July2017

News Hour: World-renowned indigenous singer Gurrumul has died after a “long battle with illness” aged 46, his management said Wednesday, as Australians hailed his contributions to music. Born blind, the reluctant star never gave any interviews...

News Hour: Electronics manufacturer Foxconn will announce plans to build a multi-billion dollar flat panel screen plant in Wisconsin at a White House event later on Wednesday, a source briefed on the matter said. A White...

News Hour: Facebook Inc will provide initial funding for a nonprofit organization that aims to help protect political parties, voting systems and information providers from hackers and propaganda attacks, the world’s largest social network said on...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Cantilan Bank, in partnership with Oradian, have launched a pilot project on cloud-based core banking technology in the southern Philippines. Backed by a $150,000 ADB grant, Cantilan Bank...

News Hour: Transparency International (TI), Nepal has urged the government to immediately address the demands put forward by Dr Govinda KC. Dr KC, a professor at the Institute of Medicine, has demanded the government bring Medical...

The world has made great strides in reducing the impact of HIV, and AIDS-related deaths are on the decline in every age group – except among adolescents. New UNAIDS estimates show that young people continue to...

News Hour: After an extensive global search led by the WorldFish Board of Trustees, WorldFish is pleased to announce Dr. Gareth Johnstone as the next Director General of WorldFish. Dr. Johnstone, formerly the Country Director of...

News Hour: MIT and Harvard Medical School researchers have devised a way to image biopsy samples with much higher resolution — an advance that could help doctors develop more accurate and inexpensive diagnostic tests. For more...

News Hour: Children on the move into Europe from Africa take the decision to leave home on their own and do not initially intend to go to Europe. For the majority the systematic trauma and abuse...

News Hour: Oil prices rose to near eight-week highs on Wednesday, as a fall in U.S. inventories bolstered expectations that the long-oversupplied market was moving toward balance. Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose 40 cents to $50.60...