U.S. superbug expected to emerge in Canada

Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Two Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, magnified 50,000 times.An infectious superbug spreading in the United States is to “emerge in force” in Canada, doctors fear. The bacteria have been reported popping up in day care centers and locker rooms across the U.S. Usually elderly or very ill hospital patients get the disease.
More than 2 million U.S. residents are infected evRead More…

Million Dollar Homepage is close to achieving million-dollar goal

Friday, December 30, 2005
The Million Dollar Homepage, as of 29 December 2005.Alex Tew, a student in England, has almost reached his target of one million dollars on his website: Million Dollar Homepage. He came up with the idea after jotting down ideas before he went to bed on how to become a millionaire before he went to university. Then he came up with the million-dollar idea: selling pixels Read More…

Messi passes from penalty for Suárez’s hat-trick as Barça beats Celta 6-1

Monday, February 15, 2016
Yesterday, Barcelona football star Lionel Messi made a risky pass from the penalty spot to Luis Suárez, setting up the completion of a Suárez hat-trick against Celta Vigo, and Barça defeated them 6–1 in a La Liga match at Camp Nou. Suárez climbed to the top spot for La Liga this season, scoring 23 goals, and FC Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 30 games in all Read More…

Philippine President calls for resignation of cabinet due to deflation of peso

Friday, July 8, 2005
Amid news of a drop of the Philippine peso for a sixth straight week, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday asked all members of the cabinet to resign, preparing the road for change in the administration.
In the past month the peso has fallen 3.1 percent due in part to accusations that Arroyo cheated in last year’s elections, as well as accusations that heRead More…

Category:Music

This is the category for Music. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 10 August 2022: Judith Durham, lead singer of The Seekers, dies at 79 8 February 2022: Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar dies at age 92 5 August 2021: DaBaby Levitating remix losing US radio audiences after the rapper’s comments on HIV/AIDS 11 June 2021: Taylor Swift’s Evermore records biggest sales week of the year aRead More…

At least 53 killed, over 90 injured in Shanghai apartment fire

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
China’s Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday that at least 53 people were killed in Shanghai during a deadly fire. The blaze, which occurred on Monday at 2:15 p.m. CST (0615 UTC), consumed a 28-story high-rise apartment building in the city’s Jing’an District.
The building was being renovated at the time of the fire, and was home to over 150 families. At least 100 victims hRead More…

Four children among six Canadians killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon

Thursday, July 20, 2006
In the continued conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, six Canadians, including four children who were killed on Sunday by an Israeli missile hitting a house in south Lebanon have been identified. Saja Al-Akhrass (8), Zeinab Al-Akhrass (6), Ahmad Al-Akhrass (4), and Salam Al-Akhrass (11 months) were in Lebanon for a summer holiday, visiting their extended family. They Read More…

Former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski dies aged 89

Saturday, May 27, 2017
Zbigniew Brzezinski in 1977Image: Jack E. Kightlinger.On Friday, Zbigniew Brzezinski, a professor and former U.S. National Security Advisor of the Jimmy Carter administration, died at the age of 89.
The New York Times reported he died at a Falls Church, Virginia hospital.
Brzezinski’s daughter Mika announced her father’s death via Instagram. Others paid tribute to BrzezinsRead More…

Thirteen dead, several wounded in Fort Hood, Texas shooting

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Major Nidal Hasan has been identified as the gunman in the shootingThe United States Army has confirmed that thirteen people have been killed after a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood army base in Texas. An additional thirty are reported wounded, and the gunman is in stable condition after being shot by military police. Two other soldiers are in detention.
The incidentRead More…