Sunday, October 7, 2012 A Norwegian University of Science and Technology study released Thursday found electric vehicles have a potential for higher eco-toxicity and greenhouse impact than conventional cars. The study includes an examination of the electric car’s life cycle as a whole rather than a study of the electric Continue Reading
Eight injured after train derails in Argyll, Scotland
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 An investigation is currently under way in Argyll, Scotland, following a derailment on the Glasgow – Oban railway. The incident took place at 2100 BST (2000 UTC) on Sunday, close to the ‘Falls of Curchan’ station. According to reports, both carriages of the derailed unit had Continue Reading
How To Choose A Right Pair Of Shoes And Keep Them}
How to Choose a Right pair of Shoes and Keep Them by EmmaThe spokeman Kobe is positively an ambitious offensive rear guard who dares for victory. His shoes’s designs are linked to his position. Straight laces are adopted in almost all series of those shoes. Its matchless structure offers more Continue Reading
Time magazine refutes US President Donald Trump’s Twitter claim he was nominated Time ‘Person of the Year’
Monday, November 27, 2017 On Friday, US president Donald Trump released a tweet via Twitter claiming New York-based magazine Time had informed him they would “probably” name him “Person of the Year”. The claims made in the tweet, sent while Trump resided for the Thanksgiving season at his Mar-a-Lago club Continue Reading
New York governor Spitzer tied to prostitution ring
Monday, March 10, 2008 According to a report by The New York Times (The Times), New York Governor Eliot Spitzer informed his senior administration officials on Monday that he was being investigated for using a “high-class” prostitution ring. The Times report cites anonymous officials who work for Spitzer. A law Continue Reading
Portuguese Republican National Guard in Dili confined to headquarters
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 The Portuguese Republican National Guard (GNR), that arrived last Sunday at Dili, have interrupted their patrols in the streets of Dili and are now confined to their temporary headquarters. According to a Portuguese governmental source, the GNR force is confined to its improvised headquarters in Dili, Continue Reading
Drug-resistant staph deaths surpass AIDS in the United States
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant strain of bacteria, killed nearly 19,000 Americans in 2005 alone, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. That is more people than were killed by AIDS in the United States. More than 94,000 Americans Continue Reading
NATO oil tanker torched in Pakistan
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Militants in north-west Pakistan blew up a fuel tanker carrying supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan on Monday. More than ten armed men shot at the tanker and fired a rocket at the vehicle outside Peshawar city, and the driver and a passenger were injured in Continue Reading
Immigration Detainees on Hunger Strike in Oxford UK
Thursday, June 15, 2006 One hundred and twenty detainees at an immigration removal centre in Oxford, UK, are on hunger strike. The protest started when some detainees refused breakfast on Wednesday 14th June 2006. A letter from the hunger strikers explaining why they are seeking to draw attention to their Continue Reading
As increase in digital music sales slows, record labels look to new ways to make money
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Every September, the Apple iPod is redesigned. Last year saw the release of the iPod Nano 5th generation, bringing a video camera and a large range of colours to the Nano for the first time. But as Apple again prepares to unveil a redesigned product, the Continue Reading