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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 […]

Zimbabwe changes visas requirements for Southern African Development Communities (SADC) countries African News Agency The Zimbabwean government has, with immediate effect, scrapped visas for all Southern African Development Communities (SADC) countries. Immigration department principal director Clemence Masango said the move was meant to facilitate easy movement within the region. “This new position completes the circle […]

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 […]

China’s Nuclear Emergency Preparedness 2016 CCTV News China publishes its first nuclear emergency guidelines on Wednesday outlining the actions to be taken in an event of a nuclear accident. The 12,000 Chinese character-long instructions, named “China’s Nuclear Emergency Preparedness”, have introduced the principles, measures, research and cooperation in relation to nuclear emergency management. They specify […]

Rio de Janeiro 2016 to unveil 8 new Olympic venues during 25 test events over next 5 months Source: Rio 2016 It may be more than six months until the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but there will be plenty of Games-related sporting action in the city before then. Starting with basketball […]

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to begin testing new Metrorail train early in 2016 The first test version of the train set to replace the old Metrorail fleet is in the country TMG Digital JOHANNESBURG- The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has welcomed “Test Train No1 (T1)” to its Wolmerton Depot […]

China launches HD earth observation satellite Xinhua XICHANG, CHINA- China on 29 December 2015 launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-4, as part of the country’s high-definition (HD) earth observation project. Gaofen-4 was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan at 00:04 a.m. aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket. […]

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 […]

University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum states that ancient Egypt was in fact the land of black African people There have been many people around the world who have asked the question…”Were the ancient Egyptians black?” The answer to that is simply, YES.   The University of Cambridge- Fitzwilliam Museum’s Virtual Kemet states the following: “Kemet : […]