STEPHEN GLOVER: Rishi Sunak knows the Tories are likely to lose the election. He may reasonably hope that the extent of the trouncing can be lessened. But defeat is probable.
The Queensland Labor government, in its third term, has reached agreements with construction unions that provide exceptional pay levels and working conditions.Under the state's Best Practice Industry Conditions policy, workers receive double time and an additional $1,000 per week for work on a project that is 30 miles or more from the employer's address when it rains.“The government should be an employer of choice and working on our projects should be one of the best jobs you can get,” Prime...
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. I don’t know about you, but I only learned last week that there’s something connecting MSG and computer chips. Inside most laptop and data center chips today, there’s a tiny component called…
It’s Time For A U.S. STEM Talent Strategy To Compete With China Authored by Dan Reed & Dario Gil via RealClear Wire, U.S. innovation fuels our economic strength and is vital for our national security. Released last earlier this month, the National Science Board’s congressionally mandated State of U.S. Science and Engineering Indicators report shows that an accelerating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent crisis is imperiling America’s economy and security. ...
The Sixers will face Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat, who advanced out of the play-in tournament last season and made it all the way to the NBA Finals.
An animated sequel fizzles where it doesn’t actively offend
In her fortnightly review of fitness and wellbeing activities, comedian Jennifer Wong finds that to succeed in life and archery, it helps to aim lowerGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI arrive at Sydney Olympic Park Archery Centre for my one-on-one lesson dressed according to instructions on its website: enclosed shoes, a long-sleeved shirt, sunglasses, a hat and with my long hair tied back. I feel like I’m undercover. Soon, though, I will be grateful to be literally under cover.It...
Leverkusen won first Bundesliga because of their brilliance – under their coach now only victory feels inevitableIn other contexts, it might have been seen as tempting fate, daring to anger the football gods. Leverkusen was set for a day of celebration like never before. Approximately 10,000 people lined the streets to greet the team bus leading up to the Bay-Arena with Bismarckstrasse renamed Xabi-Alonso-Allee for the day with its new moniker plastered on street signs.Yet Bayer Leverkusen...
The top U.S. general in Europe told Congress on Wednesday that Ukraine will run out of artillery shells and air defense interceptors "in fairly short order" without U.S. support, leaving them vulnerable to a partial or total defeat. In a sign of how scarce some weapons were, General Christopher Cavoli,
By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — For the first time in its 42-year history, more people watched the women’s NCAA basketball final than the men’s. The total number of viewers for Sunday’s women’s national championship game between South Carolina and Iowa was 18.9 million, peaking at 24.1 million in the game’s final 15
In a front-page story for Wednesday’s print edition, New York Post reporters Steve Janoski, Craig McCarthy, and our friend Jennie Taer detailed why, amid a long and steady stream of high-profile crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants, “federal immigration authorities aren’t deporting suspected criminals at a more rapid rate” in New York City. The trio explained that, as per “immigration expertsit can be hard — both legally and logistically — for the feds to remove migrants before...
In a front-page story for Wednesday’s print edition, New York Post reporters Steve Janoski, Craig McCarthy, and our friend Jennie Taer detailed why, amid a long and steady stream of high-profile crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants, “federal immigration authorities aren’t deporting suspected criminals at a more rapid rate” in New York City. The trio explained that, as per “immigration expertsit can be hard — both legally and logistically — for the feds to remove migrants before...