July2016

News Hour: Pop star Rihanna has canceled a concert scheduled for Friday in Nice after a gunman in a truck plowed into crowds marking Bastille Day in the southern coastal French city, killing at least 84...

News Hour: IOM has received 2,400 solar lanterns from Panasonic Corporation, a Japanese multinational electronics company. They will be distributed to internally displaced families in Ethiopia, notably in communities affected by El Niño drought. The in-kind...

News Hour: Approximately two-thirds of men, women, boys and girls in countries where female genital mutilation is common say they want the practice to end – according to UNICEF data. In countries with available data, 67...

News Hour: Turkish forces loyal to President Tayyip Erdogan largely crushed an attempted military coup on Saturday after crowds answered his call to take to the streets in support of the government and dozens of rebels...

News Hour: Just as Omni Hotels & Resorts says ‘goodnight’ to millions of guests every year, the luxury hotel brand will now Say Goodnight to Hunger! Beginning last month, for every stay booked directly on the...

News Hour: As announced in April, Whitbread is planning to carry out sale and leaseback transactions this year with proceeds of £100 to £150 million. As part of this, Whitbread announces today it has exchanged agreements...

News Hour: IOM Senegal and its partners, this week, launched a border management training course for police and customs officers in Senegal. The programme will run from 11-22 July. During the training at the Police School...

News Hour: Omni Hotels & Resorts announced today the appointment of Ken Barnes as the new chief information officer for the luxury hotel brand. In this role, he will be responsible for the strategic direction and...

News Hour: Whitbread was named winner of the ASDA Environmental Leadership Award at Business in the Community’s 2016 Annual Responsible Business Gala in London last week. The event at the O2 arena was the culmination of...

News Hour: IOM evacuation operations out of Yemen resumed this week with the voluntary return of 150 Ethiopian vulnerable migrants from Hodeidah, western Yemen, back to Ethiopia via Obock port, Djibouti. The group, which was comprised...