June2017

News Hour: At midnight on Friday, India will introduce nationwide goods and services tax with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking centre-stage in parliament for what will be the country’s biggest tax reform in the 70 years...

News Hour: Sex workers in India often give birth in their brothels then ignore the health needs of their growing children for fear of meeting prejudice in the medical system, new research shows. The study interviewed...

News Hour: Many cognitive processes, such as decision-making, take place within seconds or minutes. Neuroscientists have longed to capture neuron activity during such tasks, but that dream has remained elusive — until now. A team of...

News Hour: Young Palestinian Faris Abu-Mayyaleh will soon find out how he did in his final high school exams, in which he answered questions about Israel’s founding fathers and the history of Zionism. Faris, 18, chose...

News Hour: Summits of world leaders are usually highly choreographed affairs that leave little to chance. They are held in locations that are easily shielded from demonstrators. And policy differences are papered over by envoys behind...

News Hour: Drawing inspiration from Ukraine’s 2013-14 revolt, Venezuela’s young protesters are donning Viking-like shields in battles with security forces and eagerly watching a film on the Kiev uprising. Foes of Venezuelan socialist President Nicolas Maduro...

News Hour: The Syrian government said a U.S. warning this week to Damascus not to carry out a new chemical weapons strike were baseless and a ploy to justify a new attack on the country, state...

News Hour: Three Bangladeshi nationals were killed and several injured in a road accident as two cars collided on Abdali-Jahra road in Kuwait on Monday afternoon (June 26). The deceased were identified as car driver Alauddin,...

News Hour: Claudio Bravo was Chile’s hero on Wednesday as they beat Portugal 3-0 in a penalty shoot-out in the Confederations Cup semi-finals. The Manchester City goalkeeper saved all three penalties from Portugal’s Ricardo Quaresma, Joao...

News Hour: The Jatiya Sangsad (JS/national legislative assembly) on Thursday passed the national budget for fiscal 2017-2018 (FY). The budget, according to BSS, is aimed “to accelerate the pace of development and achieve a higher growth...