Guanghan, China – At least two carriages of a passenger train fell into a river as the bridge it was running on collapse under the strain. Passengers were evacuated minutes before a section of bridge fell, taking the two carriages with it. The passengers watched in horror as the fallen carriages were swept 200m downstream. [...]
Beijing, China – A North Korean airforce plane has crashed northeastern China earlier this week. Chinese authorities cited mechanical problems that caused the plane to lose direction and crash into a residential district, destroying one household. According to China’s official Xinhua news agency, Pyongyang has apologized to Beijing for the incident and the two sides [...]
There’s no question that China is on an aggressive stance with regards to it’s economic policy but it takes an achievement like overtaking Japan in terms of economic numbers to make the layman stop and wonder. China is now the world’s Second Largest Economy. According to Martin Schulz, a senior economist at Fujitsu Research Institute [...]
Seoul, South Korea – Despite the long running stand off between both halves of the country, it seems like there’s still hope for peace as South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has proposed a plan to reunite his country with North Korea. In a speech that marks the 65th anniversary of Korea’s independence from Japanese colonial [...]
New Delhi, India – Following the resolution of the debacle between RIM and Saudi Arabia, India has given the Blackberry phone maker up to 31 August to give access to all it’s services or be banned from the country’s telecommunications network. Aside from BlackBerry’s messaging service, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is also comtemplating a [...]
Moscow, Russia — At least 28 people have been killed and thousands left homeless as wildfires continue to sweep through western Russia. According to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the extent of the damage from the fires counts 1,257 homes destroyed across 14 regions, leaving 2,825 people homeless. More than 121,500 hectares (300,105 acres) [...]
Beijing China – A fire at a gold mine in the notoriously dangerous mining sector of eastern China has killed 16 miners and trapped 7 more in the tunnels Saturday. More than 300 have been lifted to safety, state news agency Xinhua. More than 300 miners had been working underground when the blast occurred, a [...]
India’s economic and population boom has one hidden caveat. Water. Due to the rapid rise in population and ultimately wasteful water management practices, India sets one record that it probably doesn’t want to be more publicly know. It’s one of the very first countries hit by a major water crisis. The solution? Quite simple enough, [...]
Qinghai, China – In 2008, it was discovered that batches of milk from provinces in mainland China had shipped milk contaminated with melamine. At least six children died and nearly 300,000 children fell ill from drinking milk laced with the toxic substance. Two people last November for their role in the melamine-milk incident. Today, it [...]
North Korea and it’s wily leader Kim Jong-il has just demanded the United States pay almost $US65 trillion in compensation for six decades of hostility. If you’re reading this while drinking your cup of coffee, don’t worry, you read that right. The North is asking $65 trillion with a straight face from the USA. The [...]
