Tag: World

Victorian Premier Refuses to Apologise to Female MP for ‘Halfwit’ Jibe

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is refusing to apologise for labelling a female Liberal MP a “halfwit grub”, declaring he was defending a Labor colleague. Opposition women’s spokeswoman and Eildon MP Cindy McLeish says the premier made the remark in state parliament on Tuesday before withdrawing it. “Those comments were deeply offensive to me, but I…


Airbus Wins Largest Aircraft Order in History From India’s IndiGo

An Indian airline signed a deal for the largest ever aircraft order in the history of the airline industry with French aerospace firm Airbus this week. The aircraft manufacturing firm announced on June 19 that discount Indian airline IndiGo had placed an order for 500 of its family of A320 commercial jets, which are to be…


Ancient Roman Temple Complex, With Ruins of Building Where Caesar Was Stabbed, Opens to Tourists

ROME—Four temples from ancient Rome, dating back as far as the 3rd century B.C. stand smack in the middle of one of the modern city’s busiest crossroads. But until Monday, practically the only ones getting a close-up view of the temples were the cats that prowl the so-called “Sacred Area,” on the edge of the…


No Seats Change Hands in Federal By-elections

There were no upsets in the four by-elections held across Canada on June 19. With almost all of the polls reporting, all of the ridings stayed in the hands of the party that held them before. Perhaps the most watched contest was in the southern Manitoba riding of Portage-Lisgar. That’s where Maxime Bernier, leader of…


7 in 10 Working Australians Do Not Know Their Credit Score

Over 14 million Australians may have no knowledge of their credit score despite the importance of the financial statistic in people’s daily lives. According to a survey by the financial comparison company Finder, seven in ten respondents did not know their credit score. Further, over 40 percent of those surveyed had never checked their credit…


How Marxism Broke Down the Nuclear Family

Commentary Marriage is an institution uniquely apt for the rearing and nourishing of children, an open-ended task calling parents to assume an attitude of love and commitment toward children. Conversely, divorce undermines the family unit and deprives children of an intact biological family. Karl Marx recommended the abolition of marriage in his Communist Manifesto, stating…


No Investigation of Political Interference Allegations in SNC-Lavalin Affair: RCMP

The RCMP says it is not investigating allegations of political interference in the federal handling of criminal charges against engineering firm SNC-Lavalin. In a statement today, the Mounties set the record straight after a recent response to a public interest group’s Access to Information request suggested the Mounties were conducting such a probe. In 2015,…


At Least One Dead After School Shooting in Southern Brazil

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO—At least one student has died after a school shooting in Brazil’s southern city of Cambe on Monday, the Parana state government said in a statement, adding that another wounded student has been hospitalized. The perpetrator has been arrested and is a former student of the Professora Helena Kolody public school who…


One in Three ‘Health’ Foods Contain Misleading Claims

Many sports foods—powders, bars, and ready-made shakes—sold in grocery stores, pharmacies, and health food stores are marketed as being healthy food for an active lifestyle, but they may not be as nutritious as they claim to be, with approximately a third being mislabelled, an in-depth investigation by Australian researchers has found. PhD candidate Celeste Chapple…


Study Reveals 33 Percent of Health Foods Contain Incorrect Information

Many sports foods—powders, bars and snacks, and ready-made shakes—sold in grocery stores, pharmacies, and health food stores are marketed as being healthy food for an active lifestyle, but they may not be as nutritious as they claim to be, with approximately a third being mislabelled, an in-depth investigation by Australian researchers has found. PhD candidate…