Monthly Archives: May 2015
Takata Airbag Recall: Mitsubishi and Mazda Recall 630,000 Cars
Mitsubishi and Mazda are recalling 630,000 vehicles in the largest Takata airbag recall. The move comes just days after Takata said it was doubling the...
HP Sells 51% of China Business Unit to Tsinghua Holdings
Hewlett-Packard is selling a 51% stake in its Chinese business unit for $2.3 billion to local company Tsinghua Holdings. The deal brings together HP with...
Kim Jong-chul: Kim Jong-un’s Brother Spotted at Eric Clapton Concerts in London
Kim Jong-un's elder brother Kim Jong-chul has been spotted attending two Eric Clapton concerts in London. The footage shows a man resembling Kim Jong-chul visiting...
Some of the Most Popular and Common Types of Pipe Tobacco
Smoking pipe tobacco is said to be a dying art. This is a terrible shame, because the history of this type of tobacco is...
Asian Boat Crisis: Myanmar Rescues First Migrant Boats
Two migrant boats holding more than 200 people have been rescued in Myanmar’s waters near the border with Bangladesh. It was the first such rescue...
India: Jayaram Jayalalitha Set to Return as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Former Indian actress Jayaram Jayalalitha is set to return as the chief minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu after the state governor...
Eurovision 2015: Ireland Knocked out from Second Semi-Final
Ireland, Iceland, Malta, Portugal, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and San Marino have been knocked out of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in the second...
South Korea Nut Rage Incident: Heather Cho Freed After Winning Appeal
Korean Air’s former head of in-flight service Heather Cho, who was jailed for an outburst over macadamia nuts, has been freed after winning a...
Freddie Gray Case: Baltimore Police Officers Indicted by Grand Jury
Six Baltimore police officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray have been all indicted by a grand jury. On May 21, State Prosecutor Marilyn...
David Letterman Final Show: Four Presidents and Celebrities Pay Tribute to Veteran Showman
Celebrities and four US presidents paid tribute to David Letterman last night on his final late night talk show. David Letterman’s final day as host...
Title Loans in California Can Help You to Rebuild Credit
If you have failed to pay your bills on time, got your credit cards maxed out or had any other payment difficulties, you may...
CERN LHC Sets New Energy Record as Protons Collide at 13 TeV
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) set a new record by smashing atoms with vastly more energy than ever before. The LHC is the world's largest...
Rolling Stones Secret Sticky Fingers Concert at Fonda Theater in LA
The Rolling Stones have surprised fans by performing the entire Sticky Fingers album at Fonda Theater in Los Angeles ahead of their stadium tour. The...
World’s Oldest Stone Tools Discovered in Kenya
The world’s oldest stone tools were unearthed from the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, scientists say. The tools date to 3.3 million years ago. They...
Salman Khan Confirms Appearance at Dubai’s Arab Indo Bollywood Awards
Salman Khan has confirmed his appearance at the Arab Indo Bollywood Awards (AIBA) in Dubai despite awaiting court permission to travel, the show organizer...
Honey Boo Boo Weight Loss 2015: Final Check up with The Doctors
Honey Boo Boo has lost nearly 8 lbs in the past month, dropping from 125.5 lbs to 118, her mother, June Shannon, revealed via...
Walking Horses: Adolf Hitler’s Lost Bronze Horses Found in Germany
Walking Horses by Josef Thorak - two bronze horse statues that once stood in front of Adolf Hitler's chancellery - are among several pieces...
McDonald’s Protests: Fight for 15 March Shuts down Oak Brook HQ
Over 1,500 McDonald’s employees and supporters protested at the company’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, on May 20, a day before the annual shareholder...
Sam Smith Undergoes Vocal Cord Surgery at Boston Hospital
Sam Smith underwent vocal cord surgery at a hospital in Boston last week. The singer is expected to make a full recovery, Massachusetts General Hospital...
California Oil Spill: Gov. Jerry Brown Declares State of Emergency
Governor Jerry Brown has declared state of emergency in southern California after a pipeline leaked tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil near...
ISIS Takes Control of Palmyra
According to new reports, ISIS has taken near complete control of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. Palmyra is home to some of the world's...
Osama bin Laden Raid Documents Released by US Intelligence
New documents that were found at Osama bin Laden's secret compound in Pakistan during the 2011 raid have been released by the US intelligence...
Five Global Banks Fined $5.7 Billion over Currency Rigging
JPMorgan, UBS, Barclays, Citigroup and RBS have been fined $5.7 billion in the US for charges including manipulating the foreign exchange market. Four of them...
Syria: ISIS Captures a Third of Tadmur, next to Ancient City of Palmyra
A third of Syrian town Tadmur, next to Palmyra, one of the Middle East's greatest archaeological sites, has been captured by ISIS. The Islamic State...
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