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Australia: Twin skyscrapers plan for Melbourne Simon Johanson The Sydney Morning Herald MELBOURNE- It’s the Melbourne equivalent to New York’s twin towers. The city’s reputation as the skyscraper capital of Australia is set to be boosted after a Chinese developer lodged plans to build a twin skyscraper complex on Queen and La Trobe Streets. Just […]

Did you know the Confederate States of America is celebrated in Brazil? Festa Confederada By Asher Levine Reuters SANTA BARBARA D’OESTE, Brazil- The U.S. Civil War ended 150 years ago, but once a year, deep in the sugar cane fields of southern Brazil, the Confederate battle flag rises again. It would be an unlikely scene […]

Africa: China, Equatorial Guinea announce all-round partnership of cooperation Xinhua BEIJING- Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on Tuesday and they pledged to lift the bilateral relationship to an all-round partnership featuring equality, mutual trust and win-win cooperation. Lauding Obiang as a good friend of the Chinese […]

Rioting in an American city in 2015- Yesteryear in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s own words 1967 Unrest followed the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland on April 27, 2015. Freddie Gray, a 25 year old African American man, died of a mysterious spinal injury on April 19, 2015, days after being taken into […]

Europe’s former imperial powers continue to target aid to ex-colonies, especially in Africa France, Britain, Belgium, Spain, Germany and Portugal are spending most of their official development aid on the countries they once ruled as colonies The Guardian Until the 20th century, they were Europe’s biggest imperial powers. Today, France, the UK, Belgium, Spain, Germany […]

Jamaica just planted its first legal Marijuana (Cannabis) plant By Balford Henry Jamaica Observer The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, planted its first legal ganja (marijuana) plant yesterday, symbolizing its position as the pioneer in legally cultivating and researching the benefits of the drug in Jamaica. Emotive adjectives colored the presentations from government […]

South Africa deploys troops to quell xenophobic violence Xinhua JOHANNESBURG- South Africa deployed troops Tuesday to anti-immigrant hotspots to help quell xenophobic violence in which at least seven people were killed and shops run by immigrants were looted. Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told the media that it is the right time for the country to […]

Asian-African Summit 2015 Asian-African ministerial meeting kicks off in Indonesia Xinhua Ministers from Asian and African countries held a meeting here on Monday in preparation for the Asian-African Summit 2015. The summit runs from April 22 to April 23 and the commemoration of the 60th Asian-African Conference is scheduled for April 24. The upcoming summit […]

April 19, 1775- The American experiment to create a more perfect union began with war The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). On April 19, 1775, British and American soldiers exchanged fire in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord. On the night of […]

NASA Mars rover’s weather data bolster case for puddles of salty water NASA Martian weather and soil conditions that NASA’s Curiosity rover has measured, together with a type of salt found in Martian soil, could put liquid brine in the soil at night. Perchlorate identified in Martian soil by the Curiosity mission, and previously by […]