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Canada: Highrise in downtown Edmonton arena district will be city’s tallest building By Dave Lazzarino Edmonton Sun Three years from now, Edmonton’s skyline is going to look mighty different. Stantec, one of the city’s largest design and consulting firms, announced Tuesday it will be moving its offices in 2018 to what will be the city’s […]

Newest Istanbul airport likely to bear Erdogan’s name The new facility, which would be Istanbul’s third and largest international airport, would not be the first named after the sitting prime minister. Haaretz Istanbul’s newest international airport will likely be named after Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country’s prime minister and president-elect. “He has given so much […]

Scottish independence referendum: one month to go- September 18 The Scotsman ONE month today voters in Scotland will go to the polls to say yes or no to independence from the United Kingdom. On Thursday September 18 the electorate will be asked to answer the single question “Should Scotland be an independent country?” It marks […]

New Orleans: Population growth continues through 2014 The center of Hurricane Katrina passed southeast of New Orleans on August 29, 2005 Vicki Mack and Allison Plyer The Data Center (The Data Center is the new name for The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center) Released: August 6, 2014 From 2010 to 2013, increases in New […]

Indonesia’s 69th Independence Day Indonesia gained independence from the Netherlands in 1945 Channel News Asia JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice-President Boediono led Indonesia’s 69th Independence Day celebrations in Jakarta on Sunday (Aug 17). For Dr Yudhoyono, the celebrations hold a special sentimental meaning. It was Dr Yudhoyono’s last time leading the Independence […]

Four in 10 of the world’s people will be African by the end of this century UNICEF released a report August 13, 2014 where it projected the growth of Africa’s child population within the next century. UNICEF Africa, already the world’s second most populous continent with over 1 billion inhabitants, is experiencing a demographic shift […]

NFL: 49ers new Levi’s Stadium opens August 2, 2014 with MLS game The stadium is located in the heart of Silicon Valley instead of San Francisco Politicians cut the ribbon for the grand opening of Levi’s Stadium on July 17, 2014, in Santa Clara, California. Levi’s Stadium is set to open in August 2, 2014 […]

Scientists Predict Massive Urban Growth, Creation of Raleigh to Atlanta ‘Megalopolis, in Southeast in Next 45 Years U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey RALEIGH, N.C.—Urban areas in the Southeastern United States will double in size by 2060 unless there are significant changes to land development, according to a new study by the Department […]

RIMPAC: The world’s largest multinational maritime military exercises Held every two years by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), RIMPAC 2014 is a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands. This year’s RIMPAC exercise, the 24th in the series that began in 1971, is scheduled from June 26 to August 1, […]

Howard and Tuskegee: Gen X takes leadership of America’s two most prominent historically black universities Baby Boomers began their tenures as presidents of America’s colleges and university starting in the late 1970s and early 1980s. On July 21, 2014 Howard University’s Board of Trustees named interim president Wayne A.I. Frederick, a 43 year old cancer […]