UUS: 17 Governments Failing to Fight Human Trafficking
The U.S. State Department says 17 countries are doing almost nothing to fight human trafficking and may be complicit in such crimes. In its annual human trafficking report, the State Department calls...
View ArticleUS: 17 Governments Complicit in Human Trafficking
The U.S. State Department says 17 countries are doing almost nothing to fight human trafficking and may be complicit in such crimes. In its annual human trafficking report, the State Department calls...
View ArticleRights Group Calls On Russia To End Impunity In North Caucasus
Rights group Amnesty International has called on Russia to strengthen accountability of law enforcement personnel in the restive Northern Caucasus. In a report issued Thursday, the group says that...
View ArticleBiomass Study Finds World’s Population 18.5 Million Tons Overweight
Being fat is not usually considered an environmental problem. But that notion might be changing. A new global study estimates the world's adult human biomass – the total weight of people living on the...
View ArticleSenate Panel Approves Sanctions Against Russian Human Rights Violators
A U.S. Senate panel has approved sanctions on Russian officials who violate human rights. The bill, approved by the Foreign Relations Committee, would ban travel visas and freeze the assets of anyone...
View ArticleActivist Groups Urge Next US President to Focus on Rights
Human rights groups say the next U.S. president faces several critical challenges in advancing human rights. Those challenges include preventing genocide and atrocities, protecting human rights at home...
View Article1,000 Genomes Project Paints Detailed Picture of Human Variation
Results of a project that has mapped the genetic material, or genomes, of 1,092 individuals from 14 countries will help researchers interpret genetic changes in people with disease. The first phase of...
View ArticleNewly Identified Gene Is Part of What Makes Us Human
What makes us human? An international team of researchers has found a clue: A gene carried only by people – not apes or other animals – appears to have played a crucial role in the rapid evolutionary...
View ArticleUS Customs Officials Seize Shipment of Human Heads at Chicago Airport
Customs officials at O'Hare International Airport in the U.S. city of Chicago have held up a shipment of 18 human heads reportedly bound for a U.S. research facility. The local medical examiner's...
View ArticleUS Customs Officials Seize Shipment of Human Heads at Chicago Airport
Customs officials at O'Hare International Airport in the U.S. city of Chicago are holding a shipment of 18 human heads reportedly bound for a U.S. research facility. The local medical examiner's office...
View ArticleUUS: 17 Governments Failing to Fight Human Trafficking
The U.S. State Department says 17 countries are doing almost nothing to fight human trafficking and may be complicit in such crimes. In its annual human trafficking report, the State Department calls...
View ArticleUS: 17 Governments Complicit in Human Trafficking
The U.S. State Department says 17 countries are doing almost nothing to fight human trafficking and may be complicit in such crimes. In its annual human trafficking report, the State Department calls...
View ArticleRights Group Calls On Russia To End Impunity In North Caucasus
Rights group Amnesty International has called on Russia to strengthen accountability of law enforcement personnel in the restive Northern Caucasus. In a report issued Thursday, the group says that...
View ArticleBiomass Study Finds World’s Population 18.5 Million Tons Overweight
Being fat is not usually considered an environmental problem. But that notion might be changing. A new global study estimates the world's adult human biomass – the total weight of people living on the...
View ArticleSenate Panel Approves Sanctions Against Russian Human Rights Violators
A U.S. Senate panel has approved sanctions on Russian officials who violate human rights. The bill, approved by the Foreign Relations Committee, would ban travel visas and freeze the assets of anyone...
View ArticleActivist Groups Urge Next US President to Focus on Rights
Human rights groups say the next U.S. president faces several critical challenges in advancing human rights. Those challenges include preventing genocide and atrocities, protecting human rights at home...
View Article1,000 Genomes Project Paints Detailed Picture of Human Variation
Results of a project that has mapped the genetic material, or genomes, of 1,092 individuals from 14 countries will help researchers interpret genetic changes in people with disease. The first phase of...
View ArticleNewly Identified Gene Is Part of What Makes Us Human
What makes us human? An international team of researchers has found a clue: A gene carried only by people – not apes or other animals – appears to have played a crucial role in the rapid evolutionary...
View ArticleUS Customs Officials Seize Shipment of Human Heads at Chicago Airport
Customs officials at O'Hare International Airport in the U.S. city of Chicago have held up a shipment of 18 human heads reportedly bound for a U.S. research facility. The local medical examiner's...
View ArticleUS Customs Officials Seize Shipment of Human Heads at Chicago Airport
Customs officials at O'Hare International Airport in the U.S. city of Chicago are holding a shipment of 18 human heads reportedly bound for a U.S. research facility. The local medical examiner's office...
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