Thursday, August 31, 2023

Ukraine takes on Russia ... on the tennis court

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There was a tense Ukraine v Russia face-off at the US Open today, as Elina Svitolina of Ukraine was drawn to play Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova o...

Canada's LGBTQ travel advisory is not politicized

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The Canadian government has taken the unusual step of issuing a travel advisory for Canadians travelling to certain states of the USA . The ...
Monday, August 28, 2023

The Spanish kiss takes a turn towards the bizzarre

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Well, this is a bizarre development that probably no-one saw coming. The saga of the unwanted kiss on the lips by Spanish football president...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Wagner Group - what is a call-sign anyway?

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I keep reading that the Wagner Group, Russia's brutal semi-private paramilitary operation led by the assumed-assassinated Yevgeny Prigoz...

Toronto area developers are cancelling, not expediting, building projects

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Ooh, Doug Ford will be cross! Home-builders, in the Toronto area in particular, say that a perfect storm of factors means that they are paus...

Expansion of BRICS needs a new name

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The BRICS group of countries has just agreed in principle to expand , with the addition of another six countries. The BRIC bloc was original...

Science validates the metaphysical idea of yin-yang?

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I thought this was rather cool. Using a technique called "biphoton digital holography", Canadian and Italian scientists have captu...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

India - yes, THAT India - becomes a spacefaring nation

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As space travel becomes cool once again, some unlikely candidates are rising to the fore. India has just landed a spacecraft near the lunar ...