British architect Norman Foster has unveiled a concept to build a network of elevated pathways above London's railways to create safe car-free cycling routes in the wake the most deadly year for cyclists in the city's history.
Two American veterinarians are heading off to war- torn Liberia this month to help the animals in the West African country who have suffered because of a 14-year civil war. The two vets are going on behalf of a nonprofit organization called Veterinarians Without Borders to establish the Veterinarians to Liberia Project.
After an intense three-year campaign, Africa's first woman head of state, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has won international forgiveness of its crushing $4.9 billion debt, making way for the revitalization of the war-ravaged West African country.
Two new U.S. Ebola treatment facilities are opening in Liberia this week, completed by the US Army, and new ones are under construction. Meanwhile, there are signs the epidemic might be slowing in that country.
In another effort to defuse sectarian tensions in Lebanon and to build working relationships, the country's top rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim leaders met in a landmark session on Sunday.
An estimated $1.3 million worth of art from more than 130 international artists, mostly from Syria and Lebanon, is being auctioned at below-gallery prices in Beirut to raise money for Syrian refugee children, reports Reuters News.
Alawites and Sunnis in northern Lebanon's main city signed a reconciliation accord late on Monday aimed at restoring state control to the port and ending sectarian bloodshed there. At least 23 people were killed in Tripoli during clashes in May.
Despite pre-election forecasts that the Hezbollah-led opposition might gain seats, the pro-Western coalition won 71 of the 128 seats in parliament — picking up one seat — while the Syrian- and Iranian-backed opposition alliance led by Hezbollah won 57. Both the White House and State Department congratulated the Lebanese people for carrying out a peaceful […]
With Lebanon's chronic power shortages, public school classes are often plunged into darkness during the winter, but now, a set of rooftop photovoltaic panels producing renewable electricity from one of Lebanon's most abundant natural resources, the sun.
Voters in Kansas have ousted two anti-evolution school board representatives in the State's primary elections.
You might have to crane your neck to see the most exciting thing happening in places like Kansas City -- in the city and in the suburbs, on top of schools and offices, rooftop gardens are sprouting.
Kansas City area schools are reducing energy, taking steps to lower school-bus emissions, and constructing green buildings that improve air-quality and provide more sunlight. (Kansas City Star)
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