A look at how people around the world are ringing in 2018: ___ NEW ZEALAND Tens of thousands of New Zealanders took to streets and beaches, becoming among the first in the world to usher in 2018. As the new year dawned in this southern hemisphere nation, fireworks boomed and crackled above city centers and […]
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Two female couples tied the knot in Australia’s first same-sex weddings under new legislation allowing gay marriages. January 9 had been expected to be the first possible date for same-sex weddings due to a four-week waiting period since the landmark law was passed. But the two couples were married in Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday […]
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Royal Dutch Shell’s prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has left the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea to Australia, marking a significant milestone for the project. The facility, constructed by Technip Samsung Consortium, is being towed to North West Australia, where the next phase of the project will begin. According to […]
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Global funds transfer company, Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), has announced that it has further strengthened its global digital money transfer footprint, with the activation of its 40th wu.com transactional website, now providing full digital access for cross-border person-to-person (P2P) money transfer services across major developed nations including the US, Canada and major parts of […]
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The Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the country would participate with an adequately prepared contingent in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Buhari gave the assurance as he received the Queens Baton Relay in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, […]
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Nigeria’s representative at the International Civil Aviation Organisation, Capt. Nuhu Musa, says the body plans to re-audit the country’s Accident Investigation Bureau, in conjunction with the United Kingdom and Australia, in order to improve its capacity for handling accidents in the aviation sector. Musa stated this during a meeting with the Commissioner, AIB, Mr. Akin […]
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South Africa and Australia will contest a four-test series for the first time in almost 50 years when they clash in March and April 2018, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Wednesday. Australia will tour South Africa seeking revenge for their 2-1 home series loss in November and will play four tests for the first […]
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