April2017

News Hour: The state of Arkansas has executed two prisoners on death row after the US Supreme Court rejected their last-minute appeals. Jack Jones and Marcel Williams were both sentenced to death for rapes and murders...

News Hour: A US submarine has arrived in South Korea, amid worries of another North Korean missile or nuclear test. The missile-armed USS Michigan is set to join an incoming group of warships led by aircraft...

News Hour: People all round the world can and should do more than simply wait for April 24 Each and every one of us who didn’t have a loved one killed or injured at Rana Plaza,...

News Hour: The largest genomic analysis of puberty timing in men and women conducted to date has identified 389 genetic signals associated with puberty timing, four times the number that was previously known. The study, published...

News Hour: After an unusually intense heat wave, downpour or drought, Noah Diffenbaugh and his research group inevitably receive phone calls and emails asking whether human-caused climate change played a role. “The question is being asked...

News Hour: 13 million people will soon receive long-lasting insecticide treated bednets in some of the hardest to reach and conflict-affected regions of Chad. As regional insecurity continues to affect population movements in the country, the...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Xiaohong Yang as new Country Director for Pakistan. Ms. Yang, who assumed office on April 24, 2017, is the first woman to head ADB’s resident mission to...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an $80 million loan for the electrification of 145 kilometers (km) of railway in Uzbekistan, linking the cities of Pap, Namangan, and Andijan. The electrified track is...

News Hour: As the international community convenes for a pledging conference on Yemen tomorrow, the United Nations Development Programme urges strong support from international partners to ease the suffering of the people of Yemen. Even before...

News Hour: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Counselor Thomas H. Staal will travel to Geneva, Switzerland April 24-26. Counselor Staal will lead the U.S. delegation at the High Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Response...