Puerto Rico Deals with Zika Virus to Promote Tourism
With the Zika virus making headlines around the world, Puerto Rico has implemented a new program to protect its nearly four million residents and five million annual visitors. The Puerto…
Six Athletes Join Budweiser Team for Rio Olympic Games
The official beer sponsor of Team USA has recruited six athletes to join Team Budweiser for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. From a decathlete to a Paralympic triathlete…
Panama Papers: Searchable Database to be Released
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) says it will release on May 9 a searchable database with information on more than 200,000 offshore entities that are part of the…
Death Sentence for Apostasy on Mauritanian Blogger
The United Nations human rights office deplored Tuesday the confirmation of the death sentence for apostasy against a Mauritanian blogger, Mohammad Ould M’Kaitir, by the appellate court on 21 April.…
Female Genital Mutilation on the Rise: Report
A new UN report released Monday says that, despite being forbidden by national and international law, female genital mutilation and / or excision shows no sign of abating in Guinea.…
Process to Elect Next Director-General of WHO Begins
The process to elect the next Director-General of the WHO is now underway. Member States can nominate candidates to be the new head of the global public health body. It…