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Obama signs law against Iran Latin America influence
President Barack Obama enacted a law to counter Iran’s alleged influence in Latin America, through a new diplomatic and political strategy to be designed by the State Department. The Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act, passed by lawmakers earlier this year, calls for the State Department to develop a…
U.S. and Europe block ‘treaty for blind people’ due to copyright concerns
The US and the EU are blocking a treaty that would give the world’s blind and visually impaired people – 90% of whom live in the developing world – easier access to published works in formats they can use. A “treaty for blind people” has been under discussion at the…
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