Nisan Motor Co. has revealed a zero-emission conceptual two-seater electric car Monday, a vehicle resembling a go-cart. The mini car is not yet ready for sale, but the company said it was planning to assemble about 250,000 Leaf electric cars a year, with the first deliveries set to begin in December in the U.S. and [...]
The largest U.S. insurance giant has poised to repay the U.S. government almost $37 billion of bailout money it received from the government during the financial crisis. AIG has sold its two overseas insurance units and is planning to use the proceeds to pay down the government debt. On Monday AIG closed the sale of [...]
British scientists from the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) have named alcohol the most dangerous drug after they have assessed its combined harmful effects on the users and people around them. Alcohol turns out to be three times more dangerous than tobacco or cocaine on the new scale of drug harm that classifies the [...]
The new health care law may revolutionize birth control in the Unites States by offering free contraception for women. Contraception is a form a birth control widely accepted in many developed countries, which is considered to be more reliable albeit more expensive treatment. A special panel of experts will be meeting in November to decide [...]
France’s Aigle Azur airline has become the first European passenger airline to fly directly to Iraq since the beginning of the Gulf War. The plane has touched down at Baghdad International Airport at around 6 a.m. local time on Sunday, carrying mostly journalists and French officials, which made it mostly a very ceremonial flight. The [...]
Kim Clijsters, the winner of the U.S. Open championship, has defeated the world’s top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki at the WTA Championships with a 6:3, 5:7, 6:3 victory on Sunday. Clijsters, who has recently been on sidelines because of the injured foot, has won her fifth title of the season and third season-ending event, after she won [...]
India has backed off from its threat to ban popular Blackberry services, after it has expressed serious concerns about the access to the company’s encrypted information such as e-mails and messaging. According to a press release issued by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs, the Canadian phone maker Research in Motion (RIM) has agreed to provide [...]
Turkey has decided to lift a ban on YouTube it imposed on it more than two years ago because of some videos the government deemed inappropriate and, even insulting to Turkey’s founder. According to Binali Yildirim, Turkey’s Transport Minister, who is responsible for Internet issues, the government no longer sees any reason to continue the [...]
Anne Hathaway has proved to be not only one of the most multitalented actress in Hollywood but also one of the most profitable movies stars to hire. Forbes has compiled a list of five actresses who brings their studios the best return on investment for every dollar the actress has been paid. Forbes used its [...]
The Allure of the Seas, one the world’s largest cruise liner, has set sail Friday for its Florida’s home port. The extravagant ship, the second largest cruise liner in the world, has been built in Finland’s Turku. The cruise liner spans for about four soccer fields, and boasts 8,300 cabins, an open-air park as well [...]
