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Why are Gambian Youth Leaving Home for Europe?

Why are Gambian Youth Leaving Home for Europe?

When president Yahya Jammeh took over the ruling of Gambia the youth started to leave.  The youth believe that they will have a better life in Europe rather than staying in Gambia.  Gambia’s economy is deteriorating at a rapid rate ...
Abandoned 7yo boy Found in Japan Forest

Abandoned 7yo boy Found in Japan Forest

The parents of a 7-year-old boy decided to leave their son in a forest to teach him a lesson about throwing rocks at cars.  They said that they were only gone for a few minutes and when they came back ...
Heavy drinking linked to strokes

Strokes Linked To Heavy drinking

Men who average three drinks a day and women who average two face a significantly higher risk for stroke in middle age, a new study has found. The study by Swedish scientists examined drinking habits of more than 11,000 twins ...

Is ADHD being over-diagnosed?

The number of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is exploding, raising concerns that doctors are overprescribing powerful drugs to kids and teens. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The diagnosis rate of the disorder has soared ...
Bus Sized Dinosaur Found - Antarctica Journal News

Bus Sized Dinosaur Found

Researchers have found a bus sized dinosaur. A new species of sauropod that lived about 80 million years ago in Egypt.  Paleontologists found the remains in the Sahara Desert of the bus size dinosaur that measured approximately 33 feet long ...

Urbanization Helps China Eliminate Poverty

BEIJING - The greatest risk China faces in its historic modernization is the massive imbalance between urban and rural areas, according to the country's top agriculture official. "The most important and difficult task is to resolve issues concerning agriculture, countryside ...

Dolphins stranded in Cape Cod

Wellfleet, Mass. Over a two week span, more than 85 dolphins had become stranded along the craggy Cape Codcoastline, including 30 in one day, said the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Typically, 120 dolphins beach themselves from January to April, ...
Will You Get Sick If You go to the Beach?

Will You Get Sick If You go to the Beach?

If you go to the beach this summer you may come home with some bacteria from the water.  Studies show that the water may be contaminated with all sorts of unsafe bacteria. Before rainwater can be absorbed by the ground ...

Income inequality in china

China’s wealth gap has widened so much that the country now one of the most unequal outside of sub-Saharan Africa. A respected Chinese institute found this week that China’s Gini coefficient, a number that represents income inequality, has soared from ...

A House that’s stuck in the 1950’s

The House of Representatives doesn’t represent America as it really is today, said Timothy Egan. The Republican-controlled House governs a “fantasy nation created in talk-radio land,” where black and gay people don’t exist, women remain subservient, and all gun-safety legislation ...