International News Week of November 10

Bahrain Encourages Female Hires The Labor Ministry of Bahrain is launching a new initiative to encourage the employment of female jobseekers, the Gulf Daily News reports. This initiative is aimed at encouraging private companies to hire more women in all sectors, but particularly as security, receptionists, accountants, cashiers, saleswomen, secretaries, sales supervisors, and teachers in [...]

International News Week of November 3

Eight Syrian Civilians Killed In U.S. Attack Eight Syrian citizens were killed by an American helicopter in an attack on a building in the nation’s al- Boukamal region, Bloomberg News reports. The attack was launched from the nearby Iraqi city of Qaim, which is considered a hotspot for insurgent fighters entering Iraq. Syrian officials have blamed the [...]

Sustainable Threads: Eco-Friendly Fashion

The temperature is dropping, the leaves are changing, and to the confusion of the rest of the world, spring attire is on the minds of fashionistas across the globe. “Green”, or eco-friendly, fashion is part of the growing movement of sustainable design. It’s hard to imagine a pair of jeans melting the Polar Ice Cap, [...]

International Headlines September 29

Saudi Arabian police say they have arrested five men on charges of using the Internet to recruit for al-Qaeda that were alleging trying to get people to build military groups in Afghanistan and Iraq, BBC reports. The Saudi Arabian interior ministry said the men used 28 screen names to get into different websites. The Saudi authorities [...]

International News August 25

A United Nations official told the BBC 100 about people have been killed and up to 25,000displaced in the African nation of Somalia because of fighting between militia and Islamic insurgents. The insurgents have taken over the port city of Kismayo, but fighting is also rampant in the capital, Mogadishu, where Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout [...]

International News July 15

A United Nations Security Council measure to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe failed when two of the 15-member group’s permanent members—China and the Russian Federation—voted against a draft resolution. The measure would have placed an arms embargo on the African nation, as well as a travel ban and a financial freeze against Mugabe [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News July 7

George Clooney is speaking out about the dispute between the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, The Los Angeles Times reports. Tom Hanks is one of at least 600 actors who signed a letter supporting the contract AFTRA recently negotiated. Jack Nicholson is one of more than 60 actors [...]

Science, Health & Recalls June 16

New York City’s Health Department reported that more than 25% of adult New Yorkers have Herpes Simplex Virus-2, the virus that causes genital herpes. Having Herpes facilitates the spread of HIV and doubles the risk a person will get HIV when exposed. The new study suggests that 26% of New York City residents have the virus, [...]

Drugs, Arms & Human Trafficking June 9

Police in Australia have arrested 70 people and removed four children from their homes in a six-month nationwide investigation surrounding a global child-pornography network, CBC reports. Twenty other people are being asked to appear in court and police say all 90, including a police officer and many teachers, will face charges of accessing images of child [...]

International News June 9

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki was in Iran Sunday meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as the two pledged closer ties while Baghdad is negotiating a long-term security agreement with the U.S., The Los Angeles Times reports. The proposed agreement would allow U.S. troops to stay in Iraq after the United Nations mandate expires at the [...]

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