Donald Trump was a guest of the Washington Post at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner on Saturday but not a very well liked one, as evidenced by the round of audible boos on the press line. The annual event has been dubbed Nerd Prom and has received much twitter buzz this week with the [...]
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing a probe on the subject of monopoly of Google in the Internet search market. FTC has appealed for help from internet companies in order to ascertain the monopolistic position of Google in the search business, reports Financial Times. This step could be the first signal directed to conduct [...]
The most celebrated newlyweds on the planet today Prince William and Kate Middleton have decided to postpone their “Royal Honeymoon”, reports Daily Mail. According to the newspaper, on Saturday morning the couple flew in a helicopter just for the weekend and on Monday Prince William will return to work. As reported by Daily Mail, Prince [...]
European Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas has allowed EU countries “to defer for a limited period” the rules seeking the ease of carrying liquids in hand luggage, reports FT. At least ten of the 27 EU countries refused to ease the rules for carrying liquids in hand luggage by air passengers. Lifting of the ban is [...]
Children born in spring are more likely to develop anorexia nervosa, in contrast to the newborns in the autumn, says a recent study. It is based on the fact this disease is closely related to factors such as ambient air temperature, sunlight, infections, and the mother’s diet, according to a report published in the British [...]
NATO fighter jets conducted an airstrike in the vicinity of Libyan state television building from where country’s leader Moammar Gaddafi was addressing to his people live early Saturday, reports Reuters. According to the agency, there were many interruptions during the broadcast. The channel immediately after Gaddafi’s speech said that the structure, adjacent to the studio, [...]
On Friday, the Barcelona City Council voted to ban walking around in the city wearing swimming trunks, swimsuits and bikinis, reports AFP . Violators of this ban face a fine ranging from 120 to 300 euros. In case, some nudist tries to walk out in the street, he or she will have to shell out [...]
Entire Catholic population across the world is waiting for beatification of Pope John Paul II, and hundreds of thousands of faithful are heading towards Vatican to be a witness of this once in a lifetime event. In this connection coffin with the remains of Pope John Paul II was exhumed on April 29 from the [...]
High tax refunds are the cause of India’s current cash crunch, so the Indian government will provide for its funding needs by issuing cash management bills until June, according to a senior finance ministry official on Friday. Cash management bills are a non-standard short term borrowing instrument that lasts less than 91 days that [...]
Microsoft Corporation has considerably exceeded the Wall Street expectations with Q3 results. Despite drop in PC sales, adversely affecting the revenues from software giant’s Windows operating system, Microsoft has achieved a net profit growth of 31% on the back of successful sales of Office 2010 as well as gaming consoles Xbox 360 and controller Kinect, [...]
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