US: Oil price soars above $70

6 June, 2009 in World

source: FIN24 Jun 05 2009 London – New York crude oil spiked above $70 on Friday, reaching the highest point in seven months on news that US job losses slowed dramatically in May, data that also weighed on the dollar. New York crude spiked to $70.32 a barrel, the highest level since November 4. The [...]

UK introduces ID cards for foreigners

2 November, 2008 in Botswana, World

source: BOPA 31 October, 2008 GABORONE – The United Kingdom Home Office will start issuing identity cards from November 25 to non-European Economic Area (EEA) foreign nationals and their dependants who are granted further leave to remain in the UK. According to a news release from the British High Commission, the card will be rolled [...]

UN secretary General welcomes Zimbabwe deal

14 September, 2008 in World, Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda 12 September 2008 The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has ‘welcomed’ the power sharing deal agreed by ZANU PF and the two MDC formations on Thursday, and congratulated South African leader Thabo Mbeki for his role as mediator. The UN supported the mediation process through the role [...]

One Laptop signs up with Amazon

6 September, 2008 in Business, World

source: BBC News The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation has signed a deal with Amazon to sell its low cost laptops. The online retailer will help with its next Give 1 Get 1 (G1G1) programme that is due to begin in late November. Under this scheme people can buy one of the XO laptops [...]

South Africa: Learners must be prepared for new world

27 August, 2008 in Education, South Africa, World

source: IOL August 27 2008 at 10:16AM By Poloko Tau Why make learners memorise things if they can simply Google them, and make them worry about spelling when computers have spell-check? This was asked by Professor Erica McWilliam at a conference on “Education in the 21st century” in Boksburg, eastern Gauteng, on Tuesday. The conference [...]

Southern Africa: Mwanawasa`s Death a Blow to the Region

20 August, 2008 in World, Zambia

source: allAfrica UN Integrated Regional Information Networks 19 August 2008 Posted to the web 20 August 2008 Lusaka Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa’s death has dealt a double blow to Southern Africa, not only generating fears of possible political instability in Zambia but also concern about the impact on the process of finding a solution in [...]

Global economic woes hit developing countries hardest

24 April, 2008 in World

source: The Nation (Bangkok) Published on April 24, 2008 Supachai Panitchpakdi The main issue for developing countries arising from the current American credit crisis is the extent to which they are decoupled and protected from it. The global economic situation is fragile, especially if the financial sector losses of US and European corporations start to [...]

Oil reaches $117 for first time

19 April, 2008 in Business, World

source: BBC News Oil prices crossed $117 a barrel for the first time after a militant group in Nigeria said it had attacked a Royal Dutch Shell-operated pipeline. Confirmation that production had been hit revived US sweet, light crude, which had fallen more than $2 to $112.7 a barrel earlier. The initial fall was sparked [...]

My first year as the UN secretary-general

27 December, 2007 in World

source: The Citizen By Ban Ki-moon I have not sat still this year. From the very first day that I took office, I have been on the go engaging leaders in their capitals and across the UN community to push progress on four main fronts: UN Reform. We need to change the UN culture and [...]

More toys removed from SA shelves

16 August, 2007 in World

source: IOL August 16 2007 at 06:33AM Toy shops are recalling several toys feared harmful to children. The toys contain lead paint or tiny magnets that young children may swallow. US toy giant Mattel Inc has recalled more than 18 million Chinese-made products worldwide, citing serious concerns for children’s safety. On Wednesday, Stephen Hurst, director [...]

UK: Brown power

28 June, 2007 in World

source: TheTimes.co.za New British PM promises change; Blair heads for Middle East Gordon Brown became Prime Minister of Britain yesterday, promising new priorities and a departure from the politics of Tony Blair. But, even as Brown took office, Blair continued to steal the spotlight with the announcement that he would become Middle East envoy for [...]

SA Seeks Transparent Appointment of World Bank President

28 May, 2007 in Africa, Business, World

source: allAfrica BuaNews (Tshwane) 27 May 2007 Posted to the web 27 May 2007 Lavinia Mahlangu Pretoria Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Saturday reiterated South Africa’s call for a transparent process to appoint the World Bank President, which did not restrict the candidate by nationality. “Minister Manuel today re-iterated South Africa’s strong support for the [...]

Mogae to deliver opening address at WBF

19 May, 2007 in Botswana, World

source: BOPA 18 May, 2007 GABORONE – President Festus Mogae is scheduled to deliver the opening address at the ninth German World Bank Forum (WBF) 2007 on the theme: Africa on the Rise in the German capital, Berlin, on Monday. The WBF is an annual event, which is organised by the World Bank and German [...]

Only 244 copies of Genuine Windows Vista sold in China

22 April, 2007 in Africa, Fun, World

source: newLaunches.com original Source (Japanese) Microsoft spent millions of dollars advertising its next generation OS ‘Windows Vista’ in China, in fact the IT juggernaut threw up the biggest Vista Ad on the 421 meter high Jin Mao tower in Shanghai China. However after 2 weeks (Jan 19 to Feb 2) from launch Microsoft managed to [...]

Click fraud costs Google $1bn

1 March, 2007 in Business, World

01/03/2007 07:37 Source: Fin24 San Francisco – Google on Thursday made public more information about the extent of click fraud on its ad network to further clarify what it says are misperceptions about the issue. Loosely-defined, click fraud occurs when an internet ad is clicked upon for nefarious reasons, such as driving up a business [...]