In addition to some of the biggest corporations committing billions in investments in Africa, native African and popular artist Akon is doing his part to help the continent continue on its path to development.
Argentina defaulted on its debts last week, and a U.S. federal court prevented Argentina from making debt payments on restructured debts until paying off $1.5 billion to hedge funds. Still, life in the country is continuing as usual.
On Saturday, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. proclaimed a State of Emergency and called for the mobilization of the National Guard to the northern area of the state as wildfires continue to ravage the region.
After attempting to make a restructuring payment in June, a US judge blocked Argentina and said it had to pay billions to hedge funds that it owed before it could make the payment. Argentina said it could not and therefore ended up defaulting on the debt. But the country says the U.S. tricked it into defaulting.
A veteran employee of an Indianapolis Taco Bell was fired after a superior approached her and told her not to hire Latino employees. She continued to do so anyone and was sacked two weeks later.
Blame for the conflict between Israel and Palestine over Gaza is mostly placed on Hamas, according to a Pew Research Center poll, but the youngest age group polled had a higher number blaming Israel.
Farah Baker was first found for her live-tweeting, videos and images of the bombings near her home in Gaza. She has now been interviewed a few times and her posts continue to grow in popularity, as does her Twitter handle.
current users of the BBM app will notice it is a signature look of Blackberry, but that is about to change as the company has seen a strong reception of the app (released Oct 2013) and released a Windows native app. iOS and Android to follow.
The list of employers who are abusing employees' rights grows with 109 added to the government blacklist which prevents those employers from borrowing money until they improve conditions. A majority of the workers were urbanites last year, but this year the targeted companies were rural.
Instead of opting for a long-term support option in the form of a bailout, the country of Ghana is choosing a temporary option to boost the strength of its currency, the cedi, which has been inflating nonstop since being redenominated in 2007
Most recent reports state 30 dead out of the more than 150 who were buried by a landslide at the foot of hills in a remote village in western India Wednesday.
