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Africans look to Chinese-built east Africa railway network Xinhua NAIROBI- African people are awaiting a Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project set to run from Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa to Rwanda’s capital Kigali through Uganda, the latest in a spate of efforts to facilitate transportation and boost trade in the eastern Africa region. It […]

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New Zealand’s Martin Jetpack inventor company listed on Australian stock exchange Glenn Martin’s jetpack dream achieves lift-off as Martin Aircraft IPO rises on debut New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Company is already taking orders for ‘world’s first practical jetpack able to be flown by a pilot or via remote control’ Sally Rose The Sydney Morning Herald […]

Kenya could export crude oil next year By Jevans Nyabiage The Standard Kenya could be an oil exporting country as early as next year, as it races ahead of Uganda, which discovered the resource about nine years ago. UK-based oil and gas exploration firm, Tullow, is pressing on with plans to start producing oil in […]

Colorado may have to refund as much as $30 million in marijuana taxes Associated Press DENVER — Colorado’s marijuana experiment was designed to raise revenue for the state and its schools, but a state law may put some of the tax money directly into residents’ pockets, causing quite a headache for lawmakers. The state constitution […]

Robert Mugabe named new African Union chairman The Standard (Kenya) ADDIS ABABA- Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa’s most divisive figures, ascended to the rotating chairmanship of the African Union (AU) on Friday, casting a shadow over the continental body’s relations with the West. The only leader Zimbabwe has known since independence from […]

China: The “Belt and Road” initiative Xinhua BEIJING- As China strives to achieve more regional cooperation, its “Belt and Road” initiative will not only drive domestic development but will also influence its foreign policy. The Silk Road Economic Belt is slated to be established along the ancient Silk Road trade route — which stretched northwest […]

Moscow to Beijing in 2 days: China to build $242 billion high-speed railway RT China is going to build a $242 billion (1.5 trillion yuan) high-speed rail link between Beijing and Moscow. The line will cut the journey time from five to ‘two days’, say Chinese authorities. The railway will be 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) […]

Construction begins on Johannesburg mini city Construction has started on a new Chinese financed R84 billion city in Modderfontein, Gauteng By Anna Cox JOHANNESBURG- Hope and imagination. These words are used to describe the R84 billion (US $7.26 billion) development being built in Modderfontein. Despite widespread skepticism when the project was announced last year that […]

NFL: A rendering released of a proposed new stadium for the St. Louis Rams St. Louis pitches stadium plan to keep the Rams from moving to Los Angeles The new St. Louis Rams stadium would be designed to hold 64,000 people with an initial seat distribution of: 54,020 general seats 2,000 suite seats (includes private […]