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Australia to build one of the world's biggest batteries

An Australian company plans to turn a reservoir into a giant, rechargeable battery where the water itself is the battery’s stored power. An Australian company is turning a lake into one of the world’s biggest batteries. The system of lakes, turbines and tunnels will move water around in a way that guarantees electricity is always on tap. Supporters of the […]

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Assad quietly aids YPG against Turkey

YPG depend on Assad regime to supply Afrin against Turkey, Assad relies on YPG for grain and oil to supply his forces US-backed YPG in northern Syria says it has reached agreements with the Russian and Iran-backed regime of Bashar al-Assad to allow reinforcements to be sent to Afrin, to sustain their war against Turkey. YPG is regarded by Turkey […]

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2 boys charged after Valentine’s Day shooting

Saskatoon police said two boys were charged after a house was shot up on Valentine’s Day. A man initially reported being shot at in the 400-block Avenue S South shortly after 4:30 p.m. CT on Feb. 14. Officers say they arrested two Saskatoon boys, aged 12 and 14, a short distance from the scene. Related Police investigate Saturday morning assault […]

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Veteran US investment manager detained in Moscow

A veteran U.S. investment fund manager was detained in Moscow on Friday and faces fraud charges in a case that’s likely to rattle the Russian business community. Michael Calvey, founder and senior partner at Baring Vostok equity firm, was detained alongside two other fund managers in the morning, and a Moscow court is expected to rule on their arrest later […]

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China-U.S. trade talks 'making a final sprint': state media

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Saturday expressed cautious optimism over trade talks between the United States and China, a day after President Xi Jinping said a week of discussions had produced “step-by-step” progress. Xi made the comments at a meeting on Friday with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Beijing, after a week […]

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African refugees on hunger strike in Israel

Israel has given many African refugees three months to take up a cash offer to leave for Rwanda or face indefinite time in jail. African refugees in Israel’s Holot Detention Centre have gone on hunger strike, in protest against the imprisonment of seven Eritreans who refused to leave the country. Israel has given many African refugees three months to take […]

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