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Soudan Underground Lab

In 2006, businessman T Denny Sanford pledged $70 million to help revive plans for an underground research laboratory at the Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, South Dakota. The mine had previously produced about 41 million ounces of gold and 9…

Rohingya Refugee Crisis

In August 2017, Myanmar's military launched a sweeping operation in northern Rakhine State, driving out over 750,000 Rohingya Muslims who had been living there. The refugees joined hundreds of thousands more who had fled earlier crackdowns…

Energy Demand Surge

The US has surpassed China in building new gas-fired power generation, largely due to a surge in construction of data centers for artificial intelligence (AI). A recent analysis by Global Energy Monitor (Gem) found that the US is now…

Guinea Bissau Mpox Outbreak

In Guinea-Bissau, a country in West Africa, an epidemic of mpox has been declared almost two months after the first confirmed case was reported on July 1. So far, there have been 7 confirmed cases and 46 suspected cases. The alarming part…

Couples Wedding Ring Dispute

The author of the letter to "Ask Rebecca" recently ended an engagement after five years of dating due to shared doubts about their future together. The couple had planned a wedding and started making arrangements, but ultimately decided it…

Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and Los Angeles songwriter-producer Finneas will pay tribute to Toronto's Leslie Feist at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony on September 26th at Toronto's Massey Hall. They will perform…

Plane Strikes Airport Worker

A traffic controller at Montreal's International Airport was struck by an aircraft backing up on a runway on unknown date** around 7:30 p.m. Eastern time. The controller is in a life-threatening condition at the hospital after being hit…

Heat Wave Explained

A severe heat wave is affecting 80 million people across the South-Central U.S. and Southwest, with many areas under an Extreme Heat Warning or Heat Advisory through this week. The National Weather Service has warned that daytime…

California Gubernatorial Politics

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's communications director, Izzy Gardon, took a swipe at Pete Buttigieg, another potential Democratic presidential candidate, over his visit to South Carolina to build support among Black voters in the South…

UK Weather Warnings Issued

Yellow weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office for parts of the UK on Wednesday and Thursday due to forecasted heavy rain and thunderstorms. The affected areas include east Wales, the Midlands, northern England, East Anglia…

US Chinese EV Tariffs Impact

Joseph McLuckie, owner of JPSM Golf, a company in Pickering, Ontario, is facing a bill of $183,000 because the Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA) reclassified his shipment of 330 golf trolleys from China. The trolleys were originally…

Briton Dies Fighting for Russia

Bradley Townsend, a 33-year-old man from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, traveled to Russia in April to join Vladimir Putin's army, despite having no previous military experience. He was killed on June 10 while fighting in the Ukrainian city of…