
Researchers from University of Michigan found that one out of five teens in the US reported at least one concussion diagnosis, and 5.5 per cent of them have had more than one concussion, according to a new study released on Tuesday. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), also indicated […]
Work began on Tuesday on the construction of prototypes for the wall along the US-Mexico border that US President Donald Trump wants to build to stop illegal immigration. Customs and Border Protection said that activities commenced in Otay Mesa, California, where the prototypes will be erected in a zone that is carefully monitored by US […]
Venezuela’s government on Monday criticised the White House decision to impose a travel ban against its citizens, and called for a dialogue to overcome their ideological differences. “Venezuela categorically rejects the irrational decision by the US government to once again categorise the Venezuelan people as a threat to national security … under the false pretense […]