The cost-of-living crisis may be the dominant issue during the six-week campaign of the U.K. election. Inflation fell to 2.3%, but many Britons still struggling with affordability issues. After 14 years of Conservative rule, British voters may just be looking for a change in leadership when they go to the …
Read More »Newfoundland’s unknown soldier begins journey home from France after more than 100 years
It was a bright day with blue skies at the foot of the Newfoundland Regiment caribou memorial in France that stands tall overlooking the lush green mounds of Beaumont-Hamel — fitting for a packed ceremony to bring an unknown soldier home to Newfoundland more than 100 years after the First …
Read More »A spike in GPS jamming and spoofing has the aviation industry seeking solutions
Incidents of GPS jamming and spoofing have spiked, which experts say is the result of global conflicts. Jamming has caused Finnair to temporarily halt flights from Helsinki to Tartu, Estonia. Flights between Helsinki and Tartu, Estonia, resume June 2, after GPS jamming led to cancellations. Inside the air traffic control …
Read More »Musk plans largest-ever supercomputer for xAI startup — report
X CEO Elon Musk leaves a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. (AFP/Mandel Ngan) WASHINGTON, United States — Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has told investors he plans to build a supercomputer dubbed “gigafactory of compute” to …
Read More »Trustee for Ontario Crypto King’s bankruptcy wants discharge denied till he pays $4.5M
The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of Ontario’s self-proclaimed “Crypto King” wants a judge to deny Aiden Pleterski a discharge from bankruptcy until he pays back more than $4.5 million in assets and funds the trustee says Pleterski hasn’t accounted for. Aiden Pleterski used points to pay for flights to L.A., …
Read More »Shots fired at Toronto Jewish girls school
Toronto police say they’re looking for two suspects who allegedly shot a gun at a Jewish girls school in North York early Saturday morning. No injuries reported, but police say guns and gangs task force, hate crime unit are investigating. Toronto police say they’re looking for multiple suspects who allegedly …
Read More »Amazing Alas Pilipinas routs Chinese Taipei to sweep AVC Challenge Cup Pool A
Alas Pilipinas swept the AVC Challenge Cup Pool A. (STAR / Russell Palma) MANILA, Philippines — It’s easy to doubt Philippine volleyball’s rebirth following a shockingly strong effort in the AVC Women’s Challenge Cup. But every victory Alas Pilipinas has kept on piling up, that cloud of uncertainty has gradually …
Read More »Stressed at work? Anxious about the wider world? You might be part of ‘The Great Exhaustion’
The Great Exhaustion is a new term coined by analysts and economists to describe a pervasive form of burnout that starts with stress directly related to work and piles on anxieties about the state of the world in general. ‘Perpetual feed of negative information’ outside of work can make burnout …
Read More »Thousands need a kidney transplant each year. Living donors could help meet the demand
Living donors are the best option for many in need of a kidney transplant. But patients and nephrologists say the testing process could be more streamlined for living donors. Albertans in need of a kidney transplant say living donor testing process needs to be streamlined. Judith Morrison is keenly aware …
Read More »This N.W.T. man was on a survey looking for birds. Instead he found the wreckage of a plane
Earl Evans was out on a whooping crane survey in Wood Buffalo National Park with Parks Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Service when he saw something he’d never seen before. Evans, who lives in Fort Smith, N.W.T., said he’s done the same survey flight for years. “I told the pilot, …
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