AP, Canberra Australia’s prime minister on Wednesday distanced himself from the man he replaced by announcing a new fund to promote clean energy innovation as the country heads toward a likely early election in July. The announcement by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of the 1 billion Australian dollar ($760 million) Clean Energy Innovation Fund comes…
AP, Idomeni Refugees and migrants in Greece have staged protests at the country’s border with Macedonia and on islands near the Turkish coast, as officials still are unsure when an international agreement to reduce migration would take full effect. Several hundred protesters camped out at the border disrupted food distribution by charities on Wednesday, and…
AP, Havana President Barack Obama urged Cubans on Tuesday to look toward a hopeful future with the United States, casting his historic visit to the communist nation as a moment to “bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.” In a speech peppered with Spanish at the Grand Theater of Havana, Obama…
BBC, Middle East A US air strike has killed dozens of fighters from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in a mountainous region of Yemen, the Pentagon says. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said the target was an al-Qaeda training camp that was being used by more than 70 fighters. Tuesday’s air strike was the most…
Sheersho Zaman Back in the day, being an addict meant leading the rock-star life on a high by taking one’s preferred brand of hallucinogen or any other type of lethal drug before coming crashing down once the aforementioned high had passed, leading to the repetition of the same chain of events. However, nowadays, even though…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Job interviews are like the most harrowing experience ever. From the spine-tingling thoughts of who you will be facing to what questions you need to be prepared for- it’s an experience like no other. One thing you might overlook or look too much into is your interview wardrobe. Figuring out what to wear…
Samiul Bashar Samin Hypochondriacs have existed as the ultimate bane for doctors all over the world. You know you’re a hypochondriac when you walk into the doctor’s chamber and he sighs and asks, “What is it this time?” Yours truly knows this feeling all too well. To be honest, at this point I think my…
With the recent death of Keith Emerson of the Emerson, Lake and Palmer fame, the dangers that celebrities of any magnitude will face. But Emerson is just one of the innumerable numbers of famous figures who have ended up as being collateral. The prolific progressive rock keyboardist committed suicide according to a coroner’s report. According…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Intel guru, Andy Groves, passed away on the 21st of March, at the age of 79. Andy grove, a Hungarian émigré in collaboration with Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore founded Intel, the multimillion dollar company. Grove’s name had been synonymous with the emergence of the Silicon Valley in the 1980’s and 90’s. He…
M. Thipthorpe Apple has been accused time and again of not being ‘green’ enough. This is nothing new and Apple Inc. isn’t the only target of environmental rights groups like Greenpeace. Lisa Jackson. The vice president of Apple’s environment, policy and social initiatives has stated that Apple wants to change the world for the better,…