October2017

News Hour: A Eurosceptic Tory MP has been accused of compiling a “hit list” of university professors who teach Brexit courses. Downing Street has distanced itself from government whip Chris Heaton-Harris, who wrote to universities asking...

News Hour: Myanmar on Tuesday agreed to take back the Rohingya people, forced out of their homes in its Rakhine state and pushed into Bangladesh, state-run BSS news agency reports. It says Myanmar would also implement...

News Hour: Michelin said on Monday it will release the 2018 edition of its restaurant guide to the San Francisco area on Friday after postponing it following wildfires that killed more than 40 people and charred...

News Hour: At dusk, when the worst of the Caribbean heat has subsided, parks around Cuba fill with families video chatting with loved ones abroad or scrolling through social media, their animated faces lit by telephone...

News Hour: Sierra Leone hopes to raise millions of dollars for development projects by auctioning a huge uncut diamond, believed to be one of the world’s largest, in New York in December. It will be the...

News Hour:  It is 100 years on Wednesday, using Russia’s old calendar, since Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace in what is now St Petersburg and took power. Not a lot has changed. Well, not in...

News Hour: This Halloween, expect to open the door to more pink pussyhats and fewer princesses. Months after the historic women’s march on Washington and in the midst of the “#MeToo” sexual harassment outcry, Halloween 2017...

News Hour On 19 October 2017, the Government of Zimbabwe held the inaugural meeting of its Sector Policy Review Committee, which comprises representatives of ministries with migration mandates, and provides oversight and strategic direction to the...

News Hour During the opening session of the pledging conference held today, Dr Muhammad Musa Executive Director of BRAC, offered insights into the plight of the forcefully displaced Myanmar nationals in front of ministerial level representatives...

News Hour Tiger Woods displayed progress Monday in his latest back surgery comeback bid, the 14-time major champion posting a video of himself on Twitter hitting a “stinger” shot with a long iron. Former world number...