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Strong earthquake hits southwestern Mexico

mexico earthquake

On the morning of Good Friday, April 18, 2014, perhaps one of the quietest days of the year, an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale with its epicenter in Técpan de Galeana (Guerrero, southwest of Mexico) shook the nation’s capital. The Mexican Seismological coded it as 7 magnitude quake, while the U.S. Geological Survey […]

Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to start USA’s opener against Mexico

World Baseball Classic Update/ News  The Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey will start USA’s opener against Mexico on Friday in the anticipation of this year’s World Baseball Classic.   Team USA’s manager Joe Torre is quite confident that Dickey will play his natural offensive game at Salt River Fields.   Joe Torre has […]

Mexico’s Luis Ramon Garrido wins Boy’s Singles U17 title at 2012 USBDF Winter Junior Internationals

Mexico’s talented player Luis Ramon Garrido proved his worth on court and grabbed Boy’s Singles U17 title after crushing USA’s Raymond Hsia in the final encounter at 2012 USBDF Winter Junior Internationals on Sunday, December 23, in USA. The aggressive Luis Ramon, who was an un-seeded shuttler in Men’s Singles main draw of the tournament, […]

No Doomsday; Media shouldn’t project flawed and baseless predictions

There is widespread and unnecessary fear of doomsday on December 21, 2012. Some people worry about a Maya prophesies of the end of the world, others fear a variety of astronomical threats such as collision with a rogue planet.   The media instead of educating masses for the last couple of months had been televising […]

United Kingdom’s education ranks 6th in global ranking: Report

A global league table published by education firm Pearson declared the United Kingdom’s education system as ranked sixth best in the developed world. The first and second places are taken by Finland and South Korea.   According to the media reports, the rankings combine international test results and data such as graduation rates between 2006 […]

Access to a tomb

A team of Mexican archaeologists have gained access for the first time, to a tomb of about 1,500 years old that may contain the remains of an early Maya rulers, Kuk Bahlam I, as reported in the Mexican press. The burial chamber was discovered thirteen years ago in Palenque, in the State of Chiapas (southern […]

WB board of directors approves US$ 11.7 million grant for Mexico

WASHINGTON, August 30, 2012 – The World Bank (WB) Board of Directors approved a US$11.7 million grant today to promote sustainable production and in favor of Mexico’s biodiversity. It seeks to create sustainable production systems combining production activities, natural resource management, preservation and conservation of biodiversity, in nine biological corridors located across six states: Yucatan, […]

Earth over-using underground water reserves

Earth over-using underground water reserves The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands. The researchers, from McGill University in Montreal and Utrecht University in the Netherlands, combined groundwater usage data from around the globe with computer models of underground […]

USA provided visas to one million Chinese in 2012 alone

The US consulates in China in 2012 alone have provided visas to about one million Chinese so far while the number is still counting with about five months of the year still to go. According to a press brief released by the US department of State, “Consular Officers at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and […]

USA to build new Embassy compound in Mexico

USA to build new Embassy compound in Mexico The Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) announces the selection of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects/Davis Brody Bond joint venture to design the New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Mexico City, Mexico. Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects/Davis Brody Bond was selected from a very talented […]

Hussain Haqqani refused to return to Pakistan

Former Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani refused to return home, saying that such a scenario was not possible until the atmosphere cooled for him. While interviewing to CNN he stated, “I will not go back to Pakistan for the moment. Purely because there are elements there who have been threatening my life”. […]

Cameron Munter likely to be replaced with Richard Oslo

Cameron Munter, the US ambassador to Pakistan, is likely to be replaced with Richard Oslo in the upcoming summer season after the former refused to take extension for another term. According to the media reports, Cameron Munter will quit his post in the coming summer. The US is mulling to appoint Richard Oslo, who has […]

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