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Dubai’s new Al-Maktoum International Airport opens Newly opened Al-Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, which will be the world’s largest once it is completed. Photo: AFP AFP The Gulf emirate of Dubai on Sunday opened passenger operations at its second airport, Al-Maktoum International, touted to be the world’s largest once it is completed. A Wizz Air […]

Myanmar’s new international airport to begin construction in 2014 Construction work for a new Hantharwady International Airport will be start in early 2014, as Myanmar gears up to receive growing numbers of visitors. Yangon International Airport, currently the country’s main entry point, handles 20 million passengers a year and will be upgraded to receive another […]

How an abandoned Caracas skyscraper became ‘The World’s Tallest Slum’ After an economic collapse a 45-story skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela went unfinished in 1994 and uninhabited, until 2007, when the city’s homeless began moving in. Its developer, Mr. Brillembourg died of cancer at age 56 in 1993. In the area around the Tower of David, […]

South Africa and France ink $8 billion energy, rail infrastructure deals Agence France-Presse South Africa on Monday clinched $8 billion in infrastructure deals with France during a visit by President Francois Hollande, boosting government efforts to tackle a flagging economy and sky-high unemployment. Hollande kicked off a two-day visit to Africa’s largest economy by signing […]

Ghana to host first aviation exposition- African Air Expo 2014 Ghana will host the maiden Africa Air Expo from November 9 – 11, 2014 in Accra to showcase the achievements of the civil aviation industry in Africa. Graphic (Ghana) ACCRA- Ghana is to host the first-ever global aviation exposition in Africa in Accra, in 2014. […]

21th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation concludes with strategic agreement on key issues Xinhua BALI, Indonesia- The 21th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meeting concluded here Tuesday following extensive discussion on issues most related to the region’s growth. After two rounds of retreat sessions centering on strengthening the multilateral trading system and improving connectivity in the evolving […]

Russia: President Vladimir Putin launches Olympic torch relay for Sochi Games BBC News Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken part in a ceremony in Moscow to launch the torch relay for next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. The torch will go on a 123-day journey covering some 65,000km (40,000 miles) before the Games start in […]

Germany marks 23 years of reunification AFP Some 400,000 people took part in the official reunification celebrations on Thursday in Stuttgart, which began with an ecumenical church service led by the country’s top Catholic and Protestant clerics. The rest of the day was devoted to German cultural exhibits and entertainment around Stuttgart. Every year on […]

Top global university rankings 2013-2014 BBC News US universities are still the most dominant international force in the Times Higher Education rankings. In top place, as last year, is the California Institute of Technology. In the UK there are concerns that, outside Oxford, Cambridge and London colleges, many major universities are slipping down international rankings. […]

Duke University granted final approval for its new campus in China Mary Brown Bullock, executive vice chancellor of Duke Kunshan University, said the approval allowed the university, a joint venture between Duke University and Wuhan University, formally to start recruiting faculty and students for enrollment for the fall semester of 2014. Source: Duke Kunshan University […]