World: World Bank pledges U.S. $2.5 billion for girls’ education
The World Bank in April 2016 pledged U.S. $2.5 billion to educate and empower adolescent girls in low-income...
Kenya: Law makes doping a criminal offense
Kenya passed a law in April 2016 that criminalizes doping by athletes and threatens drug cheats with prison...
Germany: A Training Plan for Refugee Teachers
A German university is launching a program aimed at enabling teachers who fled Syria and other countries to...
Belgium, Netherlands: Peaceful Border Swap
Throughout history, borders have caused unfathomable bloodshed, ageless feuds and decades-old legal disputes, which makes plans for a...
Brazil: Transgenic Mosquito to Join War on Zika Virus
A genetically modified mosquito has helped reduce the proliferation of mosquitoes spreading Zika and other dangerous viruses in...
SIBERIA: Giant virus unearthed
Scientists say they will reanimate a 30,000-year-old giant virus unearthed in the frozen wastelands of Siberia. They warn...
RUSSIA: Drink responsibly
A top Russian official has called upon state-owned arms producers to introduce an ethics code to battle alcohol...
AFRICA: Millions saved from malaria
Rates of death from malaria have plunged by 60 percent in the past 15 years, meaning more than...
Americas: Populating the New World
Native American ancestors reached the New World in a single, initial migration from Siberia almost 23,000 years ago,...
Colombia: Truth or consequences
Colombia’s government plans to carry out lie detector tests on senior civil servants who allocate contracts to private...
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