Somerset, NJ CNN — Growing up in a small village in northern Ghana, Osei Boateng saw many of his family members and neighbors struggle to access basic healthcare. In many regions of the country it can take hours to reach the nearest hospital. Boateng said many people lost their lives due to preventable or treatable … Read more
CNN — According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, nearly half a billion children in South Asia are exposed to extremely high temperatures as life-threatening heatwaves fueled by the climate crisis grow stronger and more frequent. In a press release Monday, UNICEF said its analysis of 2020 data showed an estimated 460 million children in … Read more
Hong Kong CNN — China’s top-secret civilian espionage service has set up a public account on a major social media platform to call on “all members of society” to join its fight against espionage, offering rewards and protection for those who provide information. The Ministry of State Security oversees intelligence and counterintelligence both in China … Read more
Johnson & Johnson will have to pay $18.8 million to a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to his baby powder, a jury ruled Tuesday, a setback for the company that has thousands of similar cases of its talc-based products US bankruptcy court. The jury ruled in favor of Emory Hernandez Valadez, … Read more
CNN — When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October and began disrupting the platform, frustrated users didn’t have many viable alternatives. Now there might be too many. More and more services have launched or gained prominence in recent months, targeting users uncomfortable with Musk’s decision to cut Twitter’s staff, overhaul the verification process, restore … Read more
CNN — The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court told CNN on Friday that efforts to bring justice to the Rohingya must be accelerated and the world must not look away from the ongoing crisis. Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan visited Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. for four days this week to hear testimonies from survivors of … Read more
CNN — It’s age-old questions: How much does it take to feel financially secure? How much would you need to feel rich? According to a new Bankrate survey, more than 2,500 US adults said they needed to earn an average of $233,000 a year to feel financially secure and $483,000 a year to feel wealthy … Read more
CNN — Wall Street bankers, investors and economists have been puzzling for months whether a recession is imminent in the US. But for some Americans, the relentless economic pain that typifies a recession has already set in. Al Brown and his fiancée faced a tough question when reviewing their weekly budget in May: Which is … Read more
Hong Kong CNN — He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who sparked global outrage in 2018 when he revealed he had created the first genetically engineered children, has come up with a new proposal for manipulating human embryos that he says could help the “aging population” to help. He, who was sentenced to three years in … Read more
Paris, France CNN — Nearly 500 people have been arrested in France as violent protests erupted in the fourth night over the killing of a 17-year-old who was shot by police. The protests continued into the early hours of Saturday, defying a ban on all “major events” in the country announced the day before. There … Read more