Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Former US Senator Ted Stevens, 86, and former NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe, 54, were on an airplane that crashed in southwest Alaska, the Associated Press reports. A family spokesperson later confirmed that Stevens died in the crash, following earlier conflicting reports about his status. Both O’Keefe and his teenage son survived, Former US Senator Ted Stevens among five killed in Alaska plane crash
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Sunday, November 8, 2009 China has offered Africa concessional loans worth US$10 (€6.5) billion as part of a host of new measures aimed at improving the economy of African nations. The announcement was made at the opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Leaders of nearly 50 African countries are China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans
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Here’s An Opinion On: Best Celebrity Dentist New York By Chris Chew All of us instinctively know that a man is usually fit, healthy and attractive just by looking at his bodyshape. We all have the inherent ability to appreciate beauty when we see it, but few have tried to understand, describe and to measure Read more »
Thursday, August 12, 2010 A new study suggests that plants can adapt to changing climatic conditions more efficiently than previously thought, making the onset of climate change less of a concern for plant species around the world. Jodrell Laboratory in the London Botanical Gardens has discovered that plants can alter specific components of their genetic Plants may adapt faster to climate change than previously thought, new study shows
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Monday, May 3, 2010 Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald today interviewed Petros Tzomakas, a Greek far-left activist and member of Xekinima, which is the Greek division of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The party is a member of Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). Tzomakas also sits on his local 5th Athens Municipal District committee, Wikinews interviews spokesman for Greek far-left party Xekinima
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Drivers in the Russian capital, Moscow, were given an unexpected show courtesy of a 30-by-20 foot electronic highway billboard when an explicit pornographic video was played for nearly twenty minutes in place of the paid advertisement clips that are usually shown. The incident happened near the entrance into Serpukovskiy tunnel on Highway billboard gives Moscow drivers an unexpected show
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Here’s An Opinion On: Premier Egg Donor Agency Submitted by: J. Michael Key If you are struggling to get pregnant, progesterone infertility is likely part of the cause. Progesterone is an important hormone for a woman’s reproductive system, and things do not work properly when it is in short supply. It serves a number of Read more »
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Two pieces of suspected plane debris found washed ashore islands in the Maldives have been taken back to Malaysia for further analysis, Malaysia announced on Sunday. The pieces were found last Friday. Investigators are trying to determine if they’re connected to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370). “The first thing we have Two pieces of suspected plane debris from Maldives taken to Malaysia for analysis
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Sunday, May 24, 2009 The Saskatoon Health Region in Saskatchewan, Canada recently discovered a fax machine problem which had not relayed almost 1,500 X-rays, Computed tomography (CT) and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, ultrasounds, and other medical imaging test results to doctors. The fax machine is part of the automated Radiology Information System. An audit Ten-year-old computer glitch prevents delivery of 1,380 Canadian health results
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Hormonal imbalance is a condition that can be found in either men or women regardless of age. Some factors that can lead to hormonal imbalance are varied. They are: age, bad diet (taking in too much refined sugar which could lead to high insulin levels and too much intake of hydrogenated fats) and lack of Read more »