News: British-based charity Oxfam issued a rallying cry against inequality on Wednesday with the release of its "Even it Up" report, which found that the number of billionaires had doubled worldwide since the economic crisis. The report stated "the poorest struggle to get by while their neighbours prosper". It calculated that the wealth of the world's 85 richest people grew $668 million each day. "If Bill Gates were to cash…

News Sadly another report comes of a student shooting in his school, killing one student and seriously wounding four others before killing himself. "The students and teachers in this community, near Seattle, had known they were no more immune to violence than Columbine or Sandy Hook; they had even practiced lockdown drills. But they never could have guessed who the perpetrator would be." [New York Times, 26/10/2014] Comment Practical lockdowns…

News In Pakistan, a poverty-stricken mother killed two daughters by poisoning them and attempted to commit suicide afterwards but was rescued according to media reports on 26th October 2014. The tragic incident took place in Ada Riazabad area of Layyah where a woman named Bilquees poisoned to death her two daughters; Muqaddas aged 4 and Ishrat aged 2 years old. The woman reportedly attempted suicide but was rescued. The woman…

News UNICEF UK has just released a report in which it states that a child is killed by violence every five minutes in the world, saying that most of those deaths occur outside war zone. This report's aim is to call for new targets to end all forms of abuse, which it calls a global "epidemic" - by 2030. Comment Listing up all kinds of facts has always been a…