The EU food safety watchdog warned Friday that exposure levels to Bisphenol A (BPA), already implicated as a health concern for babies, should be cut by a factor of 10. The European Food Safety Authority said a review of recent studies showed “exposure…
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insisted on Friday the club were “not desperate to win the Premier League title” this season, saying he was more concerned about long-term success. And ahead of his side’s match at home to Manchester United on Saturday,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said gays need not fear persecution at the Winter Olympic Games, but stood by a controversial ban on promoting homosexuality to children. “We don’t have a ban on non-traditional sexual relations between people…
Two Pussy Riot members on Friday vowed no let-up in their campaign against human rights abuses inside Vladimir Putin’s Russia as they made their first overseas trip since being released from jail. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who were…
President Barack Obama will Friday announce plans to stop the National Security Agency hoarding hundreds of millions of telephone call records, among reforms to US surveillance programs exposed by Edward Snowden. A senior US official, speaking ahead…
The granddaughter of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Zara Phillips, gave birth to a baby girl on Friday, the palace announced, a first child for the champion horse rider and her rugby-player husband Mike Tindall. The unnamed girl arrives five months after…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni views gays as “sick” but does not believe they should be jailed or executed and will block a push by parliament to impose tough penalties, his spokesman said on Friday. “He does not approve of homosexuality but he believes…
By RACHAEL FREYThe Esker Foundation is the largest privately funded, non-commercial contemporary art gallery in Calgary, known for its uniquely designed space. Nestled in the hip, historic Inglewood neighbourhood, the gallery presents innovative artistic…
Europe’s main stock markets rose on Friday, with London making gains as strong retail sales data offset a profit warning from Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell. London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies gained 0.25 percent to stand at 6,832.75 points in…
A British diplomat has fallen to his death from the top floor of a Romanian hotel, in what media said on Friday was an apparent suicide. Britain’s Foreign Office confirmed the man was a member of the diplomatic staff at its embassy in Romania but did…
The Swedish capital Stockholm is dropping its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, the mayor said Friday. “It is always nicer to say yes than no, but it is in our mandate to make tough decisions,” the centre-right mayor Sten Nordin from the Moderate…
Chelsea defender Ryan Bertrand will see out the rest of the season on loan to Aston Villa, his manager Jose Mourinho revealed on Friday. “Ryan is to go on loan for the rest of the season. We felt and he agrees totally that he needs to play,” the Chelsea…
I recently got a chance to check out Renault’s entire electric vehicle lineup at EVS27 in Barcelona. Below are most of my pics of all of these vehicles (except the Twizy, which I got to test drive) — the Renault Fluence ZE, Renault Zoe, and Renault…
The average car has more than 400 embedded sensors, the average smartphone has about eight, while homes only have about four. That’s where WunderBar comes in. The WunderBar, which resembles a Willy Wonka chocolate bar and looks almost good…
Nintendo on Friday warned it would swing back into the red this fiscal year as the Japanese gaming giant slashed its sales target for the Wii U console, blaming poor sales over the key holiday season. The dramatic downgrade stands in marked contrast…
The Executive Chairman, Delta State Sports Commission, Amaju Patrick, rated Nigeria’s performance in Football and Athletics high, saying that some measures taken by the National Sport Commission yielded good results. He said some of the measure was proper preparation and motivation of Athletes and footballers and the establishment of a symbiotic relationship between the National Sports Commission and the State’s Sports Commissions. The Chairman reiterated that when athletes are discovered a platform is provided for them to ensure that they do well, adding that at the State level some athletes are given scholarships as motivation and a means of monitoring…
The Speakers of House of Assemblies of Commonwealth countries have been called upon to provide forum where some of the nagging challenges facing legislatures in the continent could be addressed. The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, represented by his Deputy, Prof Amos Utuama (SAN) stated this while declaring open the 65th Executive Committee meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association , African Region at the Event Centre, Asaba, Delta State. The Governor believed that it is only through a democratic system of governance that African continent can have the needed space to contribute their talents and creativity to…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has called on leaders elected by the African people to individually and collectively pledge to discharge the peoples’ historic mission of transforming the continent into a home of democratic practices and economic advancement. Speaking while declaring open the 66th Executive Committee Meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), African Region held in Asaba, Dr Uduaghan enjoined the parliamentarians from the African region to focus attention on the task of making the 21st century, an African century. The Governor, who was represented by his deputy, Prof. Amos Utuama (SAN), urged the association to use the…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has charged Nigerians to re-dedicate themselves to the ideals of nationhood and increase their commitment to the task of nation-building. Dr. Uduaghan gave this charge in his goodwill message to muslim faithfuls on the celebration of Eid-El-Malud saying that tolerance, love and peaceful co-existence are essential components for nation building, advising that all Nigerians should imbibe the virrtues of tolerance and love for one another as taught by all religions to build a peaceful and stable nation. He urged all muslims to use this year’s celebration to reflect on the the ideals of peace…
With the successful kidney transplant accomplished at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara, on Tuesday, January 13, the stage is now set for the State to become Nigeria’s medical tourism destination. The kidney transplant, the first of its kind in the country, followed the successful knee cap and hip replacement surgeries earlier undertaken in the hospital last year. Congratulating Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, Governor of Delta State, over the feat, the State Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah, said the success of Tuesday’s surgery signals the advent of more complex operations to be undertaken at the hospital that will…