Despite Mexico's promise to help the United States' illegal immigration problem by securing its Guatemalan border, plans have yet to be specified, and illegal immigration continues.
The Lincoln, California-based The Rogers Family Company and their green coffee buyer Pete Rogers decided to combat this, establishing the "Rust Trust" project, which aims to plant 50 million trees in numerous regions by 2016 to replace those lost to Roya.
The leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa announced in a joint statement the creation of their own development bank. The announcement was made after a plenary meeting of the five BRICS heads of state in Fortaleza, Brazil. Its funding aim will be infrastructure projects in developing nations, and they will begin lending in 2016.
Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani teen who survived a Taliban attack on her life, has taken a trip to Nigeria to urge the Muslim radical group Boko Haram to release 216 kidnapped schoolgirls.
Nadine Gordimer, an intentionally renowned South African writer who helped expose the world to the evils of apartheid through her literature, died at the age of 90.
New York elected officials showed solidarity with Israel at City Hall while New Yorkers held a counter rally outside City Hall to show their solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel commented on the U.S. surveillance on her country and how it could affect relations with Washington, D.C., while Secretary of State John Kerry indirectly commented on the countries' relationship.
Pope Francis has been quoted as estimating the number of pedophiles in the Catholic clergy to be around 2 percent, but the accuracy of the report is being debated.
The international community is calling for a cease-fire in the week-old Israeli-Palestinian war, which rages on as each side continues to launch rockets and ammunition.
