April 30, 2013
World Day for safety and Health at Work
The TCIG is celebrating World Day for Safety and Health at Work, which begun yesterday April 28, and continues through to Thursday may 2nd 2013, under the theme “The Prevention of Occupational Disease. An occupational disease is a disease…
April 21, 2013
Paraguay holds key presidential election
Voters in Paraguay go to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election seen as key to restoring the country's democratic credentials. Horacio Cartes, of the conservative Colorado Party, and the centre-right Liberal Party's Efrain Alegre are seen as…
February 3, 2013
Google boss Schmidt labels China an ‘IT menace’
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt uses a new book to call China an Internet menace that backs cyber-crime for economic and political gain, reports say. The New Digital Age - due for release in April - reportedly brands China "the world's most active and…
December 27, 2012
Tropical Storm Wukong Kills Four in Philippines
Tropical storm Wukong has left at least four people dead in the Philippines, which is still recovering from a typhoon earlier this month that killed over a thousand people. Officials say three people were also missing as the storm cut through the…
November 2, 2012
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Refuses to End Hunger Strike
Ukraine's jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is refusing to end a hunger strike she began this week to protest alleged widespread vote irregularities in Sunday's parliamentary polls, which have been described by U. S. Secretary of State…