Zhores Alferov, the only Nobel laureate in physics to reside in Russia, has passed away aged 88. One of his inventions revolutionized mobile phones and helped to develop LEDs, barcode readers, and CDs. Alferov, born in 1930, died of pulmonary heart insufficiency on Saturday, Russian media reported. He was hospitalized in November last year after
A deadly bus crash that united a hockey-mad country in grief and spurred people to leave sticks on porches from coast to coast has been selected as Canada’s News Story of the Year. The Canadian Press annual survey of newsrooms across the country saw 53 out of 129 editors cast their votes for the Humboldt
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Arizona’s O’Connor scored four more wins this week to move up one place to No. 2 behind Los Alamitos in the latest USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll. The (13-0-1) Eagles also benefited from Norco’s loss to previously-unranked Orange Lutheran (11-1) in their rematch this past week in the gold
The moment a powerful explosion rocked a chemical factory near St. Petersburg was caught on the dashcam of a car nearby. The blast was triggered by a fire in a workshop and injured four workers. The footage of the incident was filmed from quite some distance, but the blast and plume of smoke sent into
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians and people around the world are “extremely disturbed” by China’s detention of Canadians. Trudeau told reporters in Mali that Canada is impressing upon the Chinese how important it is to release detainees Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada has been has
WASHINGTON — It was his first NATO meeting in 1989, and as a parade of world leaders took turns at the podium, newly elected U.S. president George H.W. Bush was taking a lot of notes. Brian Mulroney, Canada’s prime minister at the time, couldn’t help but notice — and ultimately couldn’t resist. “It’s very flattering
Following an order by President Vladimir Putin that the “whale jail” case be resolved by March 1, the Kremlin spokesman has confirmed to media that “the work is in hand,” but “the results are not there yet.” “We are awaiting the decision by the end of the day,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “We have stressed
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Augustana’s Kaylea Schorr and Florida Tech’s Melanie Murphy were named the Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the week, respectively. The duo earned the honor for their outstanding play for the week of March 26-April 1. Schorr, a Mantorville, Minn. native, hit .526 (10-for-19) with a double home run,
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Anna Hood of Locust Fork (Ala.) High School, Brenham (Texas) High School’s Kathryn Marshall and Mya Villareal of North Valley Military Institute (Granada Hills, Calif.) were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week for games played the week of Feb. 26-March 4. South RegionHood, a senior, was a perfect 7-for-7
In a highly entertaining video a bold brown bear was caught burglarizing a ranger hut in Siberia’s Sayano-Shushenskiy Nature Reserve only to become extremely distracted by a newspaper. The ranger hut on the banks of the Sinyaya river is so remote it’s only visited once or twice a year, which is why the hilarious surveillance