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NFL: Rams will return to Los Angeles for 2016 season NFL owners voted 30-2 to allow the St. Louis Rams to move to Los Angeles for the 2016 season and to give the San Diego Chargers a one-year option to join the Rams in Inglewood. Source: NFL HOUSTON- NFL owners in Houston voted 30-2 to […]

See Update U.S. state Populations 2016: Most populous states -Release date: December 20, 2016 U.S. state Populations 2016: Most populous states -Release date: December 20, 2016 U.S. state Populations 2015: North Carolina becomes 9th state with 10 million or more people Propelled largely by growth in the Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham areas, North Carolina’s population passed the […]

Zimbabwe to adopt Chinese yuan as legal currency The Guardian (UK) Zimbabwe has announced that it will make the Chinese yuan legal tender after Beijing confirmed it would cancel $40m in debts. “They [China] said they are cancelling our debts that are maturing this year and we are in the process of finalising the debt […]

China’s yuan gains IMF reserve status -effective October 1, 2016 Currently just the US dollar, the euro, the yen and the pound are in the group. Xinhua RMB) is eligible for joining the Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket as an international reserve currency. (Xinhua/Bao Dandan) WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s […]

Ethiopian Airlines to have an all-women functioned flight on November 19, 2015 on the Addis Ababa – Bangkok route Press Release From Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines, the leading, fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it will operate an All-Women Functioned Flight on November 19, 2015 on the Addis […]

2016 Most attractive real estate markets in the United States and Canada Urban Land Institute In 2016, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, Charlotte and Seattle are the most attractive real estate markets in the United States. Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal are tops in Canada, according to a report from PwC and the Urban Land Institute. Booming populations, growing […]

U.S. Transportation: $500 million in TIGER Grants awarded to 39 projects U.S. Department of Transportation WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Department of Transportation will provide $500 million for 39 transportation projects in 34 states, some projects spanning several states, from its TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) 2015 program. […]

President Obama issues Executive Order to combat job discrimination for the formerly- incarcerated Ban The Box -Hillary Clinton endorsed ban the box last week, while Republican Sen. Rand Paul also introduced similar federal legislation, with Democrat Sen. Cory Booker, to seal criminal records for non-violent offenders. New Jersey, a state where Republican Gov. Chris Christie […]

Asia, Africa driving urban growth, says UN official By Lyndal Rowlands Xinhua UNITED NATIONS- Rapidly growing cities in Asia and Africa are driving the global trend towards urbanization, says an UN-Habitat official. In a recent interview, Ana Moreno, chief of advocacy of the outreach and communications at the UN human settlements program (UN-Habitat), told Xinhua: […]

Canadian develops futuristic hovercraft Canadian inventor tests new prototype of record-setting hoverboard CBC News This past May 2015, Montreal inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru broke the world record for the longest hoverboard flight. Duru flew up to five metres above a lake for a distance of 275.9 metres aboard his homemade, propeller-powered hoverboard in a trip […]