Last Friday, the talk show queen Oprah Winfrey confirmed that she is not going to work for Barack Obama’s administration. She had worked hard on his presidential election campaign. Her “Oprah” talk show, which began 22 years ago, played an important ro
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Last Wednesday, the oldest person in the world, Edna Parker, died. Parker, who lived in Indiana, U.S., became the world’s oldest person more than a year ago. She passed away at a nursing home in Shelbyville. She was 115 years and 220 days old.
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said in a recent radio address that he will create more jobs by January of 2011 in an attempt to revive the sluggish economy. His economic plan will create or save 2.5 million jobs by spending billions of dollars to rebui
A new survey shows that unhappy people tend to watch TV more. Researchers in the U.S. studied nearly 30,000 American adults between 1975 and 2006 as part of the General Social Survey (GSS). The GSS is a survey used to collect data on demographic character
Nations across Europe rejoiced over Barack Obama’s victory, seeing it as a triumph for American democracy..
Last Friday, a rare reptile with descent dating back to the prehistoric age was found in New Zealand for the first time in about 200 years. The country’s conservation manager, Rouen Epson, said that four white eggs from an indigenous tuatara were found a
The Hong Kong government said in a statement last Saturday that excessive levels of melamine have been found in Chinese eggs. It found 4.7 parts per million of the industrial chemical in the eggs produced by a Chinese enterprise group based in the northea
On October 18, Britain’s Prince William and Prince Harry set off on a challenging 1,610km motorcycle rally in South Africa to raise money for children’s charities. The two princes began the 8-day-long off-road adventure with more than 80 other riders.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, children and teenagers need to take more vitamin D daily to stay healthy. The nation’s leading pediatricians’ group said in their new report that taking extra amounts of vitamin D may help prevent serious
The Chinese tainted milk powder scandal is still sweeping the world. The contamination has sparked global concerns about food products made with Chinese milk or milk powder and recalls in several countries of Chinese-made products.
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