The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend, according to the U.S. militaryContinue Reading
World A U.S. federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump’s March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president continues to work its way through the courts. Former U.S. president currently facing 4 indictments and 91 felony countsTheContinue Reading
Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog The James Webb Space Telescope continues to astound astronomers. A recently released gallery of galaxies shows stunning details of 19 nearby spiral galaxies that are similar to our own Milky Way. We can’t take a galaxy selfie, so scientists look to other galaxies to betterContinue Reading
The Milwaukee Brewers traded all-star right-hander Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night for left-hander DL Hall, infield prospect Joey Ortiz and a competitive balance draft pick.Continue Reading
B.C. minister under fire for comments about Middle East before creation of Israeli stateB.C. Minister of Post-Secondary Education Selina Robinson is facing mounting pressure to resign over a recent remark about Israel that experts say perpetuates harmful colonial narratives that ignore the history of people in the region. B.C. MinisterContinue Reading
Quirks and Quarks New discovery of human bones suggest that Homo sapiens were living side by side with Neanderthals in Northern Germany, 46,000 years ago. Another discovery of a stone-age ropemaking tools is shedding light on the inventive nature of these ancient humans. Ancient human bones and a stone-age ropemakingContinue Reading
Barely two years before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the local organizing committee signed a contract on Friday to rebuild a century-old bobsleigh track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, putting “a full stop” on a saga that has Italy’s finance minister starting to regret backing the bid. Contract for century-old trackContinue Reading
Toronto·CBC Investigates An associate of Ontario’s self-described Crypto King was sentenced to five months in jail for contempt of court in Oshawa, Ont. Friday. The sentence stems from a lawsuit against Colin Murphy, 27, filed by an investor trying to recover $120,000 given to Murphy to invest in ‘Crypto King’ AidenContinue Reading
Carl Weathers, a former NFL and CFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star — playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore — has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday.Continue Reading
Business Business insolvencies jumped by more than 41 per cent last year, according to data released Friday by Canada’s top financial regulator for bankruptcies. Total number of insolvencies up by 23% in 2023 Jenna Benchetrit · CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2024 1:50 PM EST | Last Updated: February 3Continue Reading
