Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies Read more…
This is the category for Queensland, an Australian state. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 30 August 2018: Brisbane, Australia Magistrates Court charges two cotton farmers with $20m fraud 10 August 2018: New South Wales, Australia government says Read more…
Sunday, January 1, 2017 On Thursday, William Salice, credited with creating Kinder Surprise eggs, died at age 83 in Pavia, Italy because of a stroke, according to his foundation “Color Your Life Campus”. Salice had worked with the businessman Michele Read more…
Thursday, July 14, 2005 A building being prepared for demolition collapsed this morning in New York‘s Upper West Side around 9 a.m. EDT. Five people are known to be injured from the accident, as well as one rescue worker who Read more…
Monday, May 21, 2007 In an unofficial move by contractor, Roy Harding, a rubbish tip has been named after comedian John Cleese, dubbed “Mt. Cleese” in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The naming came after Mr Cleese visited Palmerston North last Read more…
Sunday, August 10, 2008 Multiple large explosions have been reported at Sunrise Propane Industrial Gases, a propane facility in northern Toronto near Keele Street and Wilson Street near the Highway 401, at approximately between 3:25 and 3:50 am EST, at Read more…
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 On Sunday, the Bryan brothers announced their retirement from the United States’ Davis Cup team. Twins Bob and Mike Bryan have participated in the tennis tournament representing the US for almost fourteen years. Mike and Bob Read more…
Monday, March 13, 2006 BBC News is reporting “up to 267,000 gallons (one million litres)” of crude oil has leaked from a pipeline in the Prudhoe Bay oilfield. Although not as large as the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, Read more…
This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 18 October 2018: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren releases DNA test results, asks Donald Trump to make promised donation 12 October 2018: Manned Soyuz space Read more…
Friday, June 19, 2009 The University of Toronto SciNet Consortium went online yesterday with the IBM System x iDataPlex Supercomputer. U of T’s IBM System x is now the fastest computer outside of the United States, the largest Intel processor Read more…