A grandmother from a village in Myanmar’s volatile Rakhine state has filed a rape complaint against three Myanmar Army soldiers she accused of assaulting her last month, people assisting her with the charges said. The 36-year-old mother of four children woman told police that she was repeatedly raped at gunpoint by the soldiers during an […]

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – Small business owners in the United States are wondering how to preserve their companies as the coronavirus pandemic tightens its grip.  Reinvention may hold the key. The U.S. Congress passed a measure to provide billions of dollars in relief packages to help small businesses stay afloat. But even with that assistance, “Many […]

Asian markets were rising Monday thanks to investors’ continued optimism over a post-pandemic recovery. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei index closed 2.2 percent higher.  Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was trading 0.5 percent higher in late afternoon trading, and the Shanghai Composite was up 1.7 percent. In Australia, the S&P/ASX index was trading 0.8 percent higher.  The […]

WASHINGTON – The coronavirus pandemic has caused more than half a million deaths so far in its sweep around the world. What isn’t included in this figure is the impact on the health of mothers and children who don’t have the virus but are suffering. For a real-life example of this situation, go to Nairobi […]

  NEW YORK – Mass transit systems around the world have taken unprecedented — and expensive — steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including New York shutting down its subways overnight and testing powerful ultraviolet lamps to disinfect seats, poles and floors. The cleaning measures produced something commuters have not seen in a […]