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Nigeria moves to end power vaccum left by ailing president
Umaru Yar’Adua at the 2008 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Photo: Andy Mettler/World Economic Forum on Flickr The Nigerian national assembly voted today to install Vice-President Goodluck...
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Costa Rica elects first female president
Laura Chinchilla, 50, has already served as vice-president and minister of justice. Photo Costa Rican Ministry of Justice On Sunday, February 7, Costa Rica elected Laura Chinchilla as the country’s...
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China surges past competitors in clean energy technology
Solar panels in Shanghai. Photo: Flickr user jcrakow China, the world’s largest producer of wind turbines and solar panels, is rapidly becoming the leading global manufacturer of clean energy....
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Drones continue to eliminate major foes in NW Pakistan
A Predator armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. Photo: USAF This week, the Pakistani Taliban finally confirmed what the Pakistani army had claimed many days ago — that Hakimullah Mehsud was killed...
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U.S. policy toward Cuba remains largely unmodified
Photo: Flickr user lepiaf.geo Prior to entering office, President Barack Obama spoke of the need for a new approach to U.S.-Cuba relations and a sea change from the past. As reported by The New York...
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Drone war forces resurgent al-Qaeda to rely on franchises
Influential al-Qaeda-linked Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Worldfocus takes a look at the evolution of al-Qaeda into a fragmented network of jihadi terrorist elements, often...
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‘March of Anger’ protests against violent Mexican drug war
Mexico City civil rights groups honor the 15 teenagers killed in Ciudad Juárez on January 31. Photo: Flickr user diegohg. On February 13, around 1,300 Mexicans took to the streets of Ciudad Juárez to...
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Mysterious Dubai murder leaves questions unanswered
Al-Bustan Rotana Hotel in Dubai where Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was murdered on January 20. Photo: christiankloeppel on Flickr A story of murder and intrigue is dominating the news in Israel and beyond. News...
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Marijuana laws loosen gradually around the globe
During a recent rise in drug violence along the Mexican border, many critics of the drug war have called for a change in U.S. policy toward marijuana use. Worldfocus compares current marijuana policy...
View ArticleWeekly W. Bank protest in Bil’in celebrates 5th anniversary
Every Friday since 2005, Palestinian protesters rally in the West Bank town of Bil’in against the barrier erected by the Israeli government that effectively cuts off Palestinians there from their...
View ArticleJapan’s indigenous Ainu people struggle to keep way of life
The Japanese government is moving ahead with plans to improve relations with the Ainu people, the country’s indigenous inhabitants. Mostly living in the northern island of Hokkaido, Ainu are believed...
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An American bloc without its big players?
Closing ceremony of the Latin American and Caribbean Unity summit. Photo Miguel Romero/Presidencia de la República, Flickr user Presidencia de la República del Ecuador. Latin American and Caribbean...
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Brazil’s ruling party picks successor to Lula
Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian presidential candidate. Photo Flickr user Joka Madruga. Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party (PT) nominated Dilma Roussef on February 20 as its presidential candidate for the...
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Bloggers weigh in on Greek economic woes
Greece is continuing its struggle against debt that is threatening the entire eurozone economy. U.S. and European stocks fell Thursday amid concern that Greece will not be able to meet its budget...
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Death toll rises as Chilean quake rescue effort continues
Santiago, Chile. Photo: Flickr user Luis Iturra The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile two days ago has resulted in over 700 confirmed deaths thus far and infrastructure damage throughout the...
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Cultures around the world at risk of losing their languages
Linguists predict that over half of the almost 7,000 languages spoken in the world today will disappear by the end of the century. According to Ethnologue, 473 languages currently are close to...
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Women in Iraq make unprecedented gains at the polls
An Iraqi woman votes in Nasiriyah. Photo: Flickr user DVIDSHUB According to Iraq’s 2005 constitution, women are granted a quarter of the seats in the nation’s 325-member Parliament. Iraq remains a...
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Bumpy road ahead for renewed Middle East peace talks
The Israeli West Bank barrier. Photo Flickr user ChrisYunker Palestinian leaders have agreed to a further round of indirect negotiations with Israel, more than a year after the last attempt to reach a...
View ArticleMongolia faces climate-driven humanitarian crisis
In one of the most sparsely populated regions of the world, the hardy inhabitants are fighting for survival. Mongolia’s three million people and forty million animals are now being tested by a brutal...
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Cape Town makes strides in combating tuberculosis
Gladys Jaxa, a TB patient in Khayelitsha township. March 24 was World Tuberculosis Day, so Worldfocus decided to take a deeper look at the disease that has long been a deadly threat. Tonight’s...
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