Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan speaks to a crowd during the 2024 Democratic-Farmer-Labor State Convention in Duluth. Erica Dischino/MPR News hide caption toggle caption Erica Dischino/MPR News A November win for Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz would shake up political control in Minnesota – and it could spur the ascension of […]
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg There have been five mass coral-bleaching events at the Great Barrier Reef over the past nine years A study of samples taken from inside the bodies of centuries-old coral has revealed the threat climate change now poses to the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers in Australia say temperatures in and around the vast coral […]
Getty Images Scott Brash was part of the gold medal winning team in Paris When Scott Brash took his second Olympic gold in Paris it prompted cheers hundreds of miles further north. The 38-year-old is a proud Borderer and the people of Peebles were delighted with his triumph in the team showjumping. “They’re just great,” […]
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The union representing workers at the Canadian National Railway (CN) says they will strike next week, in a new threat to the economy after promising to challenge a government decision to end an unprecedented rail stoppage. The Teamsters union filed notice on Friday, just days after returning to work, that conductors, locomotive engineers and other […]
The first drug shown to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer’s disease will not be available on the NHS after a decision by the medicine’s regulator. The decision on funding lecanemab has caused upset and disappointment from those hoping the drug could help fight a horrible and devastating disease. But the decision is […]
Scientists have discovered a reservoir of liquid water on Mars – deep in the rocky outer crust of the planet. The findings come from a new analysis of data from Nasa’s Mars Insight Lander, which touched down on the planet back in 2018. The lander carried a seismometer, which recorded four years’ of vibrations – […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Bitfarms has announced the expansion of its operations in the US following the acquisition of Stronghold Digital Mining. The acquisition is a $125 million deal that involves a stock-for-stock merger. According to the […]
Rachel Reeves has insisted there will be “no blank cheques” for public sector unions amid Conservative claims that the government’s attempt to end long-running strikes has made it a soft touch. The chancellor said there had been no caving in to train drivers and junior doctors, and defended her decision to accept recommendations of pay […]
Getty Images The newly-announced boss of Starbucks, Brian Niccol, has come under fire after it was revealed he will commute almost 1,000 miles (1,600km) from his family home in Newport Beach, California, to the firm’s headquarters in Seattle on a corporate jet. Critics have noted what they see as a discrepancy between the company’s public […]