Archive For: The Crunch
Oct 07, 2015 The Olympic BMX test event recently held in Rio de Janeiro. The first day of the competition was cancelled after athletes deemed the tracks sub-standard and unsafe. However, organizers of the event effected some last minute changes which enabled the competition progress as planned. The competition saw 90 athletes from 30 countries ... Read More
Oct 07, 2015 Portuguese Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho recently became the first European leader to be re-elected after imposing hardships on voters under the international bailout packages Voters recently cast their ballots in the country’s general election, in which the incumbent Prime Minister and former Lisbon Mayor Antonio Costa emerged as major contenders. After taking ... Read More
Oct 07, 2015 The 182nd edition of Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival recently came to an end. According to organizers, the 16-day party saw about 5.9 million visitors and whooping 7.3 million liters of beer consumed. According to officials, the festival saw visitors from Italy, Australia, Nigeria, Belgium, Brazil, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland ... Read More
Oct 07, 2015 Denis Mukwege, a Congolese Gynaecologist was recently announced as a frontrunner for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. Mukwege, whose work with rape victims earned him the Sakharov Prize in 2014. Mukwege is the founder of Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where physical and emotional treatments are offered to rape victims. In 2012, some ... Read More
Oct 07, 2015 Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, recently met with Cuba’s interim Foreign Minister Marcelino Medina during her five-day working visit to the island. Zuma, who is the first woman to lead the African Union, expressed appreciation to Cuba for its long-standing solidarity. “I wanted also to express appreciation for ... Read More
Following warnings of possible car bombings last month, Tunisian security forces recently intercepted two car bombs on the country’s border with Libya. According to officials, the intercepted vehicles carried documents bearing the Islamic State’s symbol. Experts have said that ISIS has taken advantage of the chaos in Libya to establish a greater foothold in North ... Read More
Oct 06, 2015 With the Egyptian parliamentary elections just around the corner, candidates are out on campaign to drum up support. Consequently, printing press workers in Cairo have had their work cut out for them, with thousands of promotional materials printed daily. Electorates will head to the polls in October 18th and 19th to exercise ... Read More
Oct 06, 2015 Residents of Burkina Fakso’s capital recently saw life returning to normal after the country’s army took over the camp where members of presidential guard were holding out after their coup attempt. Prior to that, the government had started negotiations with the leaders of the elite group to surrender. Residents of the Ouaga ... Read More
Oct 06, 2015 Germany’s political elite recently converged in Frankfurt to commemorate the country’s 25th anniversary since the reunification of East and West Germany. The commemoration was attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Joachim Gauck and the president of the German parliament, Norbert Lammert. The political elite began the one day celebration by posing ... Read More
Oct 06, 2015 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev recently asserted that the main reason behind Russia’s air strikes inside Syria was defending her own people. Russia had earlier announced its decision to launch strikes on Syria following an increased foreign involvement in the four-year-old civil war. Speaking on the sidelines of an investment forum in ... Read More
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