Sean Penn endorses Kucinich for US President

Saturday, December 8, 2007 Academy Award winning actor and political activist Sean Penn has just thrown his support in the 2008 US Presidential election behind Dennis Kucinich. In a San Francisco speech described by his PR people as “a blistering indictment of political leaders and an impassioned endorsement of Presidential Continue Reading

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Indian Ocean tsunami, one year after

Monday, December 26, 2005One year on from the Indian Ocean tsunami, the world’s grief and compassion returned to the tsunami-battered coastlines of the Indian Ocean, where at least 216 000 people lost their lives. Under a clear sky and before a gentle sea, the world commemorated those lost their lives, Continue Reading

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Evergrande real estate firm makes missed September bond payment, avoids default

Saturday, October 23, 2021 China property giant Evergrande Group wired USD83.5 million in interest owed in an offshore bond from September 23 on Thursday, temporarily averting default, according to a Reuters source and Chinese newspaper Securities Times. The wire to a Citibank fiduciary account following a 30-day grace period came Continue Reading

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