Category Archives: World News
The X Prize foundation, known for giving away strong monetary incentives for the meeting of their challenges has just launched their latest challenge, known as the Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge. Wendy Schmidt, president of the Schmidt Family Foundation, funded the prize money for the challenge personally. The purpose for the challenge is to [...]
Testing on the new cap to seal the leak on the MC252 well, in the Gulf of Mexico were delayed yesterday whilst a leak in a pipe on the side of the new cap was investigated. Amid fears that the new cap, BPs best hope to date of stopping the Oil leak, may not be [...]
The Taste Of Buffalo, the annual celebration in the city of Buffalo, is happening this weekend, July 10th and 11th. Of course, each year, it has gained momentum and is now the largest food festival in the United States. Featuring foods from all over the world, there is cuisine for every taste. People from all over [...]
The use of fuels that are non-renewable sources of energy has proven to be somewhat of a hot topic is recent years. However, in spite of the fact that many automobile companies are investing in the use of solar powered vehicles and cars, the mass use of such items is still not something that can [...]
July 1st marks the momentous occasion of the birth of the country known to many as Canada, and this year’s birthday saw Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip paying a royal visit. Arriving at Parliament Hill in the capital of the country, the 84-year old monarch had much to be delighted in with the cheering crowd [...]
BP today announced that they have made the starting payment of $60 million towards the Barrier Islands Project. They have pledged to fund the whole $360 million project and will make the payments directly to Louisiana state. The payments will be made at certified completion stages of 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and the final payment [...]
In an address issued on Tuesday 1 June US Attorney General Eric Holder voiced his concerns over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He acknowledged that efforts and priority’s should be directed in the first instance towards controlling the leak and managing the spill. He also said “, we must also ensure that [...]
As BP struggle to control the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico President Obama is set to meet with the members of his probe panel today. They have been tasked with investigating the biggest oil spill since the Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989. The spill is rapidly closing in on 2 months now as [...]
At least 70 are dead and around the same amount are wounded in a coordinated attack on mosques of a minority sect during Friday Prayer in Lahore, Islamabad Pakistan. This information was provided by the city coordinating officer. The almost minute perfect timing of the two attacks took place at two mosques a few miles [...]
Atlantis landed after a 4.9 million mile journey on Wednesday 8.48 EDT after it’s final planned flight, there is a pending supply flight for Atlantis next year. There are only 2 more planned flights this year one for each of the other shuttles, Endeavour and Discovery. They will continue with the outfitting and assembly of [...]