New Zealand’s Martin Jetpack inventor company listed on Australian stock exchange Glenn Martin’s jetpack dream achieves lift-off as Martin Aircraft IPO rises on debut New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Company is already taking orders for ‘world’s first practical jetpack able to be flown by a pilot or via remote control’ Sally Rose The Sydney Morning Herald […]
February 20, 2015
Kenya could export crude oil next year
Kenya could export crude oil next year By Jevans Nyabiage The Standard Kenya could be an oil exporting country as early as next year, as it races ahead of Uganda, which discovered the resource about nine years ago. UK-based oil and gas exploration firm, Tullow, is pressing on with plans to start producing oil in […]
February 13, 2015
Boston 2024 releases its Olympic Bid renderings
Boston 2024 releases its Olympic Bid renderings Boston 2024, the private nonprofit behind the city’s bid, released the presentation materials it gave to the U.S. Olympic Committee during its bid in December 2014. Below are renderings of potential Boston 2024 venues. ____________ Potential Boston 2024 Olympic facilities ___________ Boston 2024 Olympic districts Click images below […]
February 13, 2015
Canada releases its annual population estimates for metropolitan areas
Canada releases its annual population estimates for metropolitan areas, July 1, 2014 Release date: February 11, 2015 Source: Statistics Canada On July 1, 2014, almost 7 in 10 Canadians, or 24,858,600 people, were living in a census metropolitan area (CMA). In turn, more than one in three Canadians (35.3%) made their home in Canada’s three […]
February 13, 2015
Japan supports five communities in Ghana
Japan supports five communities in Ghana By Mohammed Awal The Chronicle (Ghana) The government of Japan has made a grant provision of about four hundred and twenty one thousand (US$421,000) available to the construction of developmental projects in five communities in Ghana. The resources were provided under the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security […]
February 5, 2015
Colorado may have to refund as much as $30 million in marijuana taxes
Colorado may have to refund as much as $30 million in marijuana taxes Associated Press DENVER — Colorado’s marijuana experiment was designed to raise revenue for the state and its schools, but a state law may put some of the tax money directly into residents’ pockets, causing quite a headache for lawmakers. The state constitution […]
February 1, 2015
Robert Mugabe named new African Union chairman. AU leaders pledge to strengthen cooperation with China
Robert Mugabe named new African Union chairman The Standard (Kenya) ADDIS ABABA- Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa’s most divisive figures, ascended to the rotating chairmanship of the African Union (AU) on Friday, casting a shadow over the continental body’s relations with the West. The only leader Zimbabwe has known since independence from […]
January 29, 2015
China: The “Belt and Road” initiative
China: The “Belt and Road” initiative Xinhua BEIJING- As China strives to achieve more regional cooperation, its “Belt and Road” initiative will not only drive domestic development but will also influence its foreign policy. The Silk Road Economic Belt is slated to be established along the ancient Silk Road trade route — which stretched northwest […]
January 28, 2015
Ghana: Polytechnics to convert into technical universities in 2016
Ghana: Polytechnics to convert into technical universities in 2016 Accra Polytechnic ready for technical university takeoff GNA Accra Polytechnic is ready for the takeoff of the government’s policy to convert polytechnics into technical universities in September, 2016. Dr. Sylvester Achio, Rector of Accra Polytechnic, described the concept as laudable, and that the institution was working […]
January 27, 2015
70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz The Guardian (UK) Almost 300 survivors of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camps at Auschwitz gather on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of their liberation, in what for many will be the last such commemoration. The ceremony will take place in front of the imposing Death […]
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