Yearly Archives: 2014
GE confirms placing $4 billion Boeing order
General Electric has confirmed that it has placed an order for 40 Boeing planes worth $4 billion at list prices. The order includes 20 737...
Chris Christie to be sworn in for second term
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be sworn in for a second term today amid George Washington Bridge scandal and Superstorm Sandy aid. But the...
Nicolas Maduro accuses telenovelas of spreading anti-values
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro accuses the “telenovelas” (TV soap operas) of spreading "anti-values" to young people by glamorizing violence, guns and drugs. The criticism follows...
Omaha feed processing plant explosion and building collapse
Two people have died and 10 others were seriously hurt in an explosion and partial building collapse at an animal feed processing plant in...
South Korea: Credit card details of 20 million people stolen
Credit card details from 20 million South Koreans have been stolen and sold to marketing firms. The data from almost half of South Korea’s population...
Viktor Yanukovych warns protesters amid Kiev clashes
Kiev clashes are continuing between police and anti-government protesters, prompting Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to warn that the violence is a threat to the...
Happy Valley: Matt Sandusky takes part in Jerry Sandusky documentary
Matt Sandusky, the son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, took part in Happy Valley documentary about his father's abuse case...
Katie Couric’s documentary Fed Up premieres at Sundance Film Festival
Katie Couric’s documentary Fed Up premiered Sunday at Sundance Film Festival. Katie Couric linked up with An Inconvenient Truth producer producer Laurie David to make...
Mike Rogers: Russia may be behind Edward Snowden leak
Edward Snowden may have collaborated with Russia, Mike Rogers, the chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee, has alleged. "I believe there's a reason he...
Kenneth Bae speaks to foreign media and calls for US to secure his release
Kenneth Bae, the American citizen held for more than a year in North Korea, has spoken to foreign media, and called for US "co-operation"...
Kim Guadagno denies Hoboken Superstorm Sandy ultimatum
Chris Christie's deputy, Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, has denied claims that they threatened to withhold disaster funds from Hoboken, a New Jersey city hit...
Amanda Knox trial: Defense and prosecution make final rebuttals
The defense and prosecution in Amanda Knox's third trial were both making their final rebuttals on Monday before the court begins deliberations on January...
Claudio Abbado dies at the age of 80
Former musical director of La Scala, Claudio Abbado, has died at the age of 80. Italian conductor died in Bologna after a long illness, said...
Surge in Demand for Villas in Whitefield
In the past few years Bangalore has emerged as one of the most sought after places of India. One of the major IT hubs...
PGA Awards 2014: Winners full list
The 25th annual Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony was held yesterday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Full list of winners and...
PGA Awards 2014: Gravity and 12 Years a Slave tie for top prize
Gravity and 12 Years a Slave have tied for the top prize at this year’s Producer's Guild of America (PGA) Awards. It is the first...
Viktor Yanukovych agrees talks with opposition and pro-EU protesters after Kiev clashes
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to talk with pro-EU protesters and opposition leaders after violent clashes in Kiev. Viktor Yanukovych said a cross-party commission...
Iran starts restricting uranium enrichment
Iran has started restricting its uranium enrichment, state TV says, under an agreement which will also trigger an easing of international sanctions. Centrifuges used for...
Sunanda Pushkar death: Shashi Tharoor calls for swift investigation
Shashi Tharoor, whose wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a Delhi hotel room on Friday, has called for a swift investigation so that...
China economic growth at slowest pace since 1999
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.7% in 2013 from a year ago, the slowest pace of growth since 1999, official figures show. Chinese economy...
George Stinney case to be reopened after 70 years
Nearly 70 years ago, 14-year-old George Junius Stinney Jr. from South Carolina was convicted of murdering two white girls in a one-day trial in...
Blue Ivy gets mini Cadillac and Ferrari for second birthday
Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter celebrated her second birthday and her mother shared a picture of Blue Ivy Carter's new rides - a Cadillac and...
Superman vs. Batman release date delayed until May 2016
The big screen’s team-up Superman vs. Batman has been delayed by almost a year, film studio Warner Bros has confirmed. Originally scheduled for July 2015,...
SAG Awards 2014: American Hustle wins top prize
American Hustle won the top prize at this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Representing his co-stars, Robert De Niro, Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams and Christian...
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