Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, after years of pressure from opposition legislators and some members of the Iranian diaspora. Announcing the decision on Wednesday, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc called it a “significant tool in fighting global terrorism”. The move will mean that thousands of senior Iranian […]
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Researchers lead revolutionary project using nuclear energy to make cleaner ammonia — here’s how it could impact the energy sector
A project centered in Utah is being developed to make cleaner ammonia with help from an unlikely source: nuclear energy. It’s a project that, if scaled, could eliminate the more than 1% of global carbon pollution production that is generated from ammonia-making, according to the Innovation News Network. What’s more, it’s a unique combination of […]
Citizen archivists are helping reveal the untold stories of Revolutionary War veterans
The ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag evolves from Revolutionary War symbol to banner of the far right
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize sympathies with the Christian nationalist movement and the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. An “Appeal to Heaven” flag […]
The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, …
Jacques Cooper, train designer whose revolutionary high-speed TGV was inspired by a sports car – obituary
Jacques Cooper, who has died aged 93, was the French designer of British origin behind the distinctive aerodynamic orange TGV high-speed train, a source of intense national pride in France since it entered service in 1981. Previously Cooper had designed shopping malls, tractors, helicopters, metro trains for Santiago and Cairo, locomotives for China and the […]
China develops revolutionary electric car battery that can charge in 10 minutes
China has developed a revolutionary car battery that can charge in just 10 minutes and power a car for hundreds of miles before it needs to be plugged in. A report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) has hailed “remarkable” developments in chemistry that have allowed China to develop new batteries that pack far more […]
Archaeologists believe they’ve found site of Revolutionary War barracks in Virginia
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers’ teeth. The site is on the property of Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum that tells the story of the capital of […]
Doctor Richard Scolyer cancer-free one year after using own revolutionary treatment on terminal brain tumor
Australian doctor Richard Scolyer, renowned for his work on melanoma, has revealed that he remains cancer-free. This comes a year after he underwent an experimental treatment for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer. Collaborating with colleague Georgina Long, their immunotherapy research has significantly improved outcomes for melanoma patients. Scolyer and Long have […]
Radar, shovels needed to study Revolutionary War camp at proposed Monmouth warehouse
UPPER FREEHOLD – Residents of Allentown watched as Matt Tomaso, an archaeologist, highlighted possible British encampments on the west of the borough. Tomaso, who was hired as a historical consultant by the developer Active Acquisitions LLC of a proposed 453,720-square-foot warehouse, displayed a 1778 Revolutionary War map, part of the campaign that led to the […]
US charges, sanctions Iranians linked to Revolutionary Guard cyber command
By Paul Grant and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Tuesday announced criminal charges and sanctions against four Iranians over an alleged multi-year cyber campaign targeting more than one dozen American companies, the Treasury Department and the State Department said. Sanctions were also announced against two companies, Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik […]
Israel calls for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to be declared terrorist
Following Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Israel, the Israeli Foreign Ministry says one immediate response would be to classify the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, which carried out the attacks, as a terrorist organization. According to a statement on Sunday, which Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat also posted on social media platform X, Israel would also […]