Category: World News

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti’s has resigned from the top post. President Giorgio Napolitano had to dissolve the parliament as other parties, including those of ex- PM Silvio Berlusconi withdrew its support  to the government. This means that  general elections will be held in the country soon to decide on a new leader.

There have been flash floods in many parts United Kingdom including England, Wales and Scotland. Flash floods are unusual in England. Flash floods happen when due to incessant rain,  rivers water level rises fast and eventually reaches the ground. According to the Environmental Agency, the unexpected weather is going to last a few more days.…

Park Geun-hye will be the first woman president after winning South Korea’s presidential election. She defeated her rival Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party by a small number of votes. Park Geun-hye is 60 years old and belongs to New Frontier Party. She is the daughter of late South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee. Although it is sub…

Pirates are notorious people who commit robberies at the sea. Their job is to steal or capture ships sailing in the sea and sometimes also kidnap people aboard the ship.  Then these pirates demand huge ransom in order to release the ship/people. On Monday, pirates attacked an oil tanker at Niger delta. They kidnapped five…

Ukraine’s weather is causing chaos for the government and the public. Vehicles are trapped in thick snow. Freezing temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius have killed 37 people in Ukraine. Ukraine is a country in eastern Europe. Each year it has fairly severe winters. January is usually the coldest month. This year, as the temperature is dropping further, the authorities…

Do you know how two NASA spacecraft ended their lunar missions? By crashing into the moon. The satellites named Ebb and Flow had been orbiting the Moon since a year and had collected valuable information for the scientists. Maria Zuber from the project found it very difficult to say bye. The last signal from the satellites was received at around 10.30pm last…

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under the leadership of Shinzo Abe has won the Japanese elections. The party, had ruled Japan for almost 50 years until 2009. Now it has come to power again with a lanslide victory. Mr. Shinzo Abe is all set to become the new Japanese Prime Minister. He was also Japan’s Prime Minister between 2006 and 2007. The current…

  The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under the leadership of Shinzo Abe is all set to win the Japanese election. The party, had ruled Japan for almost 50 years until 2009. Now it is most likely to come to power again. If that happens, Mr Abe is most likely to become the new Japanese Prime Minister. He was Japan’s Prime Minister between…

Global Warming that is a threat for everyone. It will not be able to effect some species of trees in the Amazon. Researcher have shown that these trees can survive the warmer temperatures. However,  the severe drought conditions and forest fires will still remain a problem for the forests in Amazon. The scientists have drawn these conclusions based on…

North Korea successfuly launched a long-range missile. It insists that the launch was not a banned inter-continental missile test, but only a mission to place a scientific satellite in orbit. However, neighbouring countries Japan and South Korea along with The US are fearful that the launch is being used as cover for testing long range ballistic missiles. Long…

Two asteroids  ‘2012 XE54’ and ‘4179 Toutatis’ passed Earth really close. Yesterday 2012 XE54, a small asteroid and 4179 Toutatis, a lumpy shaped asteroid, almost 3 miles (5 km) long passed  Earth. “4179 Toutatis” has passed Earth several times before, in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. It is termed as a potentially hazardous object (PHO). PHOs…