Saturday, September 6, 2008 The United Kingdom’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has released an interim report into the crash of British Airways Flight 38. The Boeing 777-ER crashed early this year as it tried to land at London’s Heathrow Airport. The report states that the AAIB believes the crash occurred when ice crystals formed […]
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandalCommonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Ian Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, this morning “unreservedly” apologised to clients who lost money in a scandal involving the bank’s financial planning services arm. Last week, a Senate enquiry found financial advisers from the Commonwealth Bank had made high-risk investments of clients’ money without the clients’ […]
Rower Tuijn halfway across Pacific in record attemptRower Tuijn halfway across Pacific in record attempt
Monday, July 9, 2007 Dutch adventurer Ralph Tuijn has reached the halfway point of his attempt to be the first person to row across the Pacific Ocean unaided. The 16,000 kilometre journey from the coast of Peru to the seaside city of Brisbane, Australia, the widest section of the Pacific, has never been crossed absolutely […]
Home Loans With Bad Credit: Alternative Options For Better Approval ChancesHome Loans With Bad Credit: Alternative Options For Better Approval Chances
Click Here To Know More About: Car Loans Finance Sydney Aistralian Premier Finance Website Home Loans With Bad Credit: Alternative Options For Better Approval Chances by Mark Venite Getting the funds needed to buy a home is not easy for those of use with bad credit histories. Traditional mortgage providers either avoid the risk, or […]
Male Magellanic penguins pine for pairings: Wikinews interviews biologist Natasha GownarisMale Magellanic penguins pine for pairings: Wikinews interviews biologist Natasha Gownaris
Sunday, January 27, 2019 In findings published earlier this month in Ecological Applications, scientists from the University of Washington and Center for Ecosystem Sentinels examine the reason for the plummeting numbers of female Magellanic penguins, Spheniscus magellanicus, that have been reported at the birds’ breeding sites in South America over the past twenty years and […]
U.S. superbug expected to emerge in CanadaU.S. superbug expected to emerge in Canada
Wednesday, January 3, 2007 An infectious superbug spreading in the United States is to “emerge in force” in Canada, doctors fear. The bacteria have been reported popping up in day care centers and locker rooms across the U.S. Usually elderly or very ill hospital patients get the disease. More than 2 million U.S. residents are […]
UK drivers urged not to panic buy during delivery strikesUK drivers urged not to panic buy during delivery strikes
Friday, June 13, 2008 British drivers have been urged not to panic buy fuel because of the 4-day walkout by delivery drivers working for companies delivering to Shell petrol stations. The 600 workers have walked out over pay disagreements, wanting an increase to their current pay of £36,500, however their union Unite turned down a […]
Earn Money Or Save Money With Used Car Parts In Mount JulietEarn Money Or Save Money With Used Car Parts In Mount Juliet
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Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplantCleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]
Negotiations for hijacked Saudi oil tanker beginNegotiations for hijacked Saudi oil tanker begin
Thursday, November 20, 2008 Vela International Marine, the Saudi Arabian company that owns the MV Sirius Star oil tanker which was captured by pirates on November 15, has begun negotiations with the Somali pirates. The Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal said that talks had begun, but he did not say whether a ransom would […]