South Africa: R56bn (US $5.55 billion) train deal gets the green light By Anna Cox The Star The R56 billion ($5.55 billion US), 10-year project to replace and transform South Africa’s passenger rail industry into a world-class service is going ahead. A recent visit by The Star to Alstom, the company that forms part of […]
June 26, 2013
China’s Shenzhou-10 astronauts return to Earth
China’s Shenzhou-10 astronauts return to Earth BBC News A capsule carrying three Chinese astronauts has landed safely after a 15-day mission in space. The astronauts travelled on the Shenzhou-10 craft to China’s space laboratory, the Tiangong-1. They completed manual docking exercises and astronaut Wang Yaping gave a video lecture to students back on Earth. The […]
June 25, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down key part of Voting Rights Act of 1965
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down key part of Voting Rights Act of 1965 By Adam Liptak The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday effectively struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 5-to-4 vote, ruling that Congress had not provided adequate justification for subjecting nine states, […]
June 25, 2013
ONGC, Oil India to Pay $2.5 Billion for Mozambique Field Stake
ONGC, Oil India to Pay $2.5 Billion for Mozambique Field Stake By Rakteem Katakey Bloomberg Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd. (OINL), India’s biggest state-run explorers, will pay $2.5 billion to buy a stake in a Mozambique natural gas field from Videocon Industries Ltd. (VCLF) The two Indian companies will buy […]
June 25, 2013
South Africa: Orania and Kleinfonteini -Where Apartheid lives in Nelson Mandela’s ‘Rainbow Nation’
Orania, a town white with fear Sapa-AFP Welcome to Orania, South Africa: a whites-only enclave established in 1991 during the dying years of apartheid. The town in the sparsely populated Karoo region is inhabited only by Afrikaners. These descendants of Dutch-speaking migrants who arrived in South Africa in 1652 with Jan van Riebeeck, now make […]
June 24, 2013
Australia: Sydney’s billion dollar casino expansion race
Sydney’s most expensive hotel room could be at the Star at Pyrmont Lucy Carroll The Sydney Morning Herald SYDNEY- Personal butlers, an infinity pool, a private sauna and massage room – that’s what $25,000 ($23,007 US) A a night will buy you in the Star casino’s proposed luxury villas for high rollers. Five of the […]
June 22, 2013
Top U.S universities for federal R&D grants and expenditures by academic institutions
Top U.S universities for federal R&D grants By Monica Vendituoli OpenSecrets.org Federal research and development funds benefit a disproportionately small number of universities which in turn spend disproportionately on lobbying and campaign contributions. A study by the National Science Foundation found that about 20 percent of the more than $40 billion in federal funds given […]
June 22, 2013
Tall buildings in the news update
Tall buildings in the news update Dubai inaugurates world’s tallest ‘twisted’ tower Agence-France Presse Dubai has inaugurated the world’s tallest twisted tower built at a cost of $272 million, setting a yet another record for skyscrapers and other engineering marvels. The 310-meter (1,017-foot), 75-floor residential Cayan Tower is twisted at 90 degrees from top to […]
June 21, 2013
Kenya population to hit 73 million by 2030
Kenya population to hit 73 million by 2030 By Musembi Nzengu The Star The Kenyan population is projected to shoot to shoot to 73 million people by the year 2030, a population expert said yesterday. The National Council for Population and Development deputy director for policy and research Vane Lumumba said yesterday the rapid population […]
June 20, 2013
China’s 2nd woman astronaut Wang Yaping delivers space lecture
Chinese astronaut Yaping delivers space lecture PTI BEIJING- China’s second woman astronaut Wang Yaping, who is currently orbiting the Earth in an experimental spacelab, has become the country’s first space teacher as she delivered a lecture to over 60 million Chinese students about various aspects life in space. In a 45 minutes lecture, Wang, […]
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