Destinations of the week
The 13 cheapest holiday destinations in the world for couples By Alison Millington From Business Insider The Post Office Holiday Money Report has revealed the cheapest holiday hotspots in the world in 2018 that make for the perfect holiday for…
World Social Protection Report 2017-2019 – ILO: 4 billion people worldwide are left without social protection
GENEVA (ILO News) – Despite significant progress in the extension of social protection in many parts of the world, the human right to social security is not yet a reality for a majority of the world’s population, says a new…
Strategic Airlift Capability conducts humanitarian relief efforts in the Caribbean
PÁPA, Hungary – The Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) launched a humanitarian relief mission to the Caribbean in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. The Strategic Airlift Capability launched the Emergency Response Mission following a request from…
Filming starts on Season Five of Max Prime’s Strike Back
Shot on location in Jordan and Hungary, the new season welcomes a new cast. MIAMI, Fla. – April 27, 2017 – Principal photography has begun on the ten-episode fifth season of MAX PRIME’s action-packed drama series, Strike Back. Shot on…
Austria’s migrant disaster: Why did 71 die?
By Bethany Bell & Nick Thorpe From BBC News No-one will ever know exactly where the 71 refugees and migrants from Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan died. The grisly discovery of their bodies in the back of a lorry on an…
Gingrich to GOP: If you can’t vote Trump ‘Don’t go to the convention’
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax Newt Gingrich bluntly warns GOP delegates that if they can’t support presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, “don’t go to the convention.” During an 11-minute video Wednesday on Facebook, the former GOP House Speaker scolded fractious…
This award-winning photo perfectly sums up the ongoing refugee crisis
By Jeremy Bender From Business Insider The challenges of the past year, and their potential impact, was perfectly summarized in a single photo from Warren Richardson, who won the World Press Photo of the Year 2015 and also the first prize…
F3 Capital raises concerns on Vantage’s tactics to keep secrets in US bankruptcy proceedings
HONG KONG, Jan. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The Chapter 11 reorganization plan of Offshore Group Investment Limited (“OGIL”), its parent being Vantage Drilling Company (“Vantage”), was confirmed on January 14, 2016 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware. Hours…
Acts of loving kindness & profound cruelty
By Warren J. Blumenfeld From Huffington Post As opposing meteorological conditions when colder and hotter weather fronts collide to incite severe and dangerous storms at point of impact, loud claps of thunder and high voltage lightning bolts split my heart…
Hungarian camerawoman fired after intentionally kicking, tripping refugees
By Megan Specia From Mashable A Hungarian camerawoman was fired Tuesday after shocking footage emerged of her intentionally tripping refugees fleeing police near the country’s border as she covered the crisis for a local news outlet. The incident took place…