Tuesday, 30 June 2015
7 out of 10 college students feel stressed about their personal finances, according to a new national survey.
Nearly 60 percent said they worry about having enough money to pay for school, while half are concerned about paying their monthly expenses.
The findings suggest that the pressures of student loan debt and finding ways to make ends meet are...
At least 130 killed in Indonesian military plane crash
All 122 people on board and several others on ground killed as aircraft hit empty residential buildings in Medan city.
At least 130 bodies have been found after an Indonesian air force C-130 crashed in a residential neighbourhood in the city of Medan on the northern island of Sumatra, according to military officials.
The plane came down on Tuesday...
World Bank urges China to embrace basic financial reforms
The World Bank has urged China to carry out fundamental reform of its state-dominated financial system to keep economic growth on track.
The bank said Wednesday that the communist government needs to address wasteful investment, over-indebtedness and weak regulation of its shadow banking system. It said failure to do that could "deflect the economic...
15 Ways To Wake Up With Motivation

Motivation and excitement about your vision, your ambition, your goal, give you energy and an ability to do what others can, but won’t do. If you’re motivated, you work longer hours, but are also more productive and focused in those hours...
Two sex offenders were killed in 10-hour riot at understaffed maximum security prison after workers lost control when inmates went to get medication
India's next weapon against climate change? The heat-tolerant dwarf cow
India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Worsening heat, fodder shortages and the threat of drought are forcing many hard-hit dairy farmers in the Anantapur area of India's southern Kerala state to reduce their herds, experts say.
"This is nothing less than a catastrophe," said Ananthakrishnan Kannappan, a livestock agent for 30 years in Anantapur....
Has India's southwest monsoon collapsed?

In the space of six days, Mumbai received all the rain it might expect for June. To be more precise, one and a half times as much, and it caused deep flooding.
In fact, since the monsoon burst with a vengeance, on June 12, the Indian city...
Jimmy Kimmel Asks Kids What They Understand About Same-Sex Marriage:

While most of the world (and a barrage of celebrities) spent the weekend celebrating SCOTUS' decision to legalize gay marriage, some critics expressed concern that the notion of same sex unions was too much for children to understand.
As...
Monday, 29 June 2015
Nigeria’s External Debt Stock Stands At $9.4trn – DMO
The Debt Management Office (DMO), on Monday, said that Nigeria’s external debt stock profile stood at $9.4 trillion as at March 31, 2015.
This was contained in a release on the DMO’s website, showing the country’s debt stock profile.
The figure shows a decrease of about $300 million from the $9.7 trillion that the country had as its debt stock...
Should China build our railways? Its bullet trains could soon travel at 310MPH after cutting edge upgrade (it would reach Paris from London in 57 minutes)
Killer in Canadian Dismemberment Case Joins Dating Site
Canadian man sentenced to life in prison for killing and dismembering his Chinese lover and mailing the body parts to schools and political parties has joined a matchmaking website for inmates.
Luka Magnotta's profile was posted Sunday on Canadian Inmates Connect Inc., a website that tries to hook up lonesome convicts — some behind bars for violent...
Obama signs trade, worker assistance bills into law
President Barack Obama has signed into law two hard-fought bills giving him greater authority to negotiate international trade deals and providing aid to workers whose jobs are displaced by such pacts.
The measures were politically linked to secure bipartisan support for the trade legislation. They set the stage for the conclusion of a 12-nation...
7 Bollywood celebs who love cutouts dresses

Kareena Kapoor Khan, a sworn patron of the trend, has experimented with everything from shoulder and waist cutouts to midriff-baring looks. Malaika Arora Khan proves that an asymmetric cutout around the neckline can really up your décolletage...
British Detectives In Pakistan To Question London Murder Suspects

Pakistani Interior Ministry on Monday said a team of British investigators had arrived in Islamabad to interrogate suspects in connection with the 2010 murder of an exiled politician, Imran Farooq, in London.
The ministry said in a report...