Rescue teams in Nepal continued searching on Tuesday for hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in hydropower tunnels after catastrophic flash floods struck the Nepal-China border region last week. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported 1,003 recovered bodies as of 1 p.m Tuesday. Later reports citing police and other official updates…
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that trade talks with the United States can resume only when Washington “starts being serious” and stops posting memes and insults. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa after Monday’s federal byelections, Carney said there is still room for a deal that is “mutually beneficial” and “respects Canadian sovereignty.” “When the…
Lionel Messi has retired from international soccer, ending a 20-year Argentina career that included the 2022 World Cup title and a second straight World Cup final this summer. The 39-year-old posted the decision on Instagram on Monday. He said he wrote the note on July 21, two days after Argentina lost the 2026 World Cup…
Compound interest is interest earned on both the original amount of money and on the interest that has already been added to it. In plain terms, it is interest on interest. This mechanism produces growth that accelerates over time because each period’s interest becomes part of the base for the next calculation. Consider a basic…
The Global Positioning System, or GPS, is a constellation of satellites that allows a receiver anywhere on or near Earth’s surface to determine its precise three-dimensional position and exact time. Operated by the United States Space Force and owned by the U.S. government, the system provides continuous, worldwide coverage free of charge for civilian users….
Are we alone in the universe? It is one of the oldest questions humans have asked, but scientists can now investigate it with tools that would have been unimaginable only a few decades ago. Astronomers have confirmed thousands of planets beyond our solar system. Space missions are investigating potentially habitable worlds in our own solar…
Things in Canada still cost more than they did a few years ago. They are just not going up as fast. In July 2026, the average price of everyday stuff was 3.0 percent higher than in July 2025. In June, it was 2.8 percent higher. That comes from Statistics Canada. That 3 percent is the…
In 2025, Canadian specialist physicians reported a median wait of 28.6 weeks from a family-doctor referral to treatment. That is the Fraser Institute’s physician survey figure, published in December 2025. It was down from 30.0 weeks in 2024. It was still the second-longest result in that survey’s history, and far above the 9.3 weeks recorded…
In 2026, one of the most noticeable trends in personal wellness is happening on a surprisingly small piece of hardware: the smart ring. Health tracking rings have moved beyond being a niche gadget for fitness enthusiasts and biohackers. Companies such as Oura, Samsung, RingConn and Ultrahuman are competing to turn a small ring into an…
We all grew up believing trees grow out of the soil. Roots reach into the dirt, pulling up what they need to build towering trunks, branches, and leaves. But modern science reveals a far more surprising truth: the vast majority of a tree’s dry mass consists of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, with carbon entering primarily…