Sunday, June 11, 2017 While Theresa May remains Prime Minister of Britain, her party, the Conservative Party, won Thursday’s general election but lost its majority […]
Read MoreInvestigation launched after two military aircraft nearly collide with passenger airliner
Sunday, February 6, 2011 New safety procedures are to be implemented after an American Airlines Boeing 777 came close to colliding with two U.S. Air […]
Read MoreUS unemployment rate reaches 9.8%
Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The […]
Read MoreFormer Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian released on bail
Saturday, December 13, 2008 Taiwan’s former President, Chen Shui-bian (???), has been conditionally released on bail, some ten hours after he was indicted for corruption. […]
Read MoreMedia round-up: April Fools’ Day 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Many media outlets traditionally deliberately spread hoaxes on April Fools’ Day, including notable quality sources such as National Geographic and Science. […]
Read MoreNew Zealander on oxygen machine dies after power disconnection
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 New Zealander Folole Muliaga died Tuesday morning after Mercury Energy cut off the power in her household due to $168.40 of […]
Read MoreSeveral groups seek to purchase Saturn auto brand
Thursday, May 7, 2009 Penske Automotive Group, Inc., an Ohio-based investment group and Telesto Ventures have indicated separately that they are interested in purchasing the […]
Read MoreCadillac unveils Obama’s ‘Beast’, the 2009 Presidential State Car
Saturday, January 17, 2009 The US Secret Service has released the first photos Wednesday of the new presidential limousine that will transport Barack Obama down […]
Read MoreMassachusetts lawmakers enact plan for universal health coverage
Friday, April 7, 2006Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court, their name for the state legislature, approved legislation on Tuesday, April 4, that would make it […]
Read MoreSwiss reject single health insurance
Monday, March 12, 2007 24 of 26 Swiss Cantons rejected the proposal for a single health insurance system, in which premiums would be based on […]
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