North Korea appears to have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast, South Korea says. It is not clear whether the test was authentic, and if it was, whether it will be considered a success by the North. A successful test would be significant because submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) are hard to detect. It comes as North Korea gears up for a rare and significant party congress next month ... ....
Foreign leaders visiting KingSalman of Saudi Arabia have noticed that there is a large flower display just in front of the 80-year-old monarch ... Of course, King Salman is not the only world leader past or present whose inability to cope has been artfully concealed by aides and courtiers ... ....
(CNN)Eight family members found dead in a rural southern Ohio community were shot in the head "execution style," most while they slept, authorities said Friday. Officers are searching for the killer or killers, who are probably armed and a danger to surviving family members, Pike CountySheriffCharlesReader said ... "I've given the family precautionary measures to make. They know we're available." ... Read More ... 'Doesn't happen every day' ... ......
Brazilian PresidentDilma Rousseff on Friday said she would appeal to South American trade blocs if she is removed from office, blasting the push to impeach her as a coup and a naked attempt by Brazil’s elite to snatch power back from her Worker’s Party... She told her opponents that her impeachment would have “serious consequences for the Brazilian political process.” ... “I can’t say today what is going to happen ... ....
LAHORE ... This was a consensus among speakers at a conference of meter readers, bill distributors and meter inspectors, arranged by the All Pakistan Wapda HydroElectricWorkers Union (CBA) at Bakhtiar LabourHall here on Saturday. MeterReading Staff Union chairman Malik Zubair said that the Punjab government should provide security to the employees during official duties, especially those involved in detecting power theft ... ....
'Congratulations to IslandHealth, BC Hydro, FortisBC and your construction partners,' said Energy and MinesMinisterBill Bennett... BC Hydro and FortisBC have also helped achieve this level of performance by supporting Island Health's energy management program. In addition, BC Hydro's New Construction Program provides funding for evaluating energy efficient measures as well as capital incentives towards the cost of implementation....
The unique event, taking place on Wednesday 21stS eptember at the SSEHydroGlasgow, was the brainchild of Murray, who wanted to build a legacy tennis event in the UK whilst raising valuable funds for two charities ... The evening will mark the first ever tennis event staged at the city's state-of-the-art SSE Hydro, which topped the Billboard Venue Chart* globally earlier this year....
The 40 AnnualRendez-vousCanada (RVC), Canada's premier tourism marketplace, will take place from April 24-27, 2016 in Montreal, Québec... Hosted by TourismQuébec and Tourism Montreal, and taking place in the iconic Palais des congrès, this year's sold out event features 536 buyers from 28 countries and 582 Canadian sellers from coast to coast to coast-boasting the best seller-to-buyer ratios ever with one seller to every one buyer....
On Feb. 15, the remote Spanish island nestled deep in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa managed just that — for the first time, its hydro-wind plant produced enough electricity for the 7,000 inhabitants for more than 24 hours... “To have total energy sovereignty ... When the wind falls, water in the upper basin is released into the lower basin, passing through turbines that generate hydro power ... ....
[The Herald] New York -The government is finalising a deal with a Chinese firm to build the long-delayed Kunzvi Dam near Harare to increase the capital's water supplies, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday ... She said the deal involves Sino-Hydro of China and construction of the dam was expected to start at the ... ....
It is believed to have about 950 MW of wind energy, 11 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy, 75 GW of hydro energy, 32 MW of biomass energy, 32 MW of biofuel, 60 GW of marine energy and 29 GW of geothermal energy ...Fossil energy cannot take Indonesia to where it wants to be by 2045," MinisterSudirman said, adding that alternative energies such as solar energy, hydro energy, wind energy and other sustainable forms, should therefore be used....
-->. At the 175 nations signing ceremony for the climate agreement, UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon said. "This is a moment in history. Today you are signing a new covenant with the future." ... The ceremony was attended by heads of government, ministers, corporate leaders and artists ...India seeks to add 100 gigawatts of photovoltaic capacity, 60 gigawatts of wind power, 10 gigawatts of biomass and five gigawatts of hydro projects ... ....
Mangaluru city is now likely to head towards water scarcity, if the catchment areas of river Nethravathi fail to receive rainfall in the next couple of days. The city is dependent on Thumbe vented dam constructed across river Nethravathi for its water needs and the water storage level at the dam is decreasing alarmingly ... “The water from AMRHydroPowerProject dam will be sufficient for an additional four to five days ... ....
LONDON — Andy Murray plans to remain outspoken against doping, despite facing a backlash for some of his recent comments on performance-enhancing drugs in tennis. The No. 2-ranked player was branded "out of order" by Novak Djokovic's coach, Boris Becker, for saying in a newspaper interview that he wonders whether some players are doping ...Murray will play a singles match against FrenchmanGael Monfils at the SSEHydroGlasgow arena ... ___....