Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to work together in the areas of space infrastructure, business and economic growth as the leaders met Sunday in the French territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Speaking to reporters, Carney said he and Macron will task their space agencies and defence ministries to develop and share common…
Kuwaiti-Pakistani businessman Muizz Ahmed Mirza. — Reporter LONDON: Kuwaiti-Pakistani businessman Muizz Ahmed Mirza is set to take control of English non-league football club Plymouth Parkway FC through his international education company, with plans to take the club into the English Football League within the next decade. At a press conference in London with the Plymouth…
Elon Musk recently claimed that his tunneling startup The Boring Company is working on “a simple precursor Hyperloop” between Austin and San Antonio that will reduce the journey between the two cities to less than 30 minutes. The Boring Company account shared Musk’s statement and said it “would be excited and honored to build this…
Barely two days after three party members were removed from caucus, BC Conservatives Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has lost another member. Linda Hepner, MLA for Surrey-Serpentine River, resigned from caucus Sunday and criticized the party leadership’s “willingness to listen.” In her resignation letter to Findlay, obtained by Global News, Hepner also cited the removal of Trevor…
Chema Andres celebrating his goal for Brighton. Photo: AFP LONDON: Arsenal’s perfect start to their Premier League title defence came off the rails in a 3-0 trouncing by Brighton, while Tottenham remain winless after a 3-2 defeat to Aston Villa. Mikel Arteta’s men arrived on the south coast in formidable form having won all seven…
We’re seeing a big debate over AI safety and a potential slowdown, as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently published a plan to “pace the frontier,” while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has publicly echoed President Donald Trump’s claims that the AI backlash is a hoax and regulation is unnecessary. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity…
North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, days after the North threatened to bolster its nuclear deterrent capabilities and respond to what it called U.S. hostilities. The launches were the latest in a series of weapons demonstrations by North Korea even after U.S. President Donald Trump…
Pakistan opened their Pool B campaign with a commanding 9-0 victory over Thailand at Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on Sunday, scoring in every quarter to underline their dominance. Pakistan led 2-0 after the first quarter before adding three goals in the second to take a 5-0 advantage into halftime. They continued to control the contest…
Society has spent a lot of time bemoaning our digitally addled minds and goldfish-like attention spans, pointing the finger of blame at doomscrolling as the reason we can’t just sit down and read a book or study for exams. But what if the solution isn’t to stop scrolling, but to rethink what we’re scrolling through?…
The Liberal government is expected to propose major changes to Canada’s labour code as MPs return to Parliament Hill for the fall sitting this week. One of the first bills to be presented would change the Canada Labour Code to alter the government’s power to intervene in strikes and lockouts. Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon…
