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Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro – Games of the XXXI Olympiad RIO DE JANEIRO 2016 OLYMPICS 5th August – 21st August Source: Rio 2016 Sustainability was the theme as the Olympic Aquatics Stadium for the Rio 2016 Games was officially unveiled on 8 April 2016. The arena for swimming and water […]

2015 World’s Busiest Airports- Release Date: April 04, 2016 ACI releases preliminary world airport traffic rankings Airports Council International (ACI) Release Date: April 04, 2016 MONTREAL – Based on reports from 1,144 airports worldwide, ACI’s preliminary passenger traffic results for the most-travelled airports in 2015 reveal that the top spot continues to belong to Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson […]

Maryland board approves $5.6-billion Purple Line light rail contract in Washington DC suburbs Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved a $5.6 billion contract Wednesday for a team of companies to build and operate a light-rail Purple Line in the Washington suburbs. Governor Larry Hogan (Republican) earlier issued his support of the rail plan. State officials […]

See updated state populations: U.S. Census Bureau metropolitan population estimates July 1, 2016 –Release Date: March 23, 2017 U.S. Census Bureau metropolitan population estimates July 1, 2016 –Release Date: March 23, 2017 ____ U.S. Census Bureau metropolitan population July 1, 2015 estimates –Release Date: March 24, 2016 Source: U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Census Bureau population […]

Historical Flashback: The power of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) Dilemma X would like to share these historical newspaper articles on the famous Tuskegee University. Tuskegee University was founded in 1881 and is located in Tuskegee, Alabama. Click images below to enlarge for better viewing. Click your return arrow to return to this Dilemma X […]

Temple University scientists eliminate HIV-1 from genome of human T-cells Building on their groundbreaking research, Temple University scientists make another breakthrough in a potential cure for HIV. Temple Now- Temple University March 21, 2016 In 2014, a team of researchers in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University became the first to successfully […]

President Barack Obama visits Cuba- A look back at African populated Cuba President Barack Obama arrived in Cuba on March 20, 2016. With this visit President Obama is the first sitting U.S. president in 88 years to set foot on the island nation. The last sitting president to visit the country was Calvin Coolidge, who […]

Canada’s population has topped 36 million for the first time – 2016 Statistics Canada According to preliminary estimates, Canada’s population was estimated at 36,048,500 on January 1, 2016, up 62,800 from October 1, 2015. In the fourth quarter, Canada’s population growth rate was 0.17%, twice the rate observed for the same quarter in 2014 (+0.08%). […]

Australia: Design for Sydney’s tallest residential tower released ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) SYDNEY- A design has been chosen for a 90-story residential tower in the heart of Parramatta’s CBD, in Sydney’s west. Architecture firm Bates Smart beat three other competitors to win the right to design the skyscraper, which will be the tallest residential […]

China: Shanghai’s population dips for 1st time this century CCTV Shanghai has seen its population shrink for the first time this century. The city’s statistics bureau said Shanghai’s permanent population, those who have lived there for six months or more, was about 24 million at the end of 2015– a decline of 0.4 percent year […]