Month: July 2022

Inflation in Australia Hits 6.1 Percent, Highest Since 2000

Australian annual inflation rate hit 6.1 percent in June, reaching the highest level since the country introduced the GST in 2000 and expected to send a strong signal to the central bank for another interest rate hike in August. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the consumer price index (CPI) jumped by 1.8…


Australia Records Highest Inflation Rate Since 2000

Australian annual inflation rate hit 6.1 percent in June, reaching the highest level since the country introduced the GST in 2000 and expected to send a strong signal to the central bank for another interest rate hike in August. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the consumer price index (CPI) jumped by 1.8…


Model Railroading: It’s Bigger Than You May Think

Americans have a love affair with trains. The Broadway musical “On the Twentieth Century” and the Cary Grant-starring feature film “North by Northwest” both glorify the heyday of the 20th Century Limited, the most famous sleeper train in the world. Young children sit fascinated as they watch freight trains roll by. Even metropolitan subway systems…


Head of China’s CDC Replaced Due to ‘His Age’

China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) appointed Shen Hongbing as its new head, replacing George Gao Fu, according to an announcement made Tuesday. Gao, 60, will “no longer serve as director of the CDC due to his age,” stated the announcement published on the CDC website. Public information shows that Gao was born in…


Victoria’s Gas Supply Crisis Worsened by Government Policy

Commentary The state of Victoria has the most extensive natural gas network in Australia and the highest consumption due to cold weather and the use of gas for domestic heating. Yet the state is able to meet its own needs with gas production while supplying some gas also to Tasmania, South Australia, and New South…


Finding the Unknown in Greenland

For even the hardiest of travelers, Greenland has long been terra incognita, a place unreachable in any casual sense—basically, off the map. Which is a bit ironic, because, for any map lover or just those with a healthy sense of global curiosity, it’s probably that classic world map that hung across the blackboard in most…


Teen Who Died in Attempted Robbery Aboard Train Identified

CHICAGO—The person who was stabbed to death while taking part in the attempted armed robbery on a Chicago commuter train was a 15-year-old boy, authorities said. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said Monday that Darin McNair, who was stabbed in the chest during the attack earlier that day, was pronounced dead at the University…


Baby Killed When Semi Crashes Into Wisconsin Home

A baby was killed when a semi veered off an interstate in Wisconsin and crashed into a house in Winnebago County, according to sheriff’s officials . Authorities said it happened about 6 p.m. Monday when the semi left Interstate 41 southbound, crashed through a fence line, crossed a nearby frontage road and smashed into the…


Defiant in His Return to Washington, Trump Hints at Another Run for White House

Speaking in Washington for the first time since his presidency and its turbulent end, Donald Trump didn’t say he was running for president in 2024. But he didn’t say he wasn’t. And sometimes, he sure sounded like it. Trump spoke to an adoring crowd gathered for the America First Agenda Summit. The America First Policy…


Twitter Sets September Shareholder Vote on Elon Musk Buyout

DOVER, Del.—Twitter has set Sept. 13 as the date for its shareholders to vote on the company’s pending buyout by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it is recommending shareholders vote for the $44 billion deal to be completed. The date is ahead of the yet-to-be specified…