A children’s book written by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been withdrawn from sale after it was criticised for causing offense to Indigenous Australians. The Guardian newspaper reported Saturday that the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation blasted “Billy And The Epic Escape,” which was published earlier…
China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims. The Foreign Ministry on Sunday posted online geographic coordinates for the baselines around Scarborough Shoal. A nation’s territorial waters and…
They arrived in huge numbers on shared bikes after pedaling 30 miles in the evening chill, pumped by the adrenaline of youth and the thrill of embarking on a spontaneous adventure with friends. Nighttime bike rides to Kaifeng, an ancient city in central China’s Henan province known for its historic…
Since September 1, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has been spared from Russian drone attacks on just one night – October 14. Every other night, many of its 4.5 million residents have been woken by sirens and rushed to some form of shelter or hidden in their bathrooms. In the first…
Record-breaking levels of thick, toxic smog that have shrouded eastern Pakistan and northern India since last month can be seen in striking satellite imagery. A huge cloud of gray smog blankets Pakistan’s Punjab province and stretches out east into India, over the capital New Delhi and beyond, satellite imagery from…
Osisko Metals Incorporated (the “Company” or “Osisko Metals”) (TSX-V:OM; OTCQX:OMZNF; FRANKFURT:0B51) is pleased to announce that Pine Point Mining Limited (PPML) and the Town of Hay River have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating their intentions to work together to seize opportunities for long term sustainable growth for Hay…
Adisyn Ltd (ASX: AI1) (“Adisyn” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that 2D Generation Ltd (“2DG”) has ordered a highly specialised semiconductor manufacturing system called an Atomic Layer Deposition Machine (“ALD”). Highlights: 2D Generation has ordered highly specialised Atomic Layer Deposition (“ALD”) machine from Beneq Beneq is a global…
Elixir Energy Limited (“Elixir” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the receipt of a cash refund of $7.9M from the Australian Tax Office under the Research Development (“R&D”) Tax Incentive Scheme. The refund is related to eligible R&D activities in FY 2024 incurred on Daydream-2. A further refund is…
Hot on the heels of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election was a meeting of the US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday (November 6) and Thursday (November 7). At the meeting, officials decided to lower the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to…
Major uranium producer Cameco (TSX:CCO,NYSE:CCJ) shared its third quarter results on Thursday (November 7), reporting a strong performance despite production setbacks at its Kazakhstan operations. The company reported uranium production of 4.3 million pounds, up 43 percent from the year-ago period. Sales volumes came in at 7.3 million pounds, relatively…