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Bloemfontein gets new trendy plane restaurant
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A Bloemfontein businessman has come up with an idea for a restaurant he hopes will take off without a hitch
SABC News

Category: South Africa


PTS row ‘worst’ int’l scandal: Lung
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai (龍應台) yesterday said that the lack of Public Television Service Foundation (PTS) board member candidates that is preventing it from operating is the “biggest international scandal that Taiwan has ever had.”

China Post Online – Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper

Category: China


U.S. Lawmakers Seek Limits on Russia Cooperation
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U.S. Republican lawmakers are trying to block President Barack Obama’s overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks.
The Moscow Times Top Stories

Category: Russia


Jessica Lal murder: Who are Shayan Munshi and Prem Manocha?
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Munshi, the complainant and the key witness in the case, had disowned the complaint during the trial, saying he did not know Hindi.
IBN Top Headlines

Category: India


AU women celebrating 50 years in Addis Ababa
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African women have been part of the liberation struggle through the Pan African Women’s movement in 1962. But It has however been a struggle to be recognised.
SABC News

Category: South Africa


Bernanke poker-faced on Fed pullback in testimony
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The Federal Reserve’s monetary stimulus is helping the U.S. economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday.

China Post Online – Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper

Category: China


Today in History, May 22
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157 years ago today, Pavel Tretyakov acquired a series of paintings that came to mark the founding of the Tretyakov Gallery.
The Moscow Times Top Stories

Category: Russia


Delhi HC seeks suggestions from FB, Google to protect minors
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“What will the Facebook do if a child is exploited online? Like American children, how do you protect rights of Indian children,” said the bench.
IBN Top Headlines

Category: India


Trade Unions’ wage demands raise alarm bells
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Trade Unions’ wage demands of up to 60% have raised alarm bells and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan this week issued a stern warning to labour, business, government and civil society.
SABC News

Category: South Africa


Japan reaches historic low in April trade deficit
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Japan on Wednesday posted its worst April trade deficit as a weak yen ramped up import costs and helped extend the run of monthly shortfalls to the longest in more than three decades.

China Post Online – Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper

Category: China


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