• Cina Giappone Pakistan

    Pakistan commissions China-assisted fourth nuke plant

    Pakistan’s fourth nuclear power plant was inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday, with the leader inviting further Chinese investment in power generation. The plant, known as Chashma-3, or C-3, has been build with Chinese assistance at Chashma in the Mianwali district of southern Pakistan, where two similar plants ...

  • Giappone

    Takata may settle U.S. criminal probe before Trump takes office: sources

    Takata is close to settling a U.S. criminal probe into the exploding airbag scandal, two sources said Wednesday. The Japanese auto parts supplier could reach a final agreement with the Department of Justice before President-elect Donald Trump assumes office Jan. 20, the sources told AFP, broadly confirming a report in ...

  • Brasile USA

    Brazil Announces R$755 Million in Investments to Combat Drought

    By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – President of Brazil, Michel Temer, announced on Tuesday in the Northeastern city of Maceio, that the federal government would disburse over R$755 million to fifteen Brazilian states to help residents cope with the chronic drought. “We have many projects for ...

  • Belgio

    "Vous êtes complètement fou!", "Je vous envoie à la prison de ...

    Anne Gruwez, 23 ans de métier, était de service le 21 décembre à Bruxelles. Nous l’avons suivie pendant sa garde. Depuis l’extension de la loi Salduz, les auditions devant le juge se font sous le contrôle d’un avocat.

  • Cuba

    Cuba passes law to prevent Fidel Castro personality cult

    Cuba’s parliament has passed a law that no streets or parks will be named after late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in accordance with his final wish to prevent a personality cult. “The law, passed on Wednesday also forbids any monuments to “El Comandante,” who died in November, and titles, decorations, ...

  • India

    Man, 22, abandons wife, marries mother in-law

    A 22-year-old man has abandoned his wife and married Asha Devi, who happens to be her his mother in-law. Matho Suraj was said to have abandoned his 19-year-old wife, Latila, for the mother after she paid them a visit when he was unwell. According to India Times, Asha left her ...

  • Myanmar

    Myanmar to jail men for failing to marry women they impregnate

    Myanmar’s government is drafting a law that could see men jailed for up to seven years for getting a woman pregnant but not marrying her, a senior official said on Wednesday. The provision is part of tough new legislation designed to strengthen women’s rights as the country opens up after ...

  • USA

    President Bouteflika signs Finance Act 2017

    ALGIERS- President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika has signed Wednesday in Algiers the Finance Act 2017. The Head of State inked the Finance Act 2017 at the Presidency of the Republic, in presence of top state officials and members of the Government. Based on a reference price of US$50 ...

  • Yemen

    With over 600 health facilities non-functioning, Yemenis' physical and mental health is jeopardized

    Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Country: YemenIn addition to war-related injuries, MSF treats large numbers of patients for acute post-violence stress syndrome reporting generalized symptoms related to the physical and mental trauma.December 27, 2016 Eighteen months of brutal conflict have plunged Yemen into a full-blown humanitarian emergency. After a short ebb in fighting ...

  • USA

    Mosul residents face battle for survival

    Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: IraqWhile many residents have fled an ongoing battle to retake Iraq’s second city, thousands of families in Mosul struggle to find food, water and protection.While many residents have fled an ongoing battle to retake Iraq’s second city, thousands of families in Mosul struggle to ...