Known as the dracula ant, its jaws snap shut 5,000 times faster than the blink of an eye at 200mph. The tiny insect is comfortably ahead of the cheetah, whose record running speed is 60mph. Researchers believe the ants, found in Africa, Australia and southeast Asia, use their rapidly accelerating jaws to smash into potential prey. Entomologist Professor Andrew Suarez, […]

Parks Canada has launched a two-and-a-half-month public consultation period to gauge public opinion on the controversial proposed National Park Reserve in the South Okanagan-Similkameen. Kevin McNamee, Parks Canada director of the Protected Areas Establishment Branch, said there are several topics available for public feedback through the online portal until Feb. 28. “Participate in discussions on the key aspects of the proposed […]

Sundar Pichai told US lawmakers that employees are not able to influence the results it shows users. Trump has previously accused Google of providing "rigged" search results with negative news about himself and fellow Republicans. He appeared in 13 of the top 17 results and a picture of his sons, Donald and Eric, was at number six, USA Today reports. But Mr Pichai […]

NOAA, the top science agency in the U.S., says the White House has not asked for any information about this pressing environmental issue. The American Geophysical Union is currently having its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., with approximately 20,000 members of the science community in attendance. During a session on the Arctic, NOAA administrator Timothy Gallaudet made it clear that […]

Tourists attending notorious ‘Sex Island’ holiday have been warned they will be DEPORTED by Caribbean authorities determined to shut down the drugs and orgy event Caribbean authorities say they will shut down the ‘Sex Island’ festival It is being held on a private island off Trinidad and Tobago, December 14-17 Dozens of men who have paid  £4,600 for a ticket threatened […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to advance a resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s civil war, setting the stage for debate and a later vote in the chamber. President Donald Trump’s administration had urged lawmakers to back continued military support for the Saudi-led coalition. But several of his fellow Republicans […]

Fire crews battled a barge fire on the Fraser River on Wednesday morning. The blaze broke out around 3 a.m. on a structure on the barge. Crews attacked the fire from land and brought in help from Maple Ridge. There have been a number of barge fires in recent months. Globalnews.ca coverage of recent barge fires A fire broke out […]

‘I am proud of Huawei, I am proud of my motherland’: Chinese exec walks out of a Canadian court and thanks supporters as she is given $7.4m bail and told to surrender her passports ahead of extradition to the US ‘for breaching Iran sanctions’ Meng Wanzhou, 46, posted her first social media message after being released  She wrote on WeChat […]

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is calling on the university to prohibit sexual relationships between students and staff, where there’s a direct power imbalance. This comes after further allegations against faculty at the university. In September, the university’s president David Barnard said the school had multiple ongoing investigations into sexual assault, harassment and human rights; several of which involve […]

MILAN/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A hack on Italian oil services firm Saipem that crippled more than 300 computers was likely caused by a variant of a notorious destructive virus known as Shamoon, the company and two cybersecurity firms said. Saipem’s head of digital and innovation, Mauro Piasere, told Reuters on Wednesday that the firm suspects that a Shamoon variant caused […]