Yearly Archives: 2013
Rights inquiry determines N Korea has case to answer
A long-awaited report by UN rights investigators has revealed starvation and torture is being suffered by inmates of North Korea’s prison camps on an...
50 years on, Cuba and US discuss resuming mail service
Cuba is in talks with the US over the possibility of re-establishing a direct mailing link severed 50 years ago.
The close neighbours fell out...
Jailed for life Islamist leader now to hang
Bangladesh's Supreme Court has increased the life sentence given to a senior Islamist leader, who will now be executed.
Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior official...
Immigration policy damaging to UK economy
The chief executive of the world's largest advertising agency has said that the UK needs skilled immigrants to provide the staff for many different...
NHS must solve A&E problems
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt outlined radical changes to improve care for vulnerable older people and alleviate pressure on A&E.
Alongside specific plans to support NHS...
Changes to immigration rules, effective October 1
Immigration minister Mark Harper has laid a written ministerial statement before Parliament outlining a number of changes to the Immigration Rules.
The changes, which come...
Mobile payments gaining ground in Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the use of mobile payment platform in the country is gaining a lot of ground in...
SA and UK sign agreement to promote collaboration among scientists
South Africa (SA) and the United Kingdom (UK) have signed an agreement to deepen interaction among scientists from both countries, encouraging a much wider...
Perverted family doctor jailed for six years
A South African doctor who sexually assaulted and photographed patients as young as 18 months was jailed for six years by an English court...
Fastjet has record number of travellers in August
Low-cost airline Fastjet plc, has hit another record with the announcement it carried more than 33,000 passengers during August , the highest monthly total...
