In a new study it is found teenagers as well as young children are increasingly being poisoned by opioid painkillers which are usually prescribed by other family members. In 2012 there was 165 percent increase in children hospitalization compared to that of 1997. Postdoctoral fellow at Yale School of Public […]

Tanzania and Kenya revived their Joint Commission for Cooperation in a move to improve relations between the two nations. Presidents John Magufuli and Uhuru Kenyatta directed their Foreign Affairs ministers to look into all the issues of the commission and ensure all are met before 2016-end. In recent years the […]

Canada agreed on Monday to be absorbing about 300,000 immigrants by next year in a move to maintain this year’s target amid recommendations from several corners to increase it to help spur economic growth. The country said majority of the immigrants would be selected as economic immigrants and all will […]

In latest crackdown Turkey has sacked more 10,000 civil servants and has shut down fifteen more media outlets suspecting those have links with terrorist organizations and also with the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Earlier Ankara dismissed or suspended over 100,000 people and arrested 37,000 following a failed coup earlier this […]

Russia’s policies in Syria may see a setback. It has been ousted from the United Nations Human Rights Council in a General Assembly vote after losing bid for re-election to council membership by just two votes. UN deputy director for Human Rights Watch, Akshaya Kumar, said even though the atrocities […]

After Belgian region endorsed agreement the European Union is reported to be signing a deal on Sunday with Canada. The path was paved by EU ambassadors in Brussels in a meeting on Friday. All the 28 member states of the bloc need to legally ratify it. European Council President Donald […]