Month: March 2017

This Angry 316bhp Hot Hatch Is The New Honda Civic Type R

Debuting on Tuesday at the 2017 Geneva auto show, and heading to USA showrooms late this spring, the 2017 Honda Civic Type R is set to battle the hot Ford Focus RS and Volkswagen Golf R. As is the case for all Type Rs, the powertrain will make use of a six-speed manual transmission. With all that being said, there isn’t much in the way of surprises with this Type R. It’s more that all of the components of the most recent European Civic Type R have been polished and incorporated into a more fully realized package.

Six stories in the news today, March 7

A report from the Mental Health Commission says more money for child and youth services would boost Canada’s economy and patient health. The commission, which bills its findings as a tool to help provincial and territorial decision-makers, says more than 7.5 million Canadians face mental health issues, with a price tag of $50 billion a year – or nearly 14 hundred dollars a person.

Chinese buyers want Canadian real estate for educational reasons: study

The top reason why foreign buyers from China want to get into the Canadian housing market is education, not investment, according to data from a popular global real estate listings website. Figures released Tuesday by the Chinese website Juwai.com in partnership with Sotheby’s International Realty Canada found that schooling was the primary motivation for potential Chinese homebuyers who viewed property listings in major Canadian cities in 2016.

IPL: Shardul Thakur to play for Pune franchise

Mumbai pacer Shardul Thakur has joined Rising Pune Supergiants for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, a media release from the BCCI stated. Thakur was released by Kings XI Punjab midway through the ninth edition past year after being bought for R20 lakh in the 2014 season.

Avigdor Liberman Heads To Washington For Talks With Team Trump

Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a new housing project in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim near Jerusalem Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, addressing a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on Monday, expressed opposition to the efforts of some other coalition members to incorporate Judea and Samaria into Israel. Lieberman said Israeli annexation would mean “an immediate crisis” in US-Israeli relations, and was too risky even before considering the ramifications under worldwide law for extending Israeli sovereignty to include 2.7 million occupied Palestinians.

APC chieftain, Ojo Onukaba is dead

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has said that the death of Adinoyi-Ojo, who he described as a veteran journalist, as a big loss to the government and people of the state. He was the last Managing Director of Daily Times of Nigeria under President Obasanjo and was one of the 21 contestants of the governorship election in Kogi.

Leisure park revamp would be an “attack on the town centre”

THE leader of the Basingstok e Labour party has slammed his Conservative counterparts for going against the town centre by sup porting the proposed redevelopment of the leisure park. At the full council meeting on February 23, Cllr Paul Harvey said that he doesn’t understand what the council has against the town centre, and by supporting the proposed A 200 million redevelopment it would have a direct effect on jobs and footfall to places like the Top of The Town .

Sports Direct warns of more damage after Brexit

Sports Direct is facing more currency woes after the firm warned it will take a hit from the devaluation of the euro against the US dollar. The retailer, which has stores in Southampton and Eastleigh , said its euro/dollar hedging position is due to expire at the end of April and the firm has no hedge in place for the following financial year.

Israel makes it official: Cannabis is not a crime

Israel’s Cabinet decriminalized the recreational use of cannabis, or marijuana, at its weekly meeting on Sunday March 6, 2017 in a move hailed by politicians from across the spectrum. Israel’s Cabinet decriminalized the recreational use of cannabis, or marijuana, at its weekly meeting on Sunday March 6, 2017 in a move hailed by politicians from across the spectrum.

9 Koreans Nabbed on Philippines Sex Tour

Nine Korean men have been arrested in the Philippines in connection with a sex tour to the island of Cebu. They were arrested in a villa in the Central Visayas region on Saturday, according to the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Monday.

Malaysian PM Hints at Severing Ties with N.Korea

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak hinted at the possibility of severing diplomatic ties with North Korea completely after it kicked out the North Korean ambassador over the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother, Kim Jong-nam. Asked if it was possible that all ties with the rogue nation will be severed, Najib said Malaysia has to wait and see, according to the Star daily.

North Korea bans Malaysians from leaving

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his estranged older half-brother Kim Jong Nam, who was murdered at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur airport. Pyongyang says it will ban Malaysians from leaving North Korea amid diplomatic disputes over the death of leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half-brother.

Jayalalithaa got best medical care: Tamil Nadu government

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday made public records of Apollo Hospitals here and AIIMS in New Delhi to show that Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa got the best medical treatment till she died. “Certain insinuations have been made that administration of wrong drugs over a period of time prior to hospitalisation had led to health complications for the late Chief Minister,” J. Radhakrishnan, Principal Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Department said in a statement here.

