A landslide caused by rains in southern China left 21 people missing Tuesday, adding to a growing death toll from China's worst flood season in a decade, which is expected to worsen with heavy rains forecast across the country.
Rescuers searched for 21 people missing after a landslid... read more
July 27, 2010, 11:36 am
21 People Missing After Landslide in China
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July 27, 2010, 6:25 am
BP Dumps Hayward
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BP said Tuesday that controversial chief executive Tony Hayward will step down on Oct. 1 as it announced losses of nearly $17 billion in three months. The unfortunate and gaffe-prone Hayward would still be able to walk away with a payoff of more than $1.6 million. Hayward is to be su... read more |
July 26, 2010, 10:01 am
Chelsea Clinton To Wed Marc Mezvinsky
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Chelsea Clinton and her groom-to-be, Marc Mezvinsky. The couple will wed July 31 in the upstate New York community of Rhinebeck. This small town in the Hudson Valley is thrilled that the wedding of the year will be happening here on Saturday. Thrilled, even though no one can talk about this wedding ... read more |
July 26, 2010, 9:45 am
EU Slaps Iran With New Sanctions
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The European Union on Monday formally adopted a package of new sanctions against Iran, targeting the country's foreign trade, banking and energy sectors. The move, which was agreed to in principle by EU leaders in June, is the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an... read more |
July 26, 2010, 7:54 am
Oprah's network May Hire Sarah Ferguson
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Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson might have found a new way to generate some income to help her Cash-strapped situation: by hosting a show of her own on Oprah Winfrey’s fledgling cable network, OWN. Ferguson reportedly has an offer from the network on the table, one that came from Wi... read more |
July 24, 2010, 4:31 pm
New supersonic passenger Jet Near takeoff
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Supersonic passenger travel was grounded in 2003 when British Airways and Air France cancelled their transatlantic Concorde service because of falling revenues and rising maintenance costs. The Aerion Supersonic Business Jet promises to help travelers break the sound barrier again. T... read more |
July 24, 2010, 2:03 pm
15 killed at Germany's Love Parade
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Stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans crushed 15 people to death and injured dozens at Germany's famed Love Parade festival on Saturday. Thousands of other revelers kept partying at the event in Duisburg, near Duesseldorf, unaware of the deadly stampede that started... read more |
July 24, 2010, 12:28 pm
Young Senegalese Embracing wrestling
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Young men who attend the Ecurie Dakar Plateau school for traditional Senegalese wrestling train in a schoolyard in Dakar, Senegal. Thousands of unemployed or underemployed men flock to this West African country's capital to train in wrestling schools in the hopes of making it big. Ho... read more |
July 24, 2010, 6:59 am
Whale Slams into A Boat off the Coast of South Africa
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A couple on a yacht outing off the coast of South Africa get a giant shock when a 40-ton southern right whale jumps out of the ocean and slams into their boat on July 21. The whale destroyed the boat's mast and then returned to the water. The couple were not injured. Paloma Werner and... read more |
July 20, 2010, 2:54 pm
Lindsay Lohan Takes Her Place In Jail
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Lindsay Lohan reported Tuesday for a 90-day sentence that the troubled actress likely will serve in isolation. Wearing dark denim jeans, a gray top, black corset belt and black jacket, the 24-year-old Lohan showed up at the Beverly Hills courtroom about 10 minutes late. After a short hearing, she ro... read more |
July 20, 2010, 2:06 pm
China Is World's Largest Energy Consuming Country
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China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest consumer of energy, according to data from Paris-based International Energy Agency. News reports citing data from the IEA said China consumed the equivalent of 2.25 billion tons of oil last year, slightly above U.S. consumpt... read more |
July 20, 2010, 1:45 pm
China Oil Spill
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The two workers, covered head-to-toe in oil, are helped to the shore from a boat by rescuers. No-one was injured in the explosion at the refinery, although the subsequent fire raged for 15 hours. Dalian's Xingang oil port is one of China's four state storage bases currently in operation. |
July 19, 2010, 5:56 am
Thierry Henry Moves to New York Red Bulls
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The former Arsenal captain, 32, is expected to make his debut for Red Bulls in a friendly against Tottenham in the United States on 22 July. Henry signed for Barcelona in 2007 and had one year remaining on his contract but the club agreed to let him leave. Henry said: This marks an e... read more |
July 19, 2010, 4:57 am
50 or More killed in India train crash
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A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at a station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing 56 people, railway police said. The crash happened about 2 a.m. when the Uttarbanga Express slammed into the Vananchal Express as it left the platfo... read more |
July 19, 2010, 4:39 am
New Boeing 787 Ready For Farnborough Airshow
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Boeing new 787 Dreamliner touched down in Britain on Sunday on its first trip outside the United States, thrilling hordes of eager planespotters who came out to see the breakthrough carbon-composite plane. The 787 is expected to take the spotlight at next week's Farnborough Airshow. ... read more |
July 18, 2010, 4:05 pm
South African "Oosthuizen" Wins the British Open
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Not many will forget the performance Louis Oosthuizen delivered at the home of golf to capture the British Open. A week after the World Cup ended, South Africa had more reason to celebrate Sunday, this from a most unlikely source. Oosthuizen, a 27-year-old who had only made one cut i... read more |
July 18, 2010, 7:43 am
Bill Gates "Impacting Life Through Quality Education"
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Mr Bill Gates left his day-to-day role at Microsoft to concentrate on supervising the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The 10-year-old Foundation opened a London office this year; it also has offices in Washington, Delhi, and Beijing, and 830 employees around the world, up from ab... read more |
July 18, 2010, 6:45 am
Police and Protesters Stretched to the limit
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War breaks out between riot police and protesters at the height of disturbances in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, Northern Ireland, on July 12. A police officer was seriously injured during sectarian rioting after a loyalist parade was forced past a Catholic area. ... read more |
July 16, 2010, 8:01 pm
Super Skimmer Ineffective in Gulf of Mexico Oil Clean Up
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A Taiwanese-owned "super skimmer" ship sent to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has collected virtually no oil in two weeks of tests, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Friday. All we found in the tanks was water, so it was very ineffective," Coast Guard Rear A... read more |
July 15, 2010, 4:47 pm
Good News in USA"Oil stops Gushing and Financial Reform"
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Americans woke up today with some good news to be proud and happy of, the weeks-long BP Gulf Oil Gushing has stopped with BP successfully testing the new 75,000 tone capping with no more oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico as the testing continues. Far away from the Gulf of Mexico, Se... read more |
July 10, 2010, 6:51 pm
Gunman Raoul Moat kills himself after police stand-off
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Fugitive gunman Raoul Moat has killed himself after a six-hour stand-off with armed officers, police have confirmed. A spokesman said the 37-year-old shot himself after being cornered close to a river in Rothbury, Northumberland. He was pronounced dead in hospital at 0220 BST on Saturday. <... read more |
July 10, 2010, 6:23 pm
Tour de France "Armstrong Moves Up to 14th Place"
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