Ferries to Hong Kong’s outlying islands will increase next month, with fares for routes to Lamma Island and Cheung Chau expected to increase by 12.5 percent. A ferry of the Hong Kong Kowloon Ferry Company. File photo: Tom Grundy Fare…
Releasing reserves calms everyone down Emergency oil reserves act as a back-up supply for the global energy system. IEA member countries collectively hold over 1.2 billion barrels of government oil reserves, plus another 600 million barrels of industry reserves held…
Alberta Education and Child Care Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says he’s looking to change the way parents are notified of serious incidents in their child care programs. The province’s official opposition is calling for changes to the Early Learning and Child…
A row between Kiev and Budapest over a pipeline carrying Russian oil appeared to deepen on Wednesday when Hungary said it had sent a delegation for talks with Ukraine, which denied the group had any official status. Hungary and neighboring…
About 10 km from Bidari the city lies Ashtur, a village that houses the tombs of several rulers of the Bahmani Sultanate, which ruled the Deccan region during the 15th and 16th centuries. As you travel from Bidari towards Ashtur,…
(CN) – Astronomers have confirmed that the source of energy behind some of the brightest supernovae in the night sky comes from the creation of highly magnetized, rotating neutron stars known as magnetars after recording the birth of one of…
Berlin’s newest airport – still in the works, years behind its estimated completion date – has been a sore spot for the capital. Now, low-cost airline Ryanair says Berlin needs another air travel hub. An airport alone cannot handle the…
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a former fracking executive, was accused on Tuesday of manipulating global markets after he posted a shocking claim about social media. The US Navy, he wrote, had “successfully conducted a oil tanker through the Strait…
Leiters vows to cut costs, modernize models and restore Porsche’s prestige after one of its toughest financial years. Courtesy Porsche Michael Leiters is only three months into his role as CEO of Porschebut this isn’t his first run-in with the…
Peter Mandelson initially demanded more than half a million pounds in severance pay after being sacked as US ambassador. The first release of the “Mandelson files” – government documents and correspondence relating to the disgraced counterpart’s appointment as US ambassador…
