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China’s mass migration, which is often described as the world’s largest annual migration of people, was expected to hit a record high on Friday (February 5) two days before the eve of Lunar New Year. People, dragging luggage and carrying bags on their shoulders, rushed to the Beijing Railway Station to catch trains, making their way back home. The 40-day travel frenzy surrounding the week-long Lunar New Year holiday began on January 24 this year, […]
Democrat Hillary Clinton went on the attack against rival Bernie Sanders on Thursday (February 4) in their most contentious presidential debate yet, questioning whether his ambitious proposals were viable and saying it was unfair to question her liberal credentials. Sanders fought back repeatedly, accusing Clinton of representing the political establishment during a debate that featured sharp differences over healthcare, college tuition funding and efforts to rein in Wall Street. The intensity of the exchanges reflected […]
Syrian refugees welcome the Syria donors conference which was held in London on Thursday, in the hope of being lifted out of dilemma by funds raised in the conference . The donors conference – Supporting Syria & the Region – in London where representatives of 70 nations met has managed to pledge over ten billion U.S. dollars that will get urgent medical care, nutrition needs and job creation for refugees affected by the ongoing crisis […]
Asian equities were subdued on Friday (February 5) and the dollar wobbled ahead of the closely watched U.S. jobs report, which could provide clues on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy outlook. The markets will look to the U.S. jobs data for direction, with the employment report expected to how employers adding 190,000 jobs in January, the median estimate of 108 economists polled by Reuters. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average was down 1 percent despite an […]
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Friday (February 5) held a meeting with the U.S., Japan, EU and Australian ambassadors to South Korea amid the threat of a North Korean satellite launch. U.S. ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, Japanese Ambassador to South Korea, Koro Bessho, Ambassador of the European Union to South Korea, Gerhard Sabathil, and Australian Ambassador to South Korea, Bill Paterson, attended the meeting at South Korea’s foreign ministry in Seoul. […]
Unsanitary conditions in Brazil’s slum areas are provided potential breeding grounds for Aedes mosquitoes that can transmit viruses including Zika and dengue. In the city of Recife, capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco, ditches are found with waste water and even other garbage discharged by local residents, with foul smells given out from time to time. Algae and weeds have grown in the water, and rat carcasses as well as other floating garbage […]
Violent scenes in Ecuador’s capital of Quito on Thursday (February 04) as Kurdish supporters turned out to protest Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is in the South American country on an official visit. The protest started out peacefully outside the country’s National Higher Studies Institute before Erdogan was due to arrive. Security was high with police and soldiers trying to keep back protesters. Scuffles later erupted when some protesters found their way into the […]
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a retirement plan for private-sector workers and a new light rail system in his State of the City speech on Thursday (February 4), while indicating that social inequality was decreasing under his administration. The Democratic mayor of the United States’ biggest city has been in office for a little over two years. He came to power promising to narrow the inequality gap that he said had created “a […]
Haiti’s president promised on Thursday (February 4( to leave power in three days’ time despite having no replacement after a botched election, as opposition protests intensified and politicians squabbled over who should lead an interim government. President Michel Martelly had earlier warned he would not step aside without an established succession plan, enraging protesters who have marched almost daily in the capital Port-au-Prince over the past two weeks. Haiti’s constitution requires Martelly to leave office […]
U.S. President Barack Obama met with Colombia’s President Juan Manual Santos on Thursday (February 04) and said he will ask the U.S. Congress for more than $450 million in aid to help Colombia implement a peace accord aimed at ending Latin America’s longest war. Obama met with Santos at the White House where the two leaders held a joint press conference. “We all know that it’s easier to start wars than end them. But after […]
THE Red Cross said on Thursday (4 February) it had delivered food for more than 12,000 people to the besieged Syrian town of Mouadamiya near Damascus. The supplies are enough for only three weeks and regular access was needed, the agency said. Local resident Um Ahmad said she was in dire need of fuel to keep herself and her children warm. “There is no source of heating, no firewood, my children and I are on […]
(Reuters) — The Los Angeles (L.A.) County Department of Public Health held a news conference on Wednesday (February 3) during which officials named objectives that the country should adopt as precautionary measures against the Zika virus. “We can see that with aggressive efforts to try to control the virus and control the factor in other locations, it is continuing to spread,” Jeffrey Gunzenhauser Los Angeles (L.A.) County Interim Health Officer, said. “Our focus needs […]
