With the Diphtheria, a fatal respiratory disease, spreading rapidly through Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh it truly gives the rest of the world insight into just how unsanitary these refugee camps are. With over 600,000 refugees in Bangladesh the outbreak threatens to turn into an all out epidemic; making matters worse is that approximately half of the refugees in Bangladesh… Read more »
BEIJING — A Chinese university has fired a well-known professor over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, a significant step for China’s fledgling #MeToo movement. Beihang University announced late Thursday that an investigation found Professor Chen Xiaowu “did sexually harass female students” and would lose his post as vice president of the university’s graduate school. His teaching certificate has also been… Read more »
Part of an oil tanker that has been ablaze for days off the coast of Shanghai exploded Wednesday, forcing rescue boats searching for 31 missing sailors to retreat, Chinese authorities said. The Panama-registered tanker, Sanchi, was carrying 136,000 tons — around 1 million barrels — of oil from Iran to South Korea when it collided with the Hong Kong-registered CF… Read more »
UKHIA, Bangladesh (AFP) – In a makeshift bamboo clinic, small children struggle to draw breath through surgical masks, victims of a forgotten but deadly disease that has torn through the teeming Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. Diphtheria had been all but eradicated in Bangladesh until last year, when more than 650,000 Rohingya poured across the border fleeing a bloody military… Read more »