China has announced that it will cease the controversial practice of harvesting organs from executed prisoners. China, which harvests over half of all its donated organs from executed prisoners, has set a new deadline for the policy change–the beginning of 2015. Chinese officials have promised to end organ harvesting from prisoners by Jan.1. China “will completely stop” using … Read more
The state of emergency has been declared in Male, the capital of the Maldives island chain, much of which has been deprived of drinking water since Dec. 5 when the city’s sole water and sewage treatment plant burned. “I think the situation is more serious than the government admits” one resident, who requested anonymity, told local news agency Minivan News. … Read more
It was announced in November that the Japanese Central Bank would ramp up its Quantitative Easing Program (QE), bringing its yearly expansion of the money supply up to $682 billion. The end of the United States’ QE program was very well documented, as was the substantial rise in asset prices which were a result of … Read more
Overnight in the Democratic Republic of Congo 36 people were killed with machetes and axes, despite the efforts of the national army and UN peacekeepers to halt the series of massacres attributed to Ugandan rebels. Between Saturday to Sunday in the eastern DRC, deaths attributed to the rebel militants since October rose to over 250. The attacks took place on the … Read more
Buenos Aires – the Chamber of Deputies in Argentina approved with 130 votes in favor – 99 against and 22 abstentions the new Criminal Procedural Code. This new code replaces the old inquisitor system with an accusatory system and establishes a limit of three years for the resolution of legal cases, imposing penalties for judges and prosecutors who exceed that … Read more
Immigration is considered one of the biggest problems in many developed countries around the World. The United Nations estimates that approximately 4.5 percent of the world population are immigrants. The dream of many people who live in third world countries is to move to a developed country, believing that the moment they set foot in this … Read more
Agustin Gómez Pérez, 18, was lit on fire by comrades in an act of civil disobedience against the Congress of Chiapas, which, the anarchist group Frente Ricardo Flores Magon alleged, was responsible for the arrest of a comrade in May. The group is demanding the release of their comrade, one Florentino Gómez Girón, an indigenous leader … Read more
A Tibetan protester died Friday–just two days after being released from prison on “medical parole.” The Tibetan was six years into a 15-year prison term for participating in the 2008 Machu Protest, at which Chinese police opened fire and killed 12 Tibetans. The man is the second Tibetan to die after being released on “medical parole” this year. Tenzin Choedak, who … Read more
Sensitive early care–or the lack thereof–has a significant effect on the relationships of adults, according to new research by scientists at the University of Delaware and the University of Minnesota. The researchers found that early care had long-term implications for relationships with others–including intimate partners–and that the effects were seen across all racial, gender and socioeconomic lines. Sensitive … Read more
Genetically modified foods (GM food or GMOs) have been a source of nutrition and debate for over two decades now in Chile. China introduced a genetically modified tobacco as far back as 1992, and two years later the United States saw the commercialization of the GM species recognized as the slow ripening tomato, known by its patent name: … Read more
Tweet Russia is sending a large convoy of humanitarian aid to Transnistria, the pro-Russian region of Moldova, with the stated intention of helping the region integrate into the Euro-Asian Union, according to news PMR, a Moldovan news outlet. The Russian organization responsible for directing the deliveries met with the leader of the pro-Russian separatist government in … Read more
Barcelona dwellers that regularly come in contact with guidebook-wielding tourists will be aware of a controversial video on YouTube that has been stirring an already explosive debate. “Bye Bye Barcelona” by Journalist Eduardo Chibás is a documentary about the increasing loss of key parts of the city to the tidal wave of tourism that washes … Read more