Posts by Cosmopolitan Canada
GE Vernova to Provide Grid-Stabilizing Technology for German Transmission System Operator
GE Vernova secured a contract with 50Hertz Transmission GmbH to deliver advanced STATCOM technology, supporting Germany’s transition to a renewable energy future The 300 Mvar FACTSFLEX GFM solution, with Grid Forming Control, will enhance grid stability and resilience as Germany integrates more renewable energy sources STATCOM units will be deployed at key substations in Germany,…
Read MoreWoman wanted in Canada arrested for theft in Mississippi
MAGEE, Miss. (WJTV) – Magee police announced a woman, who has warrants in Canada, was arrested in connection to a vehicle burglary. The incident occurred just before 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4 in the Dollar Tree parking lot. According to police, the victim stated she had been approached by a man asking for directions…
Read MoreA motorcycle loaded with explosives detonated in Colombia and killed 1, injