According to local real estate agents for Royal LePage, property values have doubled in less than a year in some parts of Vancouver due to foreign real estate investment. “The luxury market has been driven purely on the demand from investors and the appeal is the perfect storm of geographical appeal,” stated Jason Soprovich, who … Read more
ABC’s reality robot battle show BattleBots, which first hit the air in 2000, will be returning to “BattleBox” it out again. The seventh season premiere will be aired by ABC in a 8/7 Central Time slot, starting June 23. The robot makers have already entered their bots in a pre-season competition to decide which bots … Read more
According to the Nikola Motor Company, this 2,000 horsepower electric semi tractor will “even the playing field” between owner operators and large fleets. Explaining the project, NMC founder Trevor Milton said that he wanted to try to help trucking owner-operators. His plans focus around building the Nikola Ona, a 2,000 horsepower, 3,700-plus ft. lbs. torque … Read more
A Scottish man was arrested and put in jail for “suspicion of hate crime” after police saw a video the man had uploaded to YouTube of Meechan joking that he had trained his girlfriend’s dog, Buddha, to respond to phrases reminiscent of Nazi Germany. The two-and-a-half minute video begins with an intruduction of a joking Meechan … Read more
March protest just confirmed due to communications clampdown in area Sonam Tso, a mother of five, carried out a self-immolation protest on Wednesday 23 March 2016, in Dzoege County, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. News of the protest only emerged from Tibet yesterday due to communication restrictions in the area. The protest took place around midday … Read more
In the month preceding April 1, 024 people were killed and 1,498 injured. The attacks — 133 total — took place in 20 countries around the world, according to The Religion of Peace, which records Islamic attacks. Among the 133 attacks were 25 suicide attacks. Largescale attacks took place in Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Thailand, … Read more
What would you guess for the square footage of this tiny home? Hint: It’s really a tiny home! It might look bigger from the outside (in the photo above), but this tiny home is only 500 square feet. How could that be? I was a bit surprised myself, but even though this house is tiny, … Read more
War in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, may be drawing to a close, as rival leader and former vice president Riek Machar has returned to Juba to be sworn into office once again by President Salva Kiir. Machar is to return to his post of vice president more than two years after a scuffle in the … Read more
The government of Norway is appealing the verdict delivered last week that found that the state did violate political mass killer Anders Breivik’s human rights guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights. The state had, in the eyes of the court, subjected Breivik to inhuman and degrading treatment. “The prohibition of inhuman and degrading … Read more
Somali pirates are active again in the waters off Somalia, according to the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Read more
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen advance to the final round of the French election set for May 17. Macron is a politically inexperienced former investment banker in favor of staying in the EU and reforming French economic laws. His supporters often consider Le Pen extremist. Le Pen is anti-immigration and is in favor of … Read more