Sightsavers fight trachoma in Sudan
Global Trachoma Mapping Project, funded by UK-aid, aims to eliminate the disease by 2020 in sudan with technology and research.Trachoma - the world's leading infectious cause of blindness, is an outcome of poor hygiene...
Signing Ceremony for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Delegates from 57 countries are getting together in China for the signing ceremony of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a new international financial institution set to rival the World Bank and Asian Development...
US supreme court legalizes Gay marriage across America
US Supreme Court has ruled that Same-sex marriage is a legal right across America.
The ruling means that 14 states with bans on same-sex marriage will no longer be able to enforce them. Officials in...
Jurong Island Phase 4
Jurong Island Phase 4 increased the land surface of Singapore with 540 hectares, and the Tuas View extension added another 920 hectares. In order to execute the phase 4, following works have been performed:...
Banks will be closed all week in Greece
European Central Bank has decided not to extend emergency funding to Greece. This resulted in Greek government introducing capital controls and temporarily closing banks all week.
Decree to protect the Greek financial system :Cash...
Big brands are becoming big business in Iran
A luxury-shopping revolution is taking shape in Iran. The roadside billboards and luxury shopping centres that have come across Tehran makes it clear that Iranian consumers on average have more money to spend.
Middle-class Iranians...
40,000 Migrants to be relocated from Italy and Greece
EU leaders have agreed to relocate 40,000 migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece to various EU states.
EU leaders, after their talks in Brussels, have decided to relocate 40,000 migrants who have arrived...
EU removed all Philippine carriers from its safety blacklist
Based on European Union’s removal of all remaining Philippine carriers from its safety blacklist, aviation authorities confirmed that Philippine airlines will no longer be banned from flying into Europe.
The decision is based on a...
France bans UberPOP services after a nationwide protests by taxi drivers
Taxi driver’s nationwide protests forced France's interior minister to order a ban on the low-cost car-sharing service UberPOP.
Bernard Cazeneuve said the service was "illegal" and ordered police and prosecutors to enforce its closure. He...
China creates new island in South China Sea
China says "within days" it will complete building few new islands in the South China Sea.
The construction work for the new island has been carried out at a very fast pace. This has sent...