Employment-related gender gaps greater than previously thought, ILO report finds
GENEVA – Gender imbalances in access to employment and working conditions are greater than previously thought and progress in reducing them has been disappointingly...
Agenda Announcement of the 4th International Health and Wellness Tourism Congress
The meeting has become the main health tourism event in Central America and the Caribbean, and a proper setting to generate synergies, new businesses, and...
European Commission calls on Turkey to moderate its tone in row with Dutch
The European Commission has reacted to the diplomatic row between the Netherlands and Turkey by calling on Ankara to ‘refrain’ from statements and actions...
Attack in Nice: Many dead as lorry hits crowd
BBC: A lorry has struck a crowd after Bastille Day celebrations in the southern French city of Nice, killing at least 77 people and injuring...
Lady Liberty shown as black woman on U.S. coin for first time
REUTERS: By Laila Kearney
The United States Mint has unveiled a $100 gold coin featuring an African-American woman as the face of Lady Liberty for...
Germanwings airliner 4U 9525 crashes in French Alps
BBC Story
FRANCE, - An Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne, French aviation officials and police have said.
The...
BBC reports: Facebook security breach: Up to 50m accounts attacked
By Dave Lee
North America technology reporter
Facebook has said “almost 50 million” of its users were left exposed by a security flaw.
The company said attackers...
CNN: No survivors expected
(CNN)Latest developments:
• 5:11 p.m. ET: Two Australians were killed in the Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crash in southeastern France, according to Australian media, citing...
CNN: Chinese government admits head of Interpol ‘under investigation’ after disappearance
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Saskya Vandoorne and Ben Westcott, CNN
(CNN) -- The missing head of Interpol, who vanished after returning to his homeland, is under investigation in...
BBC: Iraq violence: IS bombing kills 125 Ramadan shoppers in Baghdad
Source BBC
At least 125 people have been killed and about 150 injured in an explosion claimed by the so-called Islamic State group in Baghdad, Iraqi...
