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Africa is on the move, says President Obama in Kenya President Barack Obama co-hosted the Global Entrepreneurship Summit More than US$1 billion (Sh100 billion) to support entrepreneurship worldwide By David Ohito The Standard (Kenya) President Barack Obama and President Uhuru Kenyatta opened the 6th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), co-hosted by the United States and […]

NASA’s Kepler Mission discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth NASA NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another “Earth.” The newly discovered Kepler-452b […]

BRICS: Chinese premier hails the opening of the New Development Bank Xinhua BEIJING- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday hailed the opening of the New Development Bank (NDB) as an “important step forward” in cooperation among BRICS countries. “This is great progress in financial cooperation among developing countries and emerging economies, as well as a […]

Cuban flag flies in Washington for the first time in 54 years Azam Ahmed The Sydney Morning Herald WASHINGTON, DC- Throngs of demonstrators gathered to witness the raising of the flag of Cuba over the Cuban embassy, the first time it has flown in Washington here since the US broke off diplomatic relations with the […]

Experts urge more financial support to Belt and Road Initiative Xinhua BEIJING- Experts called on Chinese banks and financial institutions during a forum on Sunday to increase loans to aid investment in regions along the routes of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative. “Financial support is greatly needed to promote the initiative as there is […]

NASA’s 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto reaches historic encounter NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto. NASA After a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface — roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India – making it the […]

The ‘Jewish Olympics’ to come to Berlin – European Maccabi Games The Guardian UK Jewish involvement in organized sport has a troubled history in Europe. Almost all Jews were banned from the German delegation at the 1936 Olympic Games, sparking protests worldwide by anti-fascist demonstrators. In the 1972 Munich Olympics, 11 Jewish members of the […]

BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Eurasian Economic Union to cooperate for people’s welfare Xinhua UFA, Russia- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged the BRICS bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) to work together to better people’ s livelihood. Xi made the remarks during a dialogue between leaders of the […]

BRICS central banks sign Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) Source: BRICS 2015 Russia The central banks of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have signed an operating agreement on mutual support as part of the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA). The document was signed after a meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors […]

Update: Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro – Games of the XXXI Olympiad Click link below Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro – Games of the XXXI Olympiad Update: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics Venues and Stadiums Brazil: Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics Venues and Stadiums Update:Rio 2016 revealed Olympic […]