July 12, 2016

Hisense Debuts World’s First 4k Wide-angle Laser Television In Paris

Recreating cost advantages that make it possible to have a large screen TV in every home PARIS, July 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — “The world is looking at me.” On the eve of the UEFA Euro 2016 Final, an event that has attracted much attention worldwide, its sponsor Hisense, China’s largest TV manufacturer in

Shaky S. Sudan Truce Holds as Juba Residents Find Looted Markets

A fragile cease-fire called by rival leaders appeared to hold Tuesday in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, after four days of artillery and small-arms fire that left hundreds dead and displaced thousands of others.The truce, called by President Salva Kiir a…

WHO, Other Groups Seek to Reduce Violence Against Kids

The World Health Organization and nine other organizations Tuesday launched a package of measures that they said could dramatically reduce violence against children. A new partnership and fund will promote these strategies in an effort to make reducing…

Nobel Winner Malala Promotes Education at Kenya Refugee Camp

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai visited the world’s largest refugee camp on her 19th birthday Tuesday and voiced concern that Kenya’s plans to close it could create “a generation lost.”The government announced in May that it plans to close the camp in…

Anti-Mugabe Protesters to Face ‘Full Wrath’ of Zimbabwe Law

Zimbabwe’s government warned protesters on Tuesday they would face the “full wrath of the law” if they heeded a call by a detained preacher to continue with the biggest demonstrations in a decade against President Robert Mugabe.Baptist minister Evan Ma…

Human Trafficking consultative workshop takes centre stage in Cape

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) Western Cape Regional Office will host a Consultative Workshop on Trafficking in Persons on Thursday, 14 July 2016 at the Fire and Ice Protea Hotel in Cape Town.

The workshop will be attended by representatives from the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster

Activists: HIV Treatment Lagging in West Africa

The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is relatively low in West Africa compared to the rest of Africa, but treatment rates there are equally low, say activists and health care workers. In Ivory Coast, about two-thirds of people living with HIV/AIDS are not on ant…

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