HOMESTEAD, United States, May 28, (APP/AFP) – A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida’s largest power plant is meant to symbolize two decommissioned fossil fuel reactors, but it also could be seen to represent a nuclear industry crumpling under mounting costs. Almost a decade ago, Turkey Point was aiming to become one of the country’s […]
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Why nuclear could become the next ‘fossil’ fuel
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JFK at 100: A legacy etched in minds of Americans
WASHINGTON, May 28, (APP/AFP) – John F. Kennedy — young, heroic, charismatic — embodied the overflowing promise of possibility of 20th century America, until an assassin’s bullet ended his life in November 1963. One hundred years after his birth, the youngest man ever elected president, who once urged Americans to strive for the “New Frontier,” […]
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Digital Pakistan Policy 2016-17 being formulated to transform IT sector
ISLAMABAD, May 28 (APP): Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoIT) is formulating a proposed Digital Pakistan Policy 2016-17 to rapidly transform the IT and related sectors of economy. The Ministry will submit the said policy document to ECC for its approval. The basic objective of the policy is to take into account the increasingly […]
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Sri Lanka rushes aid to half a million flood victims
COLOMBO, May 28, (APP/AFP): Emergency teams rushed to distribute aid Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced after the island’s worst flooding in more than a decade claimed 126 lives and left scores more missing. Floodwaters were receding in some areas after a break in the rain, giving authorities a chance to deliver much-needed […]
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At UN, Pakistan calls for steps for better protection of civilians in armed conflict
UNITED NATIONS, May 28 (APP): Pakistan has voiced concern that non-combatants continue to be treated as “fair game” by warring parties in conflict zones around the world, and called for firm measures to end attacks on medical facilities and staff engaged in saving lives. “Any attack on medical facilities and staff, jeopardizes life and exacerbates […]
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High-speed rail to link 80% of major Chinese cities by 2020: Official
BEIJING, May 28 (APP): China will increase the distance covered by its high-speed railway tracks, planning by 2020 to connect more than 80 percent of the country’s major cities by high-speed rail. The country had earmarked over 15 trillion RMB ($2.2 trillion) to develop domestic transportation from 2016 to 2020, according to Minister of Transport […]