New travel ban order draws mix of reactions in Minnesota

Syrian immigrants Oter Alkhattab, left, and Zuhir Alsaman say the order delays the arrival of their son and his family in the U.S. For Mounaf Alsamman, a Syrian-born Twin Cities physician, President Donald Trump’s executive order Monday brought mixed news: His brother’s family, in the final stage of the resettlement process, faces another four months of waiting. But unlike the January version, this order doesn’t single out Syrian refugees for an indefinite suspension.

The World Bank and Partners Recognize Results-Driven Leadership in Development

Today, at the 2017 Global Leadership Forum , hosted by the World Bank Group, the first ever Jose Edgardo Campos Collaborative Leadership awards will be presented to five exceptional leaders from around the world. These leaders, from government, private sector and civil society in Bangladesh, Colombia, the Philippines, Tonga and Tunisia have helped their countries make significant progress in the fight to end poverty and boost shared prosperity.

UPDATE 1-Hebei to close last ‘zombie’ steel mills in next two years – governor

China’s biggest steelmaking province, Hebei, will close its eight remaining “zombie” steel mills in the next two years, Governor Zhang Qingwei said on Tuesday at a briefing on the sidelines of the country’s annual parliament meeting. The province in the north of the country near the capital Beijing is home to 104 mills that account for nearly a quarter of China’s total steel output and is home to some of its smoggiest cities.

Islamic State dislodged from last major city stronghold in Iraq

Elite Iraqi security forces dislodged Islamic State militants from the main government building in Mosul on Tuesday, their last major city stronghold in Iraq, an Iraqi spokesman said. A special Rapid Response team stormed the Nineveh governorate building and the surrounding government complex in an overnight operation, Lieutenant Colonel Abdel Amir al-Mohammadawi, a spokesman for the elite interior ministry unit, told Reuters.

Attacks, counter-attacks end high decibel campaign for UP polls

Varanasi: The high-voltage campaign for the last round of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh assembly polls ended on Monday evening with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his predecessor Mayawati targeting each other and claiming they would form the next government in the state. Prime Minister Modi, who has been camping in Varanasi along with most of his ministerial colleagues for the past three days, said Uttar Pradesh was in the “throes of anarchy” because the law and order had crumbled under the Samajwadi Party government led by Akhilesh Yadav.

North Korea training for an attack on US bases in Japan

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US moves parts of controversial missile defence to SKorea

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – U.S. missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up a controversial missile defence system have arrived in South Korea, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said Tuesday, a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan. The plans to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence system, or THAAD, by the end of this year have angered not only North Korea, but also China and Russia, which see the system’s powerful radars as a security threat.

US setting up missile defense system in South Korea

The United States has begun to set up an anti-missile system in South Korea to help protect that nation from a possible North Korean attack. The arrival of the first elements of the system had been long-planned but occurred the day after another round of provocative North Korean missile tests.

UK soccer player tweets photo of Star of David buzz cut amidst rise in anti-Semitic incidents

Amidst an increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. and similarly in the United Kingdom, a soccer player with the English Football League is proudly displaying his faith – with a distinct buzz cut. Tomer Hemed, a striker with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., posted to his social media accounts last week a photo of himself showing a Star of David shaved into his hair.

a Apprentices have been the key to our successa

A thriving financial services company which is set to achieve a A 1 million turnover this year claims its success is down to the dedication and hard work of its apprentices. Over the last two years Multicorp Rose, based at Copthall House , in Newcastle, has grown its workforce from three members of staff to a team of 17 and is well on track to hit its financial target this year.

HEALTH: Why this Brazilian city uses tilapia fish skin to treat burn…

The three functional skin banks in Brazil can meet only 1 percent of the national demand, said Dr. Edmar Maciel, a plastic surgeon and burn specialist leading the clinical trials with tilapia skin. “It’s a burn cream because there’s silver in it, so it prevents the burns from being infected,” said Dr. Jeanne Lee, interim burn director at the the regional burn center at the University of California at San Diego.

HEALTH: Why this Brazilian city uses tilapia fish skin to treat burn…

The three functional skin banks in Brazil can meet only 1 percent of the national demand, said Dr. Edmar Maciel, a plastic surgeon and burn specialist leading the clinical trials with tilapia skin. “It’s a burn cream because there’s silver in it, so it prevents the burns from being infected,” said Dr. Jeanne Lee, interim burn director at the the regional burn center at the University of California at San Diego.

Top 25 winners of the love campaign

During the last month of February, Monitor Publications ran a love campaign dubbed, “Just the 2 of Us” recognising couples who have been married for the last 25 years and more. Last Friday, the top 25 couples were rewarded with a number of gifts and getaway prices.

Drainage Canals So Clean

PROTIP: Press ‘i’ to view the image gallery, ‘v’ to view the video gallery, or ‘r’ to view a random entry. Drainage Canal So Clean refers to a series of popular joke posts on Reddit which sarcastically claim the drainage canals in certain countries are so clean they have animals or some other surprising object in them.