A former Soviet aircraft carrier burned in a waterway near Shanghai over the weekend, the latest setback for the decommissioned warship since its conversion into a Chinese tourist attraction. The carrier Minsk, which has been anchored for the past eight years in a lagoon near the Yangtze River in Nantong,…
A blue supermoon will appear on the horizon tonight, kicking off a series of astronomical events. Supermoons occur when a full moon rises during its closest point in its orbit to Earth. A blue moon happens when there are two full moons within a single calendar month or four full…
The European Space Agency’s Juice craft will return to Earth tonight, taking part in a “world first” fly-by. Flight controllers will guide the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), with UK-made scientific instruments on board, past the moon and then Earth. The risky manoeuvre will take Juice on a shortcut to…
China announced new export restrictions on antimony on Thursday (August 15), citing national security concerns regarding the critical mineral, which has widespread applications in the military and industrial sectors. According to Reuters, the country’s commerce ministry said the controls will come into effect on September 15 of this year. They…
Fleet Space Technologies said on Thursday (August 15) that ExoSphere, its mineral exploration solution, has helped Eagle Mountain Mining (ASX:EM2) move forward at its Arizona-based Silver Mountain project. By using Fleet Space’s real-time 3D subsurface mapping technology, Eagle Mountain has been able to identify new targets at the project site,…
Elixir Energy Limited (“Elixir” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on the expansion of its 100% owned Project Grandis through the formal award of a 100% working interest in ATP 2077. HIGHLIGHTS ATP 2077 awarded by Queensland GovernmentATP is prospective for both deep and shallow gasIndependently certified…
Condor Energy Ltd (ASX: CND) (Condor or the Company) is pleased to advise that Quantitative Interpretation (QI) and AVO studies on the legacy 3,800km2 of 3D seismic data covering most of the Company’s Tumbes Technical Evaluation Agreement (TEA or Block) have potentially identified a highly porous sandstone fairway spanning the…
The stock market recovered this week as inflation data bolstered interest rate cut expectations in the US. The same couldn’t be said for cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin and Ether struggling to break past resistance levels. As for top company news, the judge who presided over the Epic Games vs. Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL)…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) gained more than 5 percent last week to close at 566.41. Meanwhile, the S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) was up by 743.31 points to finish at 23,054.61. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released July’s consumer price index (CPI) data this past Wednesday (August 14).…
Changes to realtor commissions taking effect this weekend could give home sellers a lot more negotiating power — and for buyers, potentially some more paperwork. Starting Saturday, realtors will be barred from offering compensation on multiple listing services (MLS), making it harder for buyers’ agents and sellers’ agents to negotiate…