The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta recently declassified almost 30,000 pages of records from 1964 to 1968, which has helped shed further light on the extent of American knowledge and support of the Indonesian Massacre of 1965-66. The Indonesian massacre was the mass anti-communist killings that resulted in the death of
New rituals are being established in Southern Kenya’s Masaai communities to eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation (FMG). Although FMG has been formally outlawed in Kenya since 2001, a majority of girls from semi-nomadic tribes like the Masaai and Samburu still undergo the traditional treatment. According to Kenya’s Demographic
A recent NASA report confirms September 2017 as the fourth warmest September in the modern temperature record history. In fact, September 2017 was 0.80 degrees Celsius higher than the mean temperature in September between 1951 and 1980. This figure was close to that of the warmest months of September (September
The Zambian government’s large-scale agricultural investment is causing displacement of the rural poor. This agricultural investment is encouraging large commercial farms to lease large areas of land to produce crops for export. This will cause devastation for rural residential land, resulting in forced evictions. The minimal government oversight of the
Environmental NGO, Save the Elephants, has released a research report on the seriousness of ivory trade in Laos recently. According to this report, Laos has become the fastest growing ivory market worldwide. The brutal illegal ivory trade in Southeast and East Asia has involved multiple countries, including Laos, Myanmar, Thailand,
On Tuesday October 17, U.S. state representative Betty Price participated in a legislative committee meeting. Addressing the Georgia Department of Public Health’s HIV epidemiology section, Price asked, “What are we legally able to do?” before stating, “I don’t want to say the quarantine word, but I guess I just said
It has emerged this month that within the previous decade approximately 850 individuals from the U.K. have travelled to Syria or Iraq to lend their support to jihadist groups. Stemming from towns and cities across the U.K., these individuals have found familiarity and sympathy with the mission of these jihadist
An eight year study conducted by over 250 scientists in the BIOACID Project has found that because of the growing carbon dioxide emissions caused by modern industrial society, the oceans are becoming more acidic and will affect all sea life. The study finds that infant sea creatures will be harmed
Prolific investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered in Bidnija, a hamlet in north-central Malta, when a bomb exploded while she was in her car, in an attack that has shocked Malta and drawn condemnation from the European Union and journalists across the globe. Galizia was one of Malta’s most
