Archive For: The Crunch
June 17, 2015 Remember Christiaan Barnard, the legendary heart surgeon from South Africa? Well he is gone to rest now, but his legacy lives on, and strong. Forty-eight years ago Groote Schuur Hospital had a groundbreaking success with the first ever human heart transplant by the late Professor, and the facility continues to be foremost in the ... Read More
June 17, 2015 Ernest Bai Koroma, Sierra Leone’s number one man, is introducing a curfew for two northern districts because of a rise in Ebola infection cases. It is recalled that while Liberia, one of the three countries that was hit the hardest has been declared free of the disease, Sierra Leone and Guinea, are still grappling several new cases daily, making these countries ... Read More
June 17, 2015 American Sprinter Justin Gatlin does not have any new tricks up his sleeves, according to Jamaica‘s Usain Bolt. Bolt says Gatlin talks too much, and so he knows Gatlin’s tactics and is looking forward to meeting the American in Beijing at the world championships in August. Speaking at a conference recently, Bolt said “It’s hard not to see ... Read More
June 17, 2015 The ripples regarding the recent FIFA scandal have not died down yet, and lots of people are expressing their unhappiness with the saga in FIFA. One of them is lie Marco Van Basten, former player and double European Cup winner, who believes the world football governing body is letting down both the fans and players. ... Read More
June 17, 2015 At her first major campaign rally for next year’s presidential elections in America, Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised to fight for a fairer society for everyday people in the country. She pressed many of the buttons that energize liberal Democrats, promising to make the economy work for the middle class. According to the former secretary of state, ... Read More
June 16, 2015 FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke has announced that ongoing investigations by law enforcement are the main reason why the start of bidding for the 2026 World Cup has been put on hold. He said this during a news conference in Samara, Russia. The decision on who hosts the 2026 finals was to have been made in Kuala Lumpur in 2017, but ... Read More
June 16, 2015 The European Games, which kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday June 12, will eventually become the first major continental multi-sports event to establish itself on the international calendar, according to Simon Clegg, the Chief Operating Officer of the body. He said “What we have done is we have created a big bang moment for the European games. If you are going to have ... Read More
June 16, 2015 While constructing a road, workers stumbled on the remains of a Byzantine-era church, in the outskirts of Jerusalem. The workers were expanding the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway when they came across the 16-meter long church. The church had a side chapel with a white mosaic floor and a baptismal font in the form of a four leaf clover on the ... Read More
June 16, 2015 Some patients suffering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) at the Seoul medical center received a guest in the person of Mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon. The facility has recorded about eight cases of the disease so far, and all cases have been treated at isolation wards at the state-designated quarantine hospital. South Korea‘s health ministry ... Read More
June 16, 2015 President Xi Jinping of China met with Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos when he visited Beijing to promote the bilateral relations between the nations. The president of China described both countries as good brothers and long-term strategic partners who have benefited mutually in the past five years, since they signed strategic partnership relations in 2010. He ... Read More
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