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The Town of Quispamsis is ready to co-host the 2018 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The tournament will be organized in Quispamsis and Saint John from November 3 to November 10, 2018. The organizers and the administration of both towns are expecting this tournament to boost to economy of the region. The event is being supported […]
Researchers at the University of Toronto (U of T) are currently working to establish an archeological park and a research center in Turkey. According to U of T, university archeologists are currently holding talks with Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The archeological park will be established at ell Tayinat site in Amuq Valley, located […]
On Thursday, a grizzly attacked a female black bear and cubs in woods south of Whitecourt, and entire fight was captured on camera by Logan Hunter who was hunting with his father in this remote area at that time. Logan Hunter who caught this fight on his mobile camera later posted the video on Youtube. […]
France and Croatia have qualified for the World Cup Football 2018 final which will be played on Sunday, July 15, at 11 a.m. ET. In first semifinal, France – the pre-tournament favorite – beat Belgium to reserve a berth in the final. In second semifinal, Croatia proved doubters wrong to beat England 2-1 and move […]
Peggy Whitson, the 58-year-old NASA astronaut and the most experienced space flier of the United States, has retired from the American space agency. She announced her retirement on June 15, 2018. Whitson has spent 665 days in space, and holds the US record for most cumulative time in space. With 10 spacewalks totaling 60 hours […]
Veterinarians in Thailand failed to save a green turtle that was recently found near Chonburi’s Lamchabang Port. The stomach of the turtle was filled with trash, and veterinarians at the marine center in Chonburi were trying to save it by intravenous feeding. This turtle was found on a beach in the eastern province of Chonburi […]
More students reported carrying guns in Chicago than in Los Angeles or New York City over the 2007 to 2013 time period, according to a new study carried out by a team of researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. These findings, published in the journal Injury Epidemiology, provide a historical background for […]
Nav Canada has said that an insufficient number of women are working with it as air traffic controllers (ATCs). The job of an ATC is considered one of the most stressful among all jobs. An ATC ensures that aircrafts takeoff and land safely at an airport without crossing paths of one another. The field of […]
China is planning to conduct the first launch of its Long March-5B carrier rocket in 2019. A spokesperson for the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) revealed that the carrier rocket will undergo testing this month in preparation for its launch next year. The rocket will carry the core module and experiment modules to China’s […]
Video footage of a mysterious rocket seen at a former US naval base has leaked online. SKY7, a helicopter from ABC7 News, recently spotted this rocket on the tarmac at Alameda Naval Air Station in California. Presence of this rocket at the former US naval station is shrouded in mystery as there is no official […]
The UK has directly blamed Russian military for malicious NotPetya ransomware attack of June last year that cost companies hundreds of millions of pounds. The attack targeted Ukraine but later spread across Europe. According to estimates, companies lost more than $1.2bn due to this attack. Reckitt Benckiser that makes Dettol, Durex and Strepsils was among […]
China has started the construction of a test site for unmanned ships in Zhuhai in Guangdong Province, according to Xinhua News. It will allow emulation, testing and verification of various functions of unmanned ships, including tracking, route planning, berthing and departure. It is a joint project of the Zhuhai city government, Wuhan University of Technology, […]
On Monday night, a large number of prison workers gathered at the Fleury-Merogis Prison –Europe’s biggest prison—to demonstrate again the assault on guards at the Vendin-le-Vieil prison in northern France. Fleury-Merogis Prison is located in the suburbs of Paris. Protests were also staged in other parts of France to draw attention of authorities towards security […]
At least 15 people were killed and 25 injured after storms pummeled the coast of California on Wednesday. Santa Barbara County officials continued the search after a powerful mudslide washed away dozens of homes. Eight bodies were found during a rescue operation in Montecito, northwest of Los Angeles, in Santa Barbara County. Evacuations were ordered […]
He had a brilliant career with Luke Gallows at NJPW, and today, he has faced some of the biggest defeats. But Karl Anderson does not regret having reached WWE, considering he was about to sign with TNA. And now, observing the situation, some recent words of Anderson deserve to be picked up from Steve Austin’s […]
Rob Cross defeated Phil Taylor 7-2 in his first season as a professional to win Darts World Cup in London. Englishman Taylor lost the final of the Darts World Championship at the end of his career. It would have been his 17th world title. In addition to the Sid Waddell trophy, the 27-year-old Cross received […]
North Korea is preparing to launch a new satellite, according to a South Korean newspaper. “North Korea has recently manufactured a satellite and named it Kwangmanson-5,” the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo quoted an unidentified South Korean official as saying. “North Korea’s plan is to launch a satellite installed with camera and communication equipment,” the […]
On Christmas Day, Pope Francis addressed tens of thousands of Roman Catholics on Christmas Day at the Vatican, and delivered the traditional Urbi et Orbi message and blessings from the central balcony of the Vatican basilica. Pope Francis spoke of “war storms” and warned against a possible “decline of man, the social fabric and […]
Tunisia has suspended all flights of the Emirates Airlines because the airline refuses to carry Tunisian women, Tunisia has now suspended all flights of the airline. The suspension applies until the airline finds “a reasonable solution” to the problem, the Tunisian Ministry of Transport said on Sunday. According to an Emirates spokesman, all flights […]
The central Russian Electoral Commission in Russia has excluded opposition leader Alexei Nawalny from candidacy for the 2018 presidential election. In a public vote, 12 of the 13 members of the panel in Moscow voted in favor of the exclusion. One member abstained. The commission stated that the 41-year-old was not eligible for election because […]
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim to have fired a Burkan-2 missile targeting a royal palace in Saudi Arabia, according to the BBC. The missile was however shot down by the Saudi-led coalition forces, the state media said. Witnesses said hearing an explosion in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Some users have also posted videos on […]
Berlin’s new international airport will now open in October 2020, eight years behind its proposed deadline for starting the operations. “With today’s supervisory board meeting we are starting the last phase of the completion of the terminal and thus of the opening of BER,” airport Chief Engelbert Luetke Daldrup said. Berlins’ BER airport project has […]
Li Kexin, a Chinese diplomat in the United States, has warned that China would invade Taiwan if the US sends its navy vessels to Taiwan Strait. Kexin, a minister with the Chinese Embassy to the United States, said these words during an embassy event on Friday. According to the Reuters, he told American officials that […]
Russian and Chinese militaries have agreed to increase their pragmatic cooperation in the military field, senior military officials from both countries have announced. On Friday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Military Commission and a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC […]