admin Ukraine said just 50 civilians intended were evacuated from a bombed-out steelworks in the city of Mariupol on Friday, accusing Russia of violating a truce to allow all those trapped beneath the plant to depart after weeks under siege. Mariupol has endured the most destructive bombardment of the 10-week-old war, and the sprawling Soviet-era Azovstal … Read more
A young man from Windsor has been arrested and charged with contributing to a terrorist group, the RCMP says. Between Feb. 12 and May 20, 2021, the RCMP says an individual committed various hate-motivated offences in the Windsor area. The RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) determined that a man filed an online application … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Shopify Inc.’s president appealed to investors to focus on the company’s growing customer base as the stock dropped again Friday to a fresh two-year low. Most Read from Bloomberg The Canadian company’s shares have plunged 22% since it disclosed first-quarter profit on Thursday morning that fell far short of analysts’ estimates. Shopify is … Read more
The Oculus Quest 2 (now called Meta Quest 2) has become a surprisingly successful virtual reality headset and remains our favorite VR device Despite being almost two years old. What will Meta, the former Facebook, do for its encore? The company is expected to release four new headsets over the next few years, according to … Read more
The Pentaverate premieres Friday, May 6 on Netflix. Nineties star Mike Myers is back for his first big live-action comedic showing since 2008’s The Love Guru. Landing on Netflix with The Pentaverate — a spinoff series based on a brief joke in Myers’ So I Married an Ax Murderer from 1993 — the oft-disguised performer … Read more
By Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology May 6, 2022 Artistic reconstruction of mating position in Olenoides serratus. Credit: Holly Sullivan Fossils can tell scientists a lot about an animal such as their morphology, their environment, and where to place them in the tree of life. One thing though that’s very difficult to … Read more
Here’s what has happened in Mariupol and beyond today. Conflicting reports of evacuations: Russia state two buses with civilians said that were evacuated out of the Aziz steel plant in Mariupol on Friday. But Ukrainian officials said they can’t comment on the evacuation of civilians from the plant being organized by the United Nations and … Read more
Charles Leclerc pipped George Russell to the top of the standings in FP1 for the Miami Grand Prix, with Mercedes appearing closer to the pace of the front-runners. Russell came in 0.071s behind Leclerc’s benchmark of 1:31.098 in the first session of the weekend, with the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez coming … Read more
The search for a missing woman since the fall of 2020 has ended in tragedy, Vancouver police confirm. Chelsea Poorman, 24, was last seen on Sept. 6, 2020, by a family member on Granville Street. She was reported missing two days later. On Friday, police said her remains were found outside an empty house near … Read more
Drew McIntyre wasn’t too happy with his creative direction in 2021. Put SmackDown star Drew McIntyre down as one of the superstars who found themselves in an odd place in 2021, mostly due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic saw WWE hold their events from the self-made Thunderdome for the balance of 2021, which meant … Read more