Intercontinental News

We have all heard this cliche before, 'in some parts of the world, there is still no clean water, no electricity, ... and the rules of society are still uncivilized'; at the threshold of 2015, unfortunately, this till holds true in certain areas, many of the referent locations closer to admired and renown industrial centers and cities than some care or don't care to admit to.
   
    An era might be arriving where technology has advanced beyond electricity, using fiber optics replacing phone l...
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...and of course in the theme of the South African news article, is parents around the world may benefit from advisories spread from many sources apt these days, to be appropriately vigilant and cautious, in consideration of the 'technological tool' in easy to carry smartphones and other picture taking and recording devices that are out there now, which could be used in ways not admirable.

Appropriately vigilant, is appropriate, to set here, as there have been reports of parents taking constru...
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See story at http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/11/26/panamanian-diplomat-killed-in-belize-suspect-detained/

Belize sits northeast of Guatemala on the same land mass of Mexico, and west across the water from Cuba.

Panama, where the diplomat in Mr. De La Rosa represented, is at the very southernmost area of the strip of land in Central America adjacent and northwestern of Colombia.


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Virus and Mass Infant Deaths Internationally

Infographic and Outline

originally published October 24, 2014

Outline:

• Ebola
• Outbreaks in Africa
• Guinea (noted December 2013)
• Sierra Leone
• Liberia – April 2014 cases confirmed
• Nigeria – case confirmed about last week of July 2014
• Nigeria—officially declared free of Ebola virus transmission as of October 20th 2014, by World Health Organization (WHO) per CDC.gov
• Senegal declared free of Ebola virus transmission as of October 20th 2014
• Mali – a case
• Post...

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originally published July 26, 2014

Sudden Resurgence of Passenger Airline Crashes?

There have been numerous media analyses of three major crashes involving passenger airplanes in recent weeks.  2014 has seen relatively few passenger airplane crashes, which shows a positive progress in the area of airline safety.  Albeit, a marked upward incline in the number of airplanes carrying many persons that have crashed, namely Flights Malaysian MH17 into the Ukraine region, Air Algerie into Mali, ...

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originally published July 21, 2014

World Bank Launches New Program: The Trade Facilitation Support Program

Reference July 17, 2014 World Bank press release, monetary resources will become accessible for the purpose of reform programs that will lead to the betterment of economically related aspects.

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