STRANGESIGHTS: 100,000 LIMERICKS; ROAD RULES FOR MARIO KARTS; AND, NO FLIGHT FOR A PANDA…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Ten Commandments monument attracts Texas shoppers, not protesters
RNS Music City Mall Lewisville general manager Richard Morton unveils a stone tablet that displays the Ten Commandments on 29th December, 2017, in Lewisville, Texas. PICTURE: Courtesy of Music City Mall Lewisville Ten Commandment monuments erected in Alabama, Oklahoma and New Mexico have brought lawsuits and removals. But when an 360 kilogram granite tablet engraved […]
Surgery death rates in Africa are twice global average, study finds
Thomson Reuters Foundation Death rates for patients undergoing surgery in Africa are double the global average even though they tend to be younger, scientists said on Wednesday, adding that many deaths were likely preventable. Contributory factors include few specialists, poor hospital infrastructure and a lack of post-operative monitoring, they said in a study published in […]
INDIA: SURVIVOR TURNS CRUSADER AGAINST HONOUR KILLINGS
RINA CHANDRAN, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a 20-year-old Indian woman is leading the charge against honour killings in India…