Tiffany same-store sales slide
By Gayathree Ganesan, Reuters From Business Insider (Reuters) – Tiffany & Co reported bigger-than-expected quarterly profit and sales on Thursday, helped in part by higher demand for its fashion and designer jewelry in Japan and lower input costs. Sales at…
St. Lucia’s PM on Climate Change: “Time Is Against Us”
By Desmond Brown From IPS The prime minister of Saint Lucia, Allen Chastanet, has reiterated the call for developed countries to assist SIDS to combat the effects of climate change. CASTRIES, St Lucia (IPS) – A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prime…
Fukushima disaster: ‘WW2 bomb’ found at Japan nuclear site
From BBC A suspected unexploded bomb has been found at the site of the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. The US is thought to have dropped the 89cm-long (3ft) device during WW2. It was found by workers building a car…
North Korea says tests first ICBM; experts say Alaska within range
From Newsmax The United States asserted Tuesday that North Korea’s latest missile launch was indeed an intercontinental ballistic missile, as the North had boasted and the U.S. and South Korea had feared. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called it a…
China navy launches latest generation destroyer
From Times of India BEIJING: China’s increasingly powerful navy has launched its most advanced domestically-produced destroyer at a time of rising competition with other naval powers such as the United States, Japan and India.The official Xinhua News Agency says the…
USS Fitzgerald crash: Sailors found dead after Japan collision
From BBC Sailors missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off Japan have been found dead, the US Navy and Japanese media says. Seven sailors were left missing and three injured after Saturday’s collision, which the US…
China is tapping into a new source of energy from ‘flammable ice’
By Julia Hollingsworth, South China Morning Post From Business Insider China began collecting methane gas from methane hydrate – known as combustible ice – in waters near the Pearl River estuary last month. China joins the US, Canada and Japan,…
Japan’s new train
All aboard Japan’s new Pikachu train BY YI SHU NG From Mashable If you aren’t on the Pokémon train yet, now you can literally jump on one. Japan’s JR East railway company has designed a Pikachu-themed train, in collaboration with…
Bitcoin is taking off after China’s biggest exchanges allow withdrawals
By Jonathan Garber From Business Insider Bitcoin is back to its old ways after a few quiet sessions. The cryptocurrency trades up 4.1% at $2,407 a coin following news that China’s three largest bitcoin exchanges are allowing customers to withdraw…
Nigeria to launch Africa’s 1st nanosatellite
From Business Day Online Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb) into the orbit, the Director-General of National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Seidu Mohammed,…
