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China’s new Urbanization Plan 2014-2020 China is planning a major expansion of its transport networks and urban infrastructure Xinhua BEIJING- Sprawling cities, low efficiency in land use and oversized roads and squares are among the problems China plans to avoid in the next 17 years, according to the country’s latest program on urbanization. The National […]

High speed train overtakes airplane as means of internal transport in Spain Xinhua MADRID– The long distance train overtook air travel as a means of internal transport for Spaniards, it was confirmed on March 13, 2014. Spain’s national Institute of Statistics confirmed that in January 2014, 1.8 million people used aircraft as a means of […]

Australia: Sydney is going digital-only TV on March 18, 2014 Australian Government Some TV channels are changing their frequency as the final step in the move to digital-only TV. Australians will need to retune their TV, set-top box or digital recorder when these changes happen in their areas. If Australians don’t, they won’t be able […]

Kenya-West trade relations soar despite the “looking east” policy By Bedah Mengo Xinhua NAIROBI- Trade relations between Kenya and western nations continue to blossom despite the country’s increasing new bilateral ties, particularly with the East. New economic data from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) received on Monday indicates that western nations remained Kenya’s top […]

Japan’s tallest building Abeno Harukas fully opened Osaka challenges Tokyo with tallest skyscraper Bloomberg Japan’s tallest building will open Friday in Osaka, as Asia’s third-biggest metropolitan economy aims to lure tourists and stem businesses from moving to Tokyo. Kintetsu Corp., one of the main railways in western Japan, spent ¥130 billion and four years constructing […]

Nigeria celebrates its 100 year union created by the British Nigeria is marking a century of its existence following the amalgamation of the mainly Muslim north and Africans who followed Traditional African Religions, who were converted into Christians, in the south under British colonial rule in 1914. ________ Modern-day Nigeria came into being on January […]

NASA’s Kepler Mission announces a planet bonanza, 715 new planets NASA NASA’s Kepler mission announced Wednesday, Feb 26, 2013 the discovery of 715 new planets. These newly-verified worlds orbit 305 stars, revealing multiple-planet systems much like our own solar system. Nearly 95 percent of these planets are smaller than Neptune, which is almost four times […]

Brazil, Europe plan undersea cable to skirt U.S. spying Reuters Brazil and the European Union agreed on Monday to lay an undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza to reduce Brazil’s reliance on the United States after Washington spied on Brasilia. At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable […]

Scotland: Voters prepare for September independence referendum Michael Settle The Herald (Scotland) Electoral registration officers across Scotland have been placed on high alert to spot attempted abuse of the system from Scots with main homes in England trying to register to vote in September’s independence referendum – an illegal act punishable by up to a […]

Venezuela, Cuba agree to implement 56 welfare projects Xinhua CARACAS- Venezuela and Cuba have agreed to implement 56 welfare projects, Venezuela’s Vice President Rafael Ramirez said Thursday. The consensus was reached during a two-day bilateral high-level committee meeting in Caracas. “With the cooperation of Cuba, we have focused on our people, which is the most […]