A remarkable and largest of the rare and precious stones was unearthed in Australia, according to the mining giant Rio Tinto. The precious 12.76 carat pink diamond named Argyle Pink Jubilee was found during Rio’s diamond operations in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Experts say it would take 10 days to cut and polish […]
New development dubbed as the world’s first ever “test-tube” meat, will be introduced this fall, Dutch scientist Mark Post announced in a conference on Sunday. The purpose of this experiment is to invent efficient ways in producing skeletal muscle tissue that exactly mimics meat, and would eventually replace the entire meat-animal industry. The experiment is still in its […]
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) reduced the amount of reserved cash banks must hold on Saturday, enhancing the lending capacity by an estimated 350-400 billion yuan ($55.6-$63.5 billion) with a purpose of starting credit creation as China faces a fifth quarter of slowing growth in a row. PBOC would like to ease policies to protect […]
A horrific fire broke out in the Honduras prison, killing at least 300 prisoners. According to a Honduran government report, the detainees who died in the Honduran prison fire, which numbered up to 355, had been locked inside the overcrowded jail. The fire burned and suffocated screaming inmates in their locked cells as rescuers frantically […]
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, more widely known as “the underwear bomber” will get the last chance to rant against the United States government when given the sentence of life imprisonment today for trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day in 2009. Prison officials anticipate that Abdulmutallab will be sent to the Supermax federal […]
Sen. Kelly Ayotte spoke during a press conference held at Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, to criticize U.S. President Barack Obama for being adamant in his stand that employers must have the provision of health insurance to their employees. This health insurance includes birth control for women. One outcome of the […]
Greek party flag bearers had a meeting on Wednesday to agree on a reform deal in exchange for a renewed EU/IMF rescue, after the annoying repeated delays which prompted warnings that the euro may disengage Athens. With the financial future of Greece and the wider euro zone at stake, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos’ strained efforts to […]
Talk about a true-to-life windfall! What will you do with the huge amount of money if you won more than $300 million jackpot? A lucky person who bought a ticket in Rhode Island for the Powerball lottery is the sole winner of the huge $336.4 million jackpot. The jackpot amount started at $311 million for […]
A bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington has finally won the final legislative approval last Wednesday that makes the state the seventh in the country to allow gay marriages. Despite the disapproval of certain opponents, led by some religious conservatives who vowed to revoke it in November polls, Christine Gregoire, Washington’s Democratic Governor, announced that […]
Credit cards and other lending businesses to British consumers had the sharpest drop in nearly two decades in December, which strengthen the expectations that Bank of England will soon bring in more cash assistance into the economy to prevent a further deep recession. A devastating decline in cash supply further added to conjectures that 75 […]
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