The government of Papua New Guinea is under fire for its lack of attention to a tuberculosis epidemic. The deadly disease affects one in 250 citizens and spreading. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) says PNG is in the top ten for countries most affected by tuberculosis. Specifically, the Western Province’s capital city of Daru has been declared a… Read more »
The Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically-edited babies defended the highly controversial procedure Wednesday, but announced a halt to the trial following an international outcry. He Jiankui told a packed Hong Kong biomedical conference he was “proud” to have successfully altered the DNA of twin girls born to an HIV-positive father, an apparent medical breakthrough. But details of… Read more »
Concerns are growing about the spread of tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where more than one in 250 people are believed to have been infected by the disease. Providing treatment for the curable bacterial infection that most often affects the lungs, also known as TB, is especially hard in rural PNG, where access and transport to medical facilities is a major… Read more »
US President Donald Trump has said he expected to raise punitive tariff rates on hundreds of billions in Chinese imports as early as January 1, 2019. Just days before a planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump also vowed to put tariffs on all remaining imports from China if the two sides failed to reach a deal, according to The Wall Street Journal. Trump… Read more »
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the testing of a “newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon”, Pyongyang’s state media reported Friday, in a move that will raise the temperature over denuclearisation talks. It marked the first official report of a weapons test by North Korea since it began a delicate diplomatic process with Washington over its nuclear and missile programme. “Kim Jong Un…… Read more »
With all the tension in the South China Sea over the past decade, China and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) have been working together to come up with a peaceful solution to the controversy over the disputed area. Despite its name, the South China Sea belongs to several Southeast Asian countries, not just China. Together, ASEAN and China have… Read more »
Code of conduct’ has been under discussion since at least 2002, as China builds structures on disputed outcrops at sea.
WASHINGTON: China is no longer in a position to supersede America as the top global economic power, US President Donald Trump has said, attributing it to the policies initiated by him.
US think-tank names at least 13 secret bases, raising doubts over Donald Trump’s signature foreign policy initiative.
A man stabbed three people in the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday, killing one, before being shot and wounded by police, who said the attack is being investigated as an act of terrorism.