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Paris: Eiffel Tower gets glass floor for 125th anniversary AFP A much-anticipated facelift of the Eiffel Tower will be unveiled Monday with a new glass floor to dizzy the millions of tourists who flock to Paris’s best-known landmark every year. Its owners hope the formerly dowdy and draughty first floor will become as big an […]

United States: Foreign-born population from Africa has grown rapidly during the last 40 years U.S. Census Bureau Released October 1, 2014 The foreign-born population from Africa has grown rapidly in the United States during the last 40 years, increasing from about 80,000 in 1970 to about 1.6 million in the period from 2008 to 2012. […]

U.S. Unemployment: September 2014 is 5.9%, the lowest level since July 2008 White male decreased to 4.4% and Black male increased to 11.0% U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 248,000 in September, and the unemployment rate declined to 5.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Employment increased in […]

Cuba sends 165 health professionals to West Africa to battle Ebola Granma HAVANA- On the evening of October 1, Cuban President Raúl Castro Ruz bid farewell to the 165 health professionals traveling to Sierra Leone, to contribute to the global struggle against Ebola, which has caused the death of thousands of people in West Africa. […]

The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, the colonial administrator of Hong Kong and Nigeria for Britain, pushed for indirect rule in colonial Africa. Lugard outlined the reasons and methods that should be employed in the colonization of Africa by Britain. It included spreading Christianity and saw state sponsored colonization as […]

Los Angeles: Light Rail construction started on a nearly two-mile Metro regional connector KCBS Los Angeles LOS ANGELES- Crews have started construction on a nearly two-mile Metro regional connector that will eventually allow passengers to take a single trip to reach far-flung suburbs from Azusa to Long Beach. Mayor Eric Garcetti and U.S Secretary of […]

China approves 2 more private banks Xinhua BEIJING- The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), the country’s banking regulator, said Monday in two statements that it has approved another two private banks, with one in Shanghai and the other in Zhejiang Province. On July 25, the CBRC approved the establishment of three private banks, including Webank, […]

Etihad Airways showed off its first A380 superjumbo Etihad Airways and Airbus celebrated the roll out of Etihad Airways’ first A380, featuring the elegant new ‘Facets of Abu Dhabi’ livery design. The new design is unveiled to representatives of the world’s media at a ceremony at the Airbus Finkenwerder facility in Hamburg, Germany. Etihad has […]

Tanzania seen luring IPOs as state scraps foreign cap By Alawi Masare and Neo Khanyile Bloomberg Tanzania, which has Africa’s best-performing stock market, lifted controls on foreign-share ownership, making it more enticing for companies to consider initial public offerings. The removal of restrictions on foreigners owning more than 60 percent of companies that trade on […]

Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014 Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE – Asia’s billionaires led by Chinese tycoons enjoyed the fastest increase in their wealth this year compared to their peers in the rest of the world, a report said Wednesday. The combined wealth of Asia’s billionaires grew 18.7 percent from last year to $1.41 trillion, said […]