A former maintenance manager at the Miami condo building which collapsed last week claims its basement flooded every month during the five years he worked there. William Espinosa said the basement of Champlain Towers South was regularly inundated with salt water – which can corrode concrete and ‘rebar’ metal rods […]
Daily Archives: June 29, 2021
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Britain is facing a ‘perfect storm’ of staff shortages that will hamper the recovery from the coronavirus crisis, two entrepreneurs have claimed. Speaking to the Mail, Homeserve boss Richard Harpin said a dearth of tradesmen and women threatens the Government’s ‘build back better’ strategy. And with businesses from restaurants to […]
A rise in daily cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo has triggered fears of a possible fifth wave of infections, less than a month before the city is due to host the Olympics. Tokyo reported 317 infections on Monday – an increase of 81 from the same day last week […]
WASHINGTON — Marcus Stroman is away from the Mets following the passing of his grandmother, but the expectation is he will get the ball Saturday against the Yankees. The Mets placed Stroman on the bereavement list Monday, a day after he pitched three innings in the team’s loss to the […]
Amanda Kloots reminisced on the past year, and revealed her plans to spend the one-year anniversary of her husband Nick Cordero’s passing in a ‘peaceful location’ with their two-year-old son Elvis. Amanda Kloots, 39, is taking in the unexpected bittersweet moments she lived through over the last life-changing year, and […]
June 28 (Reuters) – The former rulers of Ethiopia’s Tigray region said on Monday they were back in control of the regional capital Mekelle after nearly eight months of fighting, and the government which ousted them declared a unilateral ceasefire with immediate effect. Residents in downtown Mekelle reported seeing rebel […]
Supernova 2018zd is the first example of a brand new type of supernova. Joseph Depasquale, STScI Just when you think we know a whole lot about the stars above, something comes along and illuminates them even more. Literally, in this case — thanks to the observation of a brand new […]
Last Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before the House Armed Services Committee to talk about the 2022 Defense Department budget. During the hearing, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., challenged Austin about, among other things, the teaching of critical […]