ZeroAvia Invited to Participate in World Economic Forum
ZeroAvia was one of approximately 100 startups that work with hydrogen energy invited to the Technology Pioneer Day that the World Economic Forum sponsored on June 15, 2021. Representatives from 26 world economies More...
Trump grounds Boening 737 MAX planes in the wake of the Ethiopian disaster which killed 157
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday plans for the Federal Aviation Administration to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 planes immediately. The president said he had spoken to FAA administrator Daniel K. Elwell More...
Ethiopia Police Officer Arrested and Dismissed for Talking about His Faith
(International Christian Concern) –A Christian police officer in Ethiopia was recently arrested, dismissed, and told to move to another part of the country after he was discovered talking about his faith in uniform. More...
Ethiopia: New Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed Ali trying to bring Democracy to Maxist African nation
(International Christian Concern) –Despite positive changes instituted by the new Prime Minister in Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, political and ethnic tensions continue to grow. PM Ahmed believes that democracy More...
Mount Holyoke College’s Dr Ombretta Frau includes Trump in her course on Fascism, Mussolini
An Italian class at Mount Holyoke College that studies fascism with a particular focus on the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini has updated its course content to include President Donald Trump. Dr. Ombretta Frau, More...
Minnesota: filmmakers Carl Larsen, Angel Larsen appeal gay marriage rules, forcing Telescope Media Group to film gay wedding
A pair of St. Cloud filmmakers on Friday appealed a court order from last month that dismissed their lawsuit challenging a state law that allows Minnesota officials to control the stories they tell. The law More...
Ruth Debesay discusses Christian persecution in Eritrea, death of Fikadu Debesay and oppression of believers
World Watch Monitor sat down with Ruth Debesay a week ago, a month after the news broke about the death of Fikadu Debesay, a prisoner who perished in the same camp as Ruth’s spouse, who is being detained More...
Hand Grenade Explosion At Grand Anwar Mosque In Ethiopia
As reported by Stratfor, a hand grenade had been thrown into the Grand Anwar Mosque in the capital of Ethiopia, and as a result, 6 people got injured. Authorities had stated that the explosion took place right after More...
New ISIS video promises spread of caliphate, murder of more Christians
In a video showing the execution of 28 Ethiopian Christians, the Sunni terrorist group, Islamic State, says persecution of Christians is fundamental to Islam and warns those who refuse Islam — you will be More...
Six arrested in Minnesota, California for links to ISIS, traveling with Hamza Ahmed
Six men were arrested in Minnesota and California on suspicions they tried to travel to Syria to fight with ISIS. Authorities released their names and more details today. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office More...
Beyoncé donates $125K to help get baby warmers to women in Africa
Beyoncé announced a $125,000 donation to Embrace Innovations, Jane Chen’s organization that designed and distributes her infant warmer, a low-cost alternative to the incubator that looks like a tiny sleeping More...
WHO committee: Polio spread an ‘extraordinary event’ and a public health risk to other States
World Health Organization Director, Dr. Margaret Chan, upon the advice from an Emergency Committee of independent experts, declared recent international spread of wild poliovirus a “public health emergency of More...
Eleven students in Ethiopia killed in protest with police
Eleven known university students were killed in Ethiopian protests with police. The protests began on April 28 and continue to occur on at least least four college campuses. According to the AP, the Oromia state More...
Ethiopian government arrests six bloggers and a journalist for ‘opposing view’
The Ethiopian government has arrested six independent bloggers and a journalist in what human rights group Amnesty International has called a “suffocating grip on freedom of expression”. Photo/Vectorportal More...
Ethiopia reports first polio case of 2014
The first case of wild poliovirus 1 (WPV-1) in Ethiopia for 2014 has been reported in a 25 month old boy, making it the 10th case overall in the country since the beginning of the Horn of Africa outbreak last year, More...
Convoy of Hope gets grant to assit Mother’s Club programs in El Salvador
Madam Mari Carmen Aponte, the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, recently announced a grant to support Convoy of Hope. The $60,000 award will provide critical funding for Mothers’ Club programs in El Salvador that More...
Pakistan reports first four polio cases of 2014
After reporting 91 cases in 2013, the most from the three remaining endemic countries, the first four wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases reported in 2014 have been from Pakistan, according to the Global Polio Eradication More...
Horn of Africa polio outbreak now at 207 as Somalia and Ethiopia report new cases
Things have been quiet in the countries of the Horn of Africa as far as the polio outbreak, with no news reported cases for some time, until now. Horn of AfricaPublic domain image/ Lexicon at the English Wikipedia More...
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria report more polio cases
Polio activity was reported in the three remaining endemic countries during the past week, according to data from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). Image/Chris Zahniser, B.S.N., R.N., M.P.H. In Afghanistan, two More...
Ethiopia records two more polio cases as the Horn of Africa outbreak reaches 191
Ethiopia has reported two additional cases of wild poliovirus 1 (WPV-1), bringing the total number of cases in the country to three as the outbreak on the Horn of Africa still climbs. Ethiopia mapImage/CIA The Global More...