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Rwandan prescription for Depression: Sun, drum, dance, community.
As a consequence of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, prevalences of mental disorders are elevated in Rwanda. More knowledge about determinants of mental stress can help to improve mental health services and treatment in the east-central African country. The present study
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Man wears 15 shirts to not pay excess baggage fine on the flight
When John and his family arrived at the Nice airport in France they were told that their luggage was heavy. After which John started wearing clothes from the bag to reduce the baggage weight. Remember the Manchester woman, 30-year-old, Natalie Wynn,
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American Airlines: Cover up or no flying
A female doctor who was travelling from Jamaica to the United States was barred from boarding American Airlines flight as her clothes were ‘inappropriate.’ She was travelling with her 8-year-old son. A female doctor from Houston and her 8-year-old son
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Britain’s ambassador to the US quit amidst spat over leaked memo
LONDON: Britain’s ambassador to Washington quit on Wednesday after days of stinging criticism from Donald Trump, leading to accusations that Boris Johnson, the favorite to be the next British prime minister, had “thrown him under the bus”. Memos from Kim
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Migrant whose daughter died slams ‘cruelty’ of US detention
WASHINGTON: A Guatemalan woman whose infant daughter died after being held by US immigration authorities denounced the “cruelty” of the country’s migrant detention centers on Wednesday. Yazmin Juarez spoke out at “Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border,” a
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Deutsche Bank under probe by DOJ over 1MDB
KUALA LUMPUR: The U.S. Justice Department is investigating German financial institution Deutsche Bank for possible violation of foreign corruption or anti-money-laundering laws in its work for the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) fund. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) yesterday reported that
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Hong Kong’s extradition bill is dead
Hong Kong CEO Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the extradition bill that sparked the territory’s biggest political crisis in decades was dead, admitting that the government’s work on the bill had been a “total failure”. The bill, which would have
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Oil prices dip due to trade tensions
TOKYO: Crude oil prices fell on Tuesday amid worries over the outlook for demand after the latest signs that international trade disputes have been dragging on the global economy, although tensions in the Middle East offered some support to prices.
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Deutsche Bank axes 18,000 staff across the world
Deutsche Bank laid off staff from Sydney to New York yesterday as it began to slash 18,000 jobs in a 7.4 billion euro (RM34.38 billion) ‘reinvention’ move that will lead to yet another annual loss, a plan that knocked its
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Couple wins ‘wife carrying’ championship, gets wife’s weight in beer as prize
A Lithuanian man and his wife have won the world ‘wife carrying’ title, leaping over timber and wading through waist-high water to beat dozens of other couples for a second year running. The prize is the wife’s weight in beer.
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