Food, nay tobacco, for thought
by Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service) (CNS): The curtain is finally down on the World No Tobacco Day 2017 and we are back to business as usual. There was a flurry of [...]
International
Man dies after swimming with new tattoo
By Ben Tinker, CNN June 3, 2017 A 31-year-old Texas man got a tattoo on his right leg, according to a case study in the journal BMJ, and went swimming in the Gulf of [...]
US now asks visa applicants for social media history
By BBC June 3, 2017 Visa applicants to the US may be asked for social media usernames, email addresses and phone numbers. * Photo credit: Getty Images The Trump [...]
629,000 Overstayed U.S. Visas Last Year, Homeland Security Says
By RON NIXONMAY 22, 2017 Travelers at a security checkpoint in Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington.CreditSaul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images [...]
Philippines’ Duterte under fire for second rape joke
The president was speaking to soldiers at a military camp The president of the Philippines has come under fire for joking about rape in a speech to soldiers. While [...]
British Airways cancels Saturday flights from Heathrow, Gatwick after IT outag
IT failure affects flight operations worldwide By: RAY SANCHEZ LONDON (CNN) – British Airways canceled all Saturday flights from London’s two [...]
Interpol red notice issued for former Panama president
Published on May 25, 2017 Ricardo Martinelli By Kenneth Rijock MIAMI, USA — Multiple reports from Panama, including case numbers, confirm that an Interpol [...]
Chinese Government Using Interpol to Enforce Political Purges
Beijing is happy to take advantage of an international red notice system that is notoriously easy to abuse — and is now overseen by a former Chinese official. By [...]
`With Three Weeks to Go, WHO Director General Candidate, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Forges Ahead’
On May 23rd this year, the World Health Organization (WHO), the world’s premier international public health agency, will elect a new Director-General to lead the [...]
US murders concentrated in 5 percent of counties
Perry Chiaramonte, The majority of murders in the U.S. occur in only a small percentage of counties across the country. The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) said in a [...]
