Syria Cease-fire Poses New International Challenges The cease-fire in Syria largely took hold last Thursday, but only briefly. Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have resumed some shelling of opposition strongholds, and the governments tanks a...
New World Bank Chief to Face Many Challenges President Obama has nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to be the next World Bank president. Since 1944, an American citizen has always led the institution. But with the growing strength of...
Economists Say Steep Challenges Await Next Administration Under my administration, America is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years, said Obama. Since the president [Obama] has been president, the cost of gasoline has doub...
Residents of Nairobi Slums Face Daily Water Challenges When the water tap threatens to run dry in this Nairobi slum, tensions rise. Women, waiting for their turn to fill their 20-liter containers of water, fight as they fear not being able to fill he...
Arab World Faces Serious Poverty, Food Security Challenges A new report says Arab countries face a serious food security challenge and that poverty rates are much higher than official numbers suggest. It blames the situation on vulnerability to volat...
Illinois Nightclub Caters to Mentally Challenged We in America no longer lock away people with mental illness or intellectual disabilities as routinely as we once did, unless their impairments are profound or theyre considered a danger to themselves...
Maternal Health Poses Another Major Challenge for Somalia Two decades of civil war in Somalia have made the country one of the most dangerous places in the world for a woman to give birth. The World Health Organization says Somalia has one of the hig...
2011 Saw Challenges of Hunger and Poverty The Worldwatch Institute said in 2011 far too many people were living with less than they needed. It says, for example, nearly one billion people were hungry and just as many were illiterate. Worldwatch Insti...