A deepening skills shortage and plunging housing starts threaten the nation’s ambitious target of 1.2 million new homes by 2029. Housing construction data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday is expected to reflect the worst year for new home building in more than a decade. Housing starts in 2023/24 plummeted 8.8 per cent … Read more
As a child in the 1930s, Jules loved radio dramas and newspaper comic strips. In his 2010 memoir, “Backing Into Forward,” he cited as influences the cartoonists E.C. Segar (“Thimble Theater,” the strip that introduced Popeye), Al Capp (“Li’l Abner”) and Milton Caniff (“Terry and the Pirates”), among others. He embraced the early comic books, … Read more
A fire raged through a 12-storey hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 66 people — two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said. At least 51 people were injured in the fire at the Grand Kartal … Read more
Tom McVie, a Boston Bruins ambassador who coached the New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets, has died. He was 89. “The entire Boston Bruins organization is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Tom McVie,” Bruins’ president Cam Neely said in a statement Monday. “Tom was a huge part of our Bruins … Read more
MONTREAL — Quebec RCMP say three men have been charged for allegedly planning to help smuggle people into the United States. Edward Alejandro Rojas Sanchez, 24, Julian Camilo Rojas Murcia, 27, and Fernando Esparza Dominguez, 33, are charged with conspiracy to commit an offence in the United States. Two of the suspects are from Montreal … Read more
Justin Bieber has claimed his Instagram was “hacked” after his account unfollowed his wife Hailey Bieber. The ‘Love Yourself’ hitmaker took to his Instagram Story on Tuesday (21.01.25) to confirm that it was not him who hit the unfollow button on the Rhode Beauty founder’s page – amid speculation the pair were heading for a … Read more
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) shares declined during Tuesday’s trading session following a Department of Justice lawsuit alleging that the pharmacy chain knowingly dispensed millions of illegal drug prescriptions to customers, particularly related to opioids. Catalysts co-hosts Madison Mills and Seana Smith break down the details, examining how this legal challenge could affect the pharmacy’s proposed … Read more
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in a trial against rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend and could get a decades-long prison sentence if convicted. The 36-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, and his lawyer has said he committed no … Read more
As Donald J. Trump took the oath of office in Washington on Monday, the crowd at a jam-packed party held by Ukrainian business groups in Davos, Switzerland, intently watched the ceremony on huge screens. The event, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual conference, seemed to be a display of enthusiasm for the … Read more
Israel’s army chief Herzi Halevi says he will resign, taking responsibility for the massive security lapse on October 7, 2023, when Palestinian Hamas gunmen from Gaza carried out a cross-border attack on Israel. Halevi, who had been widely expected to step down in the wake of the deadliest single day in Israel’s history, said he … Read more