NEWTON — The Town Council approved an $80,000 upgrade to the municipal building’s air conditioning on Monday, but put off action on a plan to crate its own auto shop for municipal vehicles. Approval came on the heels of a heat wave which saw North Jersey temperatures soar into the upper 90s over the weekend. […]
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two vehicles crashed into one another causing one to roll over after an unsafe turn in Fresno, the California Highway Patrol said. According to CHP, they responded to a crash in the area of Chestnut and Princeton Avenues in Fresno for a traffic collision. Officers say a vehicle was traveling on […]
VIENNA (AP) — Russia may eventually restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant that it seized in southeastern Ukraine but shares the view of international monitors that it’s not practical and possibly dangerous to do so now, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said Monday. International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi said he gained an understanding of […]
A group of leading technology companies, including OpenAI, Amazon and Microsoft, have agreed to a set of commitments to ensure the safe development of their AI models. The agreement includes a “kill switch” to cut development if safety is not guaranteed. The agreement includes companies from the UK, US, China, Canada, France, South Korea and […]
Chinese fighter jets are targeting Australian aircraft able to detect submarines with risky air maneuvers. China is making efforts to strengthen its submarine fleet and access deep waters. Chinese aircraft interfering with Australian aircraft is reminiscent of Soviet Cold War-era harassment. Chinese fighter jets keep targeting Australian aircraft capable of finding and defeating submarines with […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia has protested to Beijing through multiple channels that a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares over international waters, the prime minister said Tuesday. The incident occurred Saturday as the Australian air warfare destroyer HMAS Hobart was enforcing U.N. Security Council sanctions against North Korea in international waters […]
A Chinese jet released flares close to an Australian military helicopter. This intercept is not the first ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ incident involving Chinese aircraft. China routinely engages in unsafe intercepts of US and allied aircraft. The Australian government said Monday that a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force fighter jet released flares dangerously close to […]
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Chinese fighter jet endangered those aboard an Australian military helicopter during an “unsafe” and “unacceptable” confrontation over the Yellow Sea last week, Australia said on Monday. The incident occurred on Saturday, when a Chinese air force J-10 jet dropped flares above and several hundred meters ahead of an […]
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles, left, speaks alongside Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong during an Australia and South Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting in Melbourne, Australia, on May 1, 2024. Australia has protested to Beijing that a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares in international waters, […]
Gas and propane stoves significantly increase exposure to nitrogen dioxide in rooms throughout the home, and these unsafe levels of exposure have had harmful effects on the health of tens of thousands of people in the United States, according to a new study. The World Health Organization has set guidelines for exposure to various air […]
An array of symbolic tombstones on the lawn outside the Madison Labor Temple in 2021, representing workers who died on the job, in observance of Workers Memorial Day. (Wisconsin Examiner photo) A northern Wisconsin wood processor where a 16-year-old died after an industrial accident in June 2023 was one of 12 employers listed for egregious […]
Apr. 11—GOSHEN — A home near Chamberlain Elementary School is expected to be demolished soon. The Goshen City Board of Public Works and Safety reviewed an unsafe building at 205/207 Middlebury St. owned by landlord Ron Davidhizar Monday and affirmed that the home, owned by him for 50 years, was unsafe and should be torn […]