August2016

News Hour: Sitting beside Rio’s famous Maracanã Stadium is the home of Volleyball for Rio 2016, known as the Maracanãzinho, or “Little Maracanã”. And while the world’s biggest hitters battle it out on the court, there...

News Hour: Visitors to the Olympic games Rio 2016 are able to make purchases in a variety of ways thanks to new payment innovations that have been introduced by worldwide Olympic partner visa. New wearable payment...

News Hour: Sprint queen Elaine Thompson from Jamaica became the first woman since 1988 to take gold in both 100m and 200m. Thompson’s dominant victory emulated the legendary American Florence Griffith Joyner, the last woman to...

News Hour: France fought back from fifth place to win the Team Show Jumping Competition, claiming their first gold in the event since Montreal 1976 and a second equestrian title at Rio 2016. USA team started...

News Hour: UNICEF Australia urges Minister Dutton to seriously consider resettlement options incredible third countries that are equipped to respond to the complex needs of refugees and their families, in the wake of news that an...

News Hour: Davor Stefanek struck gold in the 66kg men’s Greco-Roman event while Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia triumphed in the 98kg category on 16 august. The 66kg final was a battle of the underdogs as all...

News Hour: China continued to show why they are the masters of table tennis on 16 august with a resounding win over Germany to take the women’s team gold. In a 3-0 whitewash (3-0, 3-0, 3-1)...

News Hour: Three world and Olympic records fell and an Olympic champion was deposed on the final night of the Rio 2016 weightlifting tournament on 16 august. Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia took the men’s +105kg gold...

News Hour: Oxfam, CARE, Handicap International, Mercy Corps, Intersos and Save the Children condemn the Saudi-led coalition airstrike today on a hospital supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Abs, in Hajja governorate. The six agencies...

News Hour: The Government of Uganda – Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and World Food Programme (WFP) have appealed to donors to urgently speed contributions to the humanitarian...