Former U.S. President Barack Obama gesture as he attends the "values-based leadership" during a plenary session of the Gathering of Rising Leaders in the Asia Pacific, organized by the Obama Foundation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. less Former U.S. President Barack Obama gesture as he attends the "values-based leadership" during a plenary session of the Gathering of Rising Leaders in the Asia Pacific, organized by the Obama Foundation in Kuala ... more Photo: Vincent Thian, AP Photo: Vincent Thian, AP Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Image 1 of 5 Former U.S. President Barack Obama gesture as he attends the "values-based leadership" during a plenary session of the Gathering of Rising Leaders in the Asia Pacific, organized by the Obama Foundation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, … [Read more...] about Obama says Paris climate deal is still the way forward
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Tramadol is an odd, unpredictable opioid, scientists say
In this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, photo, recovering drug addicts eat a meal at a de-addiction center in Kapurthala, in the northern Indian state of Punjab. India has twice the global average of illicit opiate consumption. Researchers estimate 4 million Indians use heroin or other opioids, and a quarter of them live in the Punjab, India’s agricultural heartland bordering Pakistan, where some of the most vulnerable are driven to drugs out of desperation. less In this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, photo, recovering drug addicts eat a meal at a de-addiction center in Kapurthala, in the northern Indian state of Punjab. India has twice the global average of illicit opiate ... more Photo: Channi Anand, AP Photo: Channi Anand, AP Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close Image 1 of 17 In this Thursday, Oct. 31, … [Read more...] about Tramadol is an odd, unpredictable opioid, scientists say
Pound jumps on expected Tory win; trade talk lifts shares
A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Shares likewise jumped Friday in Asia following fresh all-time highs overnight on Wall Street spurred by optimism that the U.S. and China are close to reaching a deal to end their costly trade war. less A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Shares likewise jumped Friday in Asia following fresh all-time highs overnight on ... more Photo: Eugene Hoshiko, AP Photo: Eugene Hoshiko, AP Image 1 of / 7 Caption Close Image 1 of 7 A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Shares likewise jumped … [Read more...] about Pound jumps on expected Tory win; trade talk lifts shares
Chinese foreign minister calls U.S. the ‘troublemaker of the world’
BEIJING - China's foreign minister Friday called the United States the "troublemaker of the world" and threatened to "sever the black hands" supporting protests in Hong Kong, in strident language that was markedly at odds with rosy trade talk from Washington. Just hours after White House officials said that President Donald Trump had approved a proposed U.S.-China trade deal, China's top diplomat took to a stage in Beijing to say that the United States needed to "calm down" and step back from confrontation. Washington had "launched deliberate attacks and defamation" against China over its "territorial sovereignty, national dignity and core interests," Wang Yi told a diplomatic conference in Beijing, to an extent that the United States appeared "almost paranoid." He was referring particularly to U.S. support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and condemnation of China's detention of more than 1 million Muslims in political reeducation camps. Beijing has repeatedly accused … [Read more...] about Chinese foreign minister calls U.S. the ‘troublemaker of the world’
Investigative Journalist Pays the Price for Expose in India
For much of the 20th century, India's government wielded great power over journalists. Most media were state controlled, foreign media were blocked, and freedom of the press was curtailed. In the late 1990s, however, as India began to modernize, journalism flourished. Controls were lifted, and TV news networks multiplied.Rana Ayyub, it was a blossoming of press freedom – and one that she worries will not last. During a recent trip to Washington, Ayyub talked about the decline of press freedom in India, which journalism rights organization Reporters Without Borders now ranks as 140th out of 182 countries. India has drifted down in the rankings since Modi took power on a wave nationalism by the Hindu majority. Ayyub told VOA that she has been victimized for her work, and that conditions for female journalists in India have become particularly difficult. “There is a good deal of self-censorship in the Indian media right now because [journalists] are being targeted and they're … [Read more...] about Investigative Journalist Pays the Price for Expose in India
