Can President Obama cement his Asian policy legacy this week?
Last week in eight days, President Barack Obama traveled to three countries, China, Myanmar, and Australia, and attended three different summits with many world leaders.
Black doctor dies of Ebola on American soil
Dr. Martin Salia is the second person to die of Ebola in the U.S.
Experimental drug fails to save Ebola doctor from Sierra Leone
One of the promising new drugs being tested against the deadly Ebola virus failed this week to save a surgeon from Sierra Leone, flown in for treatment at a Nebraska hospital.
Kenyan Catholic clerics attack UNICEF's tetanus shot program, seek shutdown
Leaders of Kenya’s Catholic Church are attempting to derail a vaccination campaign that would protect 2.5 million, women from a life-threatening nerve disease.
President Mugabe visits NYC
A follow-up forum conducted earlier this month by the December 12th Movement at Harlem’s UCLA—the University on the Corner of Lenox Avenue—discussed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s visit to New York City a couple months ago, where he addressed the 69th ...
Holder’s last session with Caricom
Outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was scheduled to meet with his colleagues from the Caribbean trade bloc in idyllic Barbados Wednesday of this week to discuss security and other issues, officials said.
Expulsion of ANC's union partner creates uproar
The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa, or Numsa, a major partner of the African National Congress with more than 350,000 members, was expelled in a late-night session of members of the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions, ...
Doping shadow falls on popular Kenyan running star
A defiant Rita Jeptoo is rejecting claims by her estranged husband that she enhanced her spectacular winning running times in the Boston and Chicago marathons with a blood booster.
Suicide bomber dressed as student kills 48 at all-boys public school
As Americans honored their veterans in a national day of parades and ceremony, Nigerians were grieving over a war with terrorists, who are now slaughtering children with suicide bombs.
The Rev. Myles Munroe dies in horrific plane crash
A jet plane carrying the Rev. Myles Munroe and his wife, Ruth, crashed in the Bahamas Sunday, killing everyone on board.
LIBERIAN WOMEN SAY ‘NO’ TO EBOLA MADNESS WITH VIDEOS ON TWITTER
"I am a Liberian, not a virus.” That’s the loud and clear message of a campaign launched online by a group of Liberian women who refuse to be shamed by thoughtless outbreaks of rejection and cruelty that link African people ...
Rebel leader reveals fate of Nigeria's Chibok girls
Hopes kindled by Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan of a deal struck with the Boko Haram terror group for the release of some 200 girl students were dashed last week by a video just released by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Sheka
New Yorkers come out to hear Cuban ambassador at John Jay College
Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations, Rodolfo Reyes, was the keynote speaker at an Oct. 25 program that examined “U.S. – Cuba Relations and the Case of the Cuban Five,” at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
International News 10/30-11/5
IN THE LAND OF DIAMONDS, BOTSWANA’S RULING PARTY’S SPARKLE DIMS
Afro-Peruvian ‘cajon’ to be internationally recognized
The country of Peru has slowly come to recognize a treasure in its midst.
