Sunday, August 19, 2007 A fire in an office building in Karachi, Pakistan has killed one and injured four. Reports say that the fire was the second at the building, locating near the town’s shipping terminal, in half a year. The building, which is owned by the state-owned Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC), had suffered […]
Read MoreJapanese company recalls two million needles in US
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 The Japanese company Nipro has voluntarily recalled two million needles in the US used for withdrawing blood and medicine injections, health officials said today. The affected items are Huber needles, manufactured in Japan and distributed by Exelint International Corporation. The needles are intended to access ports placed under chronically ill patients’ […]
Read MoreChicago’s Sears Tower renamed Willis Tower
Friday, July 17, 2009 On July 16, 2009, the largest skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois was officially renamed Willis Tower. Willis Group Holdings became a major tenant of the building in March, 2009. As part of the deal whereby they agreed to lease 140,000 square feet of the building, they were given the naming rights to […]
Read MoreDeath sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal
Monday, January 26, 2009 Half a million participated in anti-China demonstrations on October 25, 2008 (“1025 demonstration”) in Taiwan.Image: MiNe. On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people’s court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal which killed at least six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 others. […]
Read MoreVolvo announces all new car models electric or hybrid from 2019
Friday, July 7, 2017 On Wednesday, automobile company Volvo announced all of its cars to be released in 2019 onwards are to use some form of battery-powered engine, leaving conventional petrol-only vehicles altogether. The decision comes after Volvo announced in May their intent to cease production of diesel vehicles. The Volvo S90, one of Volvo’s […]
Read MoreBuddhist relic collection tours North America and world
Saturday, November 25, 2006 With the hopes of funding the creation of a statue in northern India that would end up dwarfing the Statue of Liberty, an unprecedented collection of Buddhist artifacts continue crisscrossing American, Europe, and Asia in three different, but related collections. Proposed Maitreya statue in N. India The Maitreya Project, the brainchild […]
Read MoreCategory:Southampton
This is the category for Southampton, a city in Hampshire, England. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 3 January 2017: UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic 23 September 2011: Southampton City Council votes against water fluoridation 13 August 2011: David Cameron responds to rioting, promises changes on policing 11 April 2011: British […]
Read MoreDeath sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal
Monday, January 26, 2009 Half a million participated in anti-China demonstrations on October 25, 2008 (“1025 demonstration”) in Taiwan.Image: MiNe. On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people’s court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal which killed at least six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 others. […]
Read MoreSunshine Coast Regional Council can’t challenge legal appeal by McDonald’s Australia
Monday, March 9, 2009 The 24 hour McDonald’s at Mooloolaba Image: Patrick Gillett. Sunshine Coast Regional Council has received legal advice that it will not be able to challenge a McDonald’s Australia appeals process. Council rejected development plans for a 24-hour store at Minyama in December, and the restaurant giant plans to appeal the decision. […]
Read MoreOpponents: New Zealand government sneaks bill into House to avoid public backlash
Thursday, December 7, 2006 The New Zealand Government has tabled the Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill, despite unprecedented political opposition. In 2003 the Hon Annette King signed a Treaty with Australia agreeing to hand control of the natural health products sector over to an Australian regulatory body, however she needs to pass enabling legislation in […]
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