The 13 Best Foods For Glowing Skin.

Your skin is your largest organ and makes up around one-seventh of your total body weight. The major function of your skin is to act as a barrier, protecting the rest of your body from the sun’s rays, hot and cold temperatures, germs, pathogens, and toxic substances. Though most people focus on taking care of…

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Zimbabwe Launches New Gold-backed Currency to  tackle inflation.

Zimbabwe has introduced a new gold-backed currency called ZiG – the name stands for “Zimbabwe Gold”. It is the latest attempt to stabilise an economy that has lurched from crisis to crisis for the past 25 years. Unveiling the new notes, central bank governor John Mushayavanhu said the ZiG would be structured, and set at…

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Israel: GPS disabled and IDF leave cancelled over Iran threat.

GPS is being blocked across swathes of Israel in order to disrupt missiles and drones, as tensions rise with Iran. Iran has vowed to respond after a strike on its consulate building in Syria on Monday – which Israel was widely believed to be behind – killed 13 people, including a senior general. The Israel…

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 Salva Kiir warns against clinging to power after call to postpone elections.

South Sudan ‘s President Salva Kiir on Wednesday warned lawmakers “not to cling to power” just weeks after his former rival turned deputy proposed a postponement of elections expected to be held in December. Kiir said an extension of the period of transition to elections would deny citizens an opportunity to choose their leaders and urged…

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South African parliament speaker resigns, charged with corruption.

South Africa’s ex-Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been charged with 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering. She made her first court appearance after handing herself over to a police station on Thursday morning. The politician is accused of soliciting bribes in return for awarding contracts during her time as defence…

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World’s first pig kidney transplant recipient discharged from hospital

The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from hospital. The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Organ transplants from genetically modified pigs have failed in the past. But the success of this procedure so far…

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