By Martin Banks UN human rights experts have voiced fresh concerns about what they call the “continued exploitation, deception, and deepening debt bondage” of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia. “We are deeply troubled that fraudulent recruitment and the exploitation of migrants remain widespread and systematic in Malaysia,” the experts said.
By Martin Banks Each year brings with it 58,000 new cases of cervical cancer in Europe and 27,000 deaths from the disease – all the result of the human papillomavirus (HPV).
1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope on the first voyage from Europe to reach India 1926: Imperial Conference ends, granting autonomy within the British Commonwealth 1935: Flying boat “China Clipper” takes off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight 1963: US President […]
By Martin Banks A congress was told the average farmer in Europe is 57 years old, and only 12 percent are under 40 and this is “becoming critical.”
By Martin Banks Relais & Châteaux has welcomed 14 new members to its association, including one in Luxembourg.
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias visited Stanford University as part of a trip focused on military modernization and technological cooperation.
164 BC: Judas Maccabeus recaptures Jerusalem and rededicates the Second Temple during the Maccabean Revolt, commemorated since as the Jewish festival of Hanukkah 1906: China prohibits the opium trade 1970: General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following a military coup known as the Corrective Revolution 1971: Battle of Garibpur: Indian troops aided by […]
Senior Pentagon officials have arrived in Ukraine to “discuss efforts to end the war” with Russia, the US military has said. The team, led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday when he returns from a trip to Turkey. Reports began surfacing on Wednesday […]
Some of the estimated 20 trillion cubic feet of natural gas discovered in waters off Cyprus could reach European markets as soon as 2027, the Cypriot president said Wednesday, as Europe looks for more ways to wean itself off Russian energy.
A sharp public response from the Chinese Embassy in Athens has underscored intensifying strategic competition between Washington and Beijing over major Greek infrastructure, with the port of Piraeus at the center of the dispute. The reaction followed comments by US Ambassador Kimberly Gilfoyle, who urged that the port be sold to reduce Chinese influence in […]
