The trip of over 2,200 passengers of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship ended early after fire broke out on board the Grandeur of the Seas. The cruise ship was on its way to CocoCay from Baltimore when the mooring area caught fire on Monday. As the fire was being put out, the passengers were gathered […]
AstraZeneca is set to acquire Omthera Pharmaceuticals in an effort to increase its cardiovascular medicine business. The acquisition, which is worth around $443 million, highlights the determination of Pascal Soriot to give the company a boost through a number of well-planned acquisitions. The acquisition of the fish oil-derived drug maker is the second acquisition of […]
Analysts say that a battle for a town near the border with Lebanon can spell the future of the two year old rebellion in Syria. The town is a key element in the supply of men and weapons to the opposition forces that are fighting the Assad regime. The border town of Qusayr has been […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry is on his way to the Middle East for the fourth time since he was appointed into office last January. He will visit Oman on Tuesday before travelling to Jordan on Wednesday. He will discuss the Syrian crisis while in Jordan. His next destination will be Jerusalem and Ramallah, […]
United Stated President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping are scheduled to have their first meet in June, in California. This will be the first time the two heads of state meet, since Jinping was elected named president in March. An official statement made by the White House, suggests that the agenda will […]
A pledge from Anonymous through Twitter resulted to the shutdown of Wi-Fi access on Guantanamo Bay Naval Base by the US military. According to Lt. Col. Samuel House, the Wi-Fi of the base was shut down due to the public plan of Anonymous of disrupting activities at the prison. The shutdown also banned the use […]
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk revealed through a Twitter message that the loan of the company may be able to repay its loan from the US Department of Energy by Wednesday. Musk also revealed that it will make another announcement about the charging station network of the company to next week. Musk owns […]
The United States Treasury Department issued new sanctions against Syria this Thursday as a response to the continuous abuses the Bashar al-Assad regime has committed against its own citizens. Among the sanctions were the blacklisting of four senior officials, a Syrian airline that supposedly helped transport weapons from Iran to Syria, and a local television. […]
Tensions at the Korean peninsula may be eased following the unannounced visit of an aid to the prime minister of Japan to North Korea. The Korean Central News Agency, the state-run media agency, revealed that Kim Chol Ho, an official from the Foreign Ministry of the North met Isao Iijima, an aide of Prime Minister […]
Monday saw shares of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) continue their upward surge as it went up by 14.4 percent. Shares of the company have increased by 57 percent after the company reported its first-quarter earnings. The recent increase follows the gleaming review the Tesla Model S received from Consumer Reports magazine. The earnings report elated […]
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