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MOTORSPORT – Mark Webber’s former team, Red Bull, will soon have a fourth engine supplier, replacing Honda. McLaren…
Sixteen finalists for the ‘Young Women in Sports’ awards announced
The 2018 Young Women in Sports Awards continue to grow. For its third year, there are 16 finalists,…
Ancient fire in China has been burning continuously for thousands of years
This, get ready, is a very old fire.According to its authors, it has been burning continuously since 4,000…
Chinese train speeds at 620mph to tourists’ chagrin
Image copyright ADELEVAN BEVERON PHOTOGRAPHY Image caption The train was built by China’s largest maker of passenger trains,…
Ex-US diplomat sues former National Security Adviser Susan Rice for discrimination, wrongful termination
Written by Staff WriterDr. Lawrence Ganley, an employee of the US State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs…
Amazon cloud systems crash in nationwide outage
On Monday afternoon, Amazon employees around the world were dealing with a nightmare — a massive AWS outage…
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For the first time ever, Starbucks workers have voted for collective bargaining
Here’s another piece of good news to be excited about: for the first time ever, the employees at a single Starbucks store in upstate New York have voted for union…
How did Nicolas Maduro become president of Venezuela?
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro faces a repeat election amid growing concern over his chances of surviving in office.The 54-year-old, who has led the oil-rich nation since 2013, has been hit…
Mock Kim’s Paralympic Committee
For decades, the Olympics have been plagued by harsh boycotts by other countries, usually because of human rights or perceived conflicts, but for the past 45 years, the summer and…
Number of solar heat deaths falls after ‘new low’ in Germany
The rise in deaths in the first week of October is caused by just a few weeks of sunlightThere has been a new low in the number of deaths from…
