Asia

theGRIO REPORT – When news like the recent Zimmerman verdict is handed down, it’s not uncommon that disheartened African-Americans consider packing up and leaving the United States altogether…

WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the attention wrenched elsewhere in recent days — on new violence in the Middle East, the “fiscal cliff” back home — President Barack Obama’s speedy trip to Southeast Asia achieved a major goal: It was clearly seen in the region as a validation of Asia’s strategic importance as the U.S. refocuses its foreign policy to counter China’s clout.

BANGKOK (AP) – Even in the temples of Asia, President Barack Obama cannot escape thoughts of that fiscal cliff back home…

LONDON (AP) – He won, and the word ‘phew’ trended worldwide on Twitter. Despite a hard-fought campaign in the United States, there was never any contest overseas…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to fight the disease, a study said Tuesday….

(AP) – With the exception of South Africa, much of Africa harbors a deep stigma against homosexuality…

WASHINGTON (AP) – About 15 million premature babies are born every year — more than 1 in 10 of the world’s births and a bigger problem than previously believed…