Shortages in chemotherapy drugs and other expensive treatments have risen after pharmaceutical companies cut credit to Greece’s largest state-backed health insurance fund. The fund provides subsidized medicine to lower-income Greek citizens.
Some pharmacies have been overrun with hysterical people attempting to get life-saving medicine for themselves or relatives. People reported to SKAI TV waits of hours to get necessary medication and patients have been heard screaming from inside pharmacies. Continue reading →
A warning has been issued by Miami area police departments about violent homeless men after one threatened to eat two officers.
The man was taken into custody in North Miami Beach after entering a restaurant and yelling at the staff and patrons. Once in the police car, he repeatedly slammed his head against the barrier between the front and back seat screaming he was going to eat the officers. Continue reading →
The International Monetary Fund is lending $157 million to Malawi in an attempt to save the country’s flagging economy.
The country’s economic crisis is attributed to recently deceased leader Bingu wa Mutharika who had long been criticized for his human rights record and handling of the nation’s economy. Continue reading →
UN monitors are being blocked from the site of an apparent government-led massacre of 78 people by Syrian army forces. Mission commander Robert Mood said the Syrian army is stopping UN staff at checkpoints and turning them back before reaching the city of Qubair. Activists report government troops bombarded Qubair, a village of less than 30 houses, located 12 miles northwest of Hama. Continue reading →
Key interest rates in China have been cut in an attempt to arrest a decline in growth. The benchmark one-year loan rate was cut a quarter of a percent and deposit rates by the People’s Bank of China was also lowered a quarter of a percent. Continue reading →
A 165 ton dock constructed of concrete, metal and tires ripped away during the 2011 Japan tsunami was washed up over 8,000 miles away on the Oregon coast.
The dock, so large it was initially mistaken for a barge, carries a plaque stating it was part of the port of Misawa. Waves from the tsunami reached at least nine feet in Misawa.
Two other docks from the same port are missing at sea. Continue reading →
Luis deGuindos, Spain’s economy minister, stated today that the country is on the verge of asking for a bailout as reported in various media sources.
Any decision on a bailout request would be dependent on the outcome of audits of all Spanish banks. The results of the audit are not expected until the end of June. Continue reading →
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman stated their unity with Russia in opposing any outside intervention in the looming civil war in Syria. The spokesman urged support for the peace plan offered by the UN that has proven unable to stop the violence as government troops have continued to massacre citizens.
China currently holds the presidency of the UN Security Council’s rotating presidency and has long resisted pressure to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over actions taken by his government. Continue reading →
Another member of the euro zone is on the verge of needing an EU bailout.
Cyprus has directly impacted the debt load in Greece due to loans taken from it’s banking system.
“The possibility of addressing financial stability mechanisms to support the banking system, due to the problems created by excessive exposure of banks to Greece, is a serious responsibility,” Cyprus spokesman Christos Christofides told a press conference. Continue reading →
Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq has told the BBC that his opponent, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi, has been harassing Christians in an attempt to keep them from voting in the country’s upcoming election.
Shafiq also said that the Muslim Brotherhood aims to make Egypt a “sectarian” state despite their public posturing that they would not be seeking to impose Sharia Law on the nation. Continue reading →
