June2016

News Hour: At least five people were killed in multiple suicide bombings on Monday in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria, officials said. At least four suicide blasts hit the predominantly Christian village of Al-Qaa,...

News Hour: “This was my dream eight years ago: that all the people and organisations working towards the prevention and care of diabetes could come together and join forces in trying to solve the growing burden...

News Hour: The peoples of the Pacific have the world’s highest rates of obesity and diabetes, exceeding 30% of the adult population in some islands states. This week, government, health and development authorities met in the...

News Hour: Hundreds of thousands of people from New York to San Francisco marched on Sunday to celebrate gay pride, honor those killed in the Florida gay nightclub massacre, and promote tolerance, reports BSS. Democratic presidential...

News Hour: Australia’s ruling party on Monday used the Brexit vote to warn against voting for Labor in upcoming elections as a poll showed the Liberals ahead for the first time in a drawn-out campaign, reports...

News Hour: A Singapore Airlines plane caught fire on Monday while making an emergency landing at Changi Airport after turning back from a flight to Milan following an engine oil warning message, the carrier said, reports...

News Hour: Two head-to-head polls released Sunday showed a resurgent Hillary Clinton taking a lead in the US presidential race, after a tumultuous month for Donald Trump, who has failed to rally confidence among voters or...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution from the Government of Sweden to support the WFP-operated United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in Sudan. This contribution from Sweden, of SEK...

News Hour: AIIB President Jin Liqun and Chinese Vice Minister of Finance Shi Yaobin signed a Contribution Agreement today in Beijing on China’s $50 million contribution to the newly established AIIB Project Preparation Special Fund (the...

News Hour: Members of the nomadic Orang Rimba tribe in Indonesia have been attacked and their possessions burned as part of an eviction from a palm oil plantation on their ancestral land. The Orang Rimba are...