Watch: Kingda Ka Demolished: World’s Tallest Roller Coaster Falls in Quiet Farewell at Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson Township, NJ – Before the sun had fully risen over New Jersey this morning, the iconic Kingda Ka roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure met its end. At approximately 7:00…
Timeline: Snowballing crisis at Evergrande, world’s most indebted developer
HONG KONG – China Evergrande Group will offer asset packages that may include shares in its two overseas-listed businesses as a sweetener for restructuring offshore debt, the developer said, as a stifling…
Athletics-Sprint coach under investigation for misconduct ejected from worlds – reports
EUGENE, Ore. – American sprint coach Rana Reider, who is being investigated for sexual misconduct, was warned and removed from the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field by police after he gained…
India on course to become world’s fastest-growing economy, says RBI
By Swati Bhat MUMBAI – India’s economy has remained resilient in the face of global headwinds and with inflation coming off its recent peak is expected to stay on course to become…
EU plans investment in world’s tallest dam to dent Russia’s energy clout
By Francesco Guarascio and Nazarali Pirnazarov BRUSSELS/DUSHANBE – The European Union plans to become the top investor in the world’s tallest dam in Tajikistan, EU officials told Reuters, in a move aimed…
CINÉPOLIS LUXURY CINEMAS TO DEBUT ONE OF THE WORLD’S ONLY DINE-IN IMAX DESTINATIONS AT HOLLYWOOD PARK
As part of Hollywood Park, Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas Hollywood Park will boast spacious auditoriums, cutting-edge sound and projection technology, in-theatre waiter service, and more, across its 12-screen (including 11 screens and 1…
Decline and near fall of Italy’s Monte dei Paschi, the world’s oldest bank
By Valentina Za MILAN – State-owned Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) on Thursday announced a 2.5 billion euro ($2.6 billion) cash call under new Chief Executive Luigi Lovaglio. Here is a…
Brazil raises about $6 billion in Eletrobras shares in world’s No.2 offering of the year
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Gabriel Araujo RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO -Brazil’s government on Thursday night moved forward with its bid to privatize Eletrobras, Latin America’s largest utility, as the share offering…
Vietnam develops ‘world’s first’ African swine fever vaccine for commercial use
HANOI – Vietnam said on Wednesday it had successfully developed a vaccine to administer to pigs to fight African swine fever, with the aim of becoming the first country to commercially produce…
Vanpowers Bike will Launch the World’s First Electric Bike with an Assembled Frame on Indiegogo, on May 24, 2022, with More Than 10 Customized Colors
Many one-piece frames on the market are mainly heated at high temperatures after welding, and repeated shape correction and polishing are performed manually. However, after more than two times of such processes,…
Russia’s Putin jokes about being blamed for all the world’s woes
LONDON – Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped on Monday that he would have a serious talk to the West about its assertions that he was to blame for all the economic chaos…
By Dragon’s Rock, world’s policymakers plot how to slay stagflation
By Francesco Canepa KOENIGSWINTER, Germany – The world’s top central bankers and finance ministers gathering near Germany’s Dragon’s Rock on Thursday have their own beast to slay: stagflation. The Group of Seven…
Chevron says world’s largest carbon capture project has ‘a ways to go’ to meet goals
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE – Chevron Corp’s Gorgon carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Australia is working at only half its capacity nearly three years after starting up and the company…
Vanpowers Bike will Launch the World’s First Electric Bike with an Assembled Frame on Indiegogo, on May 24, 2022, with More Than 10 Customized Colors
Many one-piece frames on the market are mainly heated at high temperatures after welding, and repeated shape correction and polishing are performed manually. However, after more than two times of such processes,…
Decline and near fall of Italy’s Monte dei Paschi, the world’s oldest bank
MILAN – An appeals court on Friday acquitted all 13 defendants, as well as Deutsche Bank and Nomura, over derivative deals that prosecutors alleged helped Monte dei Paschi di Siena hide losses…
LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER’S 10th ANNUAL GENIUS GALA TO HONOR DOUBLE AMPUTEE WHO IS “LEADER OF THE BIONIC AGE,” A PIONEERING TRANSPLANT SURGEON WITH A HEART TRANSPLANT, AND THE WOMAN CONSIDERED WORLD’S FOREMOST MAPPER OF BLACK HOLES
World’s Youngest Chess Grandmaster Ever, 13-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra, Is “Special Honoree” at May 2 Event; Will Play Speed Chess with 16-year-old Girl from Brooklyn Aiming to Become First Female African-American Chess Master…
World’s Largest Library Association Picks Self-Proclaimed Marxist As President
World’s Largest Library Association Picks Self-Proclaimed Marxist As President Kendall Tietz on April 22, 2022 The world’s largest library association has selected a self-proclaimed “Marxist lesbian” to serve as its president. Emily…
U.S. Leads Seizure of One of the World’s Largest Hacker Forums and Arrests Administrator
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The U.S. Department of Justice today announced the seizure of the RaidForums website, a popular marketplace for cybercriminals to buy and sell hacked data, and unsealed criminal charges against…
Orlando cracks list of world’s top 10 busiest airports as U.S. leisure traffic soars
(Reuters) – Orlando cracked a list of the world’s top 10 busiest airports by passengers for the first time last year, as the home of the Walt Disney World and Universal Studios…
Factbox-How climate change will impact the world’s regions differently
By Gloria Dickie – Climate change will deliver serious blows to all parts of the world, but not all regions face the same threats. “We are all vulnerable,” said University of Edinburgh…
CRYPTOVERSE-After bitcoin ‘winter’, investors hunt risk in virtual worlds
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal – As bitcoin drifts towards mainstream maturity in 2022, daring crypto investors are eyeing up new sources of explosive action: “altcoins” that power online games…
World’s glaciers contain less ice than thought – report
By Gloria Dickie LONDON – Advances in satellite technology have revealed that the world’s glaciers contain significantly less ice than previously thought, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience on Monday.…
Toyota remains world’s biggest car seller, widens lead on VW
TOKYO – Japan’s Toyota Motor Co said on Friday its vehicle sales rose by 10.1% last year, making it the world’s biggest carmaker for a second straight year and putting it further…
World’s Biggest Asset Manager Says Climate Investments Are About Money, Not Being ‘Woke’
Elliot Dordick on January 18, 2022 The head of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, said the firm’s investments in clean energy enterprises are ultimately about generating more revenue, not about being…
World’s Largest Plastic Producers Ask UN For Global Treaty To Curb Plastic Pollution
A coalition of the world’s largest producers and users of plastic led by Coca Cola and PepsiCo urged the United Nations to create a legally binding treaty addressing plastic pollution. The more…
Scientists Discover World’s Largest Fish Breeding Ground In Depths Of Antarctic Stretching Dozens Of Miles
Scientists discovered the world’s largest fish breeding ground deep beneath the Arctic, stretching dozens of miles, the academic journal Science reported. Scientists aboard an Antarctic research cruise discovered a densely populated breeding colony…
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