Jennifer Hawkins and Jake Wall are ‘Australia’s most powerful couple’ with an estimated net worth of $60million – putting them ahead of the Judds and the Blakes By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:08 GMT, 8 March 2021 | Updated: 02:12 GMT, 8 March 2021 She has accumulated a multi-million dollar real estate … Read more
Pope Francis today held a historic meeting with the top Shia Islam cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on day two of his landmark visit to Iraq. The 84-year-old, who defied security fears and the pandemic to become the first pontiff to travel to the Gulf, met with the Grand Ayatollah in Najaf as his four-day trip … Read more
Fetch the smelling salts – quick. Environmentalists, green anti-car campaigners, and the puritanically woke brigade are about to have a fit of the vapours. Land Rover has announced the fastest and most powerful version of the Defender 4X4 ever built – a growling supercharged 5.0-litre 525 horsepower V8 petrol incarnation of its latest off-roader that … Read more
The US Army is developing its most powerful laser yet that is a million times more powerful than current systems. Most laser weapons fire a continuous beam until a target melts or catches fire, but the Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser (UPSL) for Army Platforms will emit short, pulse-like bursts. Its being designed to reach a … Read more
We must resist the powerful voices arguing for Zero Covid, writes Professor Robert Dingwall (pictured) The real Covid news gets better every day. Case numbers are falling. Hospital admissions are falling. Deaths are falling. The vaccination programme is a success beyond anyone’s wildest imagination. New, effective treatments are emerging. Spring, fresh air and sunshine are … Read more
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit off the coast of eastern Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings and triggering widespread blackouts, but there appeared to be no major damage and no tsunami warning was issued. The epicentre of the earthquake was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture at a depth of 60 … Read more
Powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan and rattle buildings in Tokyo By Darren Boyle for MailOnline Published: 14:35 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 14:48 GMT, 13 February 2021 An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 hit off the coast of eastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. … Read more
Could we SHAKE rain out of the sky? Aiming powerful low-frequency sound waves at clouds could help to increase rainfall and alleviate droughts, scientists say Researchers use low-frequency sound waves to ‘excite’ water vapour particles The sound causes the particles to vibrate and come together as larger droplets This then allows the larger droplets to … Read more
Three buildings along the Massachusetts coastline were condemned on Tuesday after fierce waves battered homes during Storm Orlena. High tide caused flooding early Tuesday in coastal areas of the state such as Cape Cod, where waves crashed over seawalls and resulted in severe erosion underneath the houses already battered by storms over the past few … Read more
The winter storm that pummeled Chicago on Saturday was steamrolling toward the East Coast on Sunday, bringing with it possible blizzard conditions to New York City and up to 18 inches of snow in some parts of the Northeast. More than 100million people across the Midwest and Northeast face snowy conditions and freezing temperatures through … Read more