23 June 2013 (13:06 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Sha’ban 1434/02 Tir 1391/16 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
The Bank of England and the People’s Bank of China have signed a deal in which they will directly exchange their currency, avoiding the use of the U.S. dollar.
The deal maxes out at 20 billion pounds/200 billion yuan (aka RMB). That’s […] Continue Reading…
23 June 2013 (12:53 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Sha’ban 1434/02 Tir 1391/16 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
In China’s Shanghai Municipality, Baoshan District, a 62 years old factory manager beat one co-worker to death, then got hold of a gun and shot five others to death on 22 June 2013. One of those killed was a security guard.
Another […] Continue Reading…
23 June 2013 (12:21 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Sha’ban 1434/02 Tir 1392/16 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
Researchers in Japan revealing a new way to get you to take those rarely effective flu shots, the Flu Patch.
The patch is made up of about 250 tiny needles around 0.8mm long. The needles are not metal, but are a combination […] Continue Reading…
23 June 2013 (02:25 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Sha’ban 1434/02 Tir 1391/16 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
The UN World Health Organization is sounding an international warning for the new MERS virus. Since September 2012, the UNWHO has been notified of 68 cases in which 38 people have died. That’s more than a 50% kill rate.
More than 100 […] Continue Reading…
23 June 2013 (02:00 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Sha’ban 1434/02 Tir 1392/16 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
Health officials in Taiwan confirm that a woman has become the first person to be infected by H6N1. At least four people who know the woman are showing signs of infection, but tests have been negative.
The woman recovered. H6N1 normally infects […] Continue Reading…
21 June 2013/12 Sha’ban 1434/31 Khordad 1391/14 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
In Kunar Province, Ghazi Abad District, local government officials say a U.S. airstrike (drone strike?) killed three people and wounded several others.
In Helmand Province, Greshk District, reports of a major battle between Mujahideen and NATO/ISAF and Afghan National Army (ANA) troops. Four armored […] Continue Reading…
22 June 2013 (14:35 UTC-07 Tango)/13 Sha’ban 1434/01 Tir 1391/15 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
In Virginia, the Fairfax County Health Department is investigating a TB outbreak where as many as 430 people at Robert E. Lee High School, in Springfield, have been exposed.
In South Carolina, a nurse formerly in charge of the tuberculosis program with the Department […] Continue Reading…
22 June 2013 (13:08 UTC-07 Tango)/13 Sha’ban 1434/01 Tir 1391/15 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
“The detachment will remain in Jordan, in full coordination with the government of Jordan, until the security situation becomes such that it is no longer needed.”-Barack Obama, President of United States
After months of saying U.S. Marines, and other personnel were in […] Continue Reading…
In Wyoming U.S.A., at least 200 people are sick, possibly with norovirus (a few cases have been confirmed as norovirus), at the National Park called Yellowstone. New cases are being reported in nearby Grand Teton National Park. Infected people included park employees and tourists. Local Wyoming news reports say the outbreak started on a […] Continue Reading…
20 June 2013 (14:22 UTC-07 Tango)/11 Sha’ban 1434/30 Khordad 1391/13 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
“Palestinian children being shot by the State party’s [Israeli] military near the Gaza border whilst collecting building material to support their families in the reconstruction of their homes, 30 such cases having been reported over the reporting period…”
In Israel, a child […] Continue Reading…