Farmers had been advocating for a 100 percent duty on imported apples to protect local interests. The reduced profitability is hitting hard for these growers who are already dealing with rising input costs and low selling prices. They are also facing an excess of lower quality fruit, which could be ...
Voodoo, deeply rooted in nature, is practiced by around 11 percent of Benin's 13 million people. With deforestation rate exceeding 2 percent per year, these forests, regarded as the homes of spirits, are being lost at an alarming rate. From 2001 to 2012, roughly 45 percent of Benin’s sacred forests ...
That’s according to an independent commission's survey indicating that up to 0.6 percent of Spain's adult population were victimized as children. The figure increases to around 400 thousand when factoring in abuses by lay members. Victims and their advocates accuse the church for years of denial, concealment, and protection of ...
The children lost their lives after consuming a cough syrup containing dangerously high toxin levels, manufactured by the Indian company, Maiden Pharmaceuticals. 19 families have brought forward the lawsuit, calling for acknowledgement of their children's deaths due to the contaminated syrup. The families are also demanding that Gambia’s medical controls ...
Many of these people are employed but struggling to make ends meet due to inflation and the skyrocketing cost of living. As the cost of housing, inflation, and grocery prices continue to rise, more people are finding it difficult to afford basic necessities. The report reveals that more than 640 ...
Of the 48 products tested, 16 revealed potentially harmful levels of these heavy metals. Products from Walmart, Target, Trader Joe's, Nestle, and Starbucks, were among those identified as having an excessive metal content. Hershey, one of the leading chocolate manufacturers, was singled out by the report. More than 75 thousand ...
