Number of people with dementia is growing
As the world population gets older, the number of people living with dementia is also growing.
As the world population gets older, the number of people living with dementia is also growing.
The United Nations is this week remembering the 1994 genocide in Rwanda when extremist Hutus massacred about 800,000 people, mainly Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
Many blame the financial sector for the current economic downturn, but in his new book “Finance and the Good Society”, Robert Shiller aims to change that way of thinking.
The government of South Sudan is continuing to remove weapons from civilian hands.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says there are growing humanitarian needs in Syria because of the ongoing unrest and violence in several parts of the country.
The Central African Republic is making efforts to disarm, demobilize and reintegrate fighters into society but needs support from the international community.
On 7 April, the international community remembers the horrific slaughter that took place in Rwanda 18 years ago.
From that day, and for approximately 100 days, extremist Hutus massacred around 800,000 people, mainly Tutsis and moderate Hutus, in the tiny east African country.
In the next few years, and for the first time ever, there will be more people over 60 years of age than children less than five years old in the world.
Are machines taking over the work of people and if so is this a good or a bad thing?
The book “Race Against The Machine: How the Digital Revolution is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy” tackles the topic.
The Syrian government has told Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan that it has started withdrawing its troops from civilian areas in line with his six-point peace plan.
But the UN is concerned that the violence continues and the death toll which it estimates to be at 9,000, is rising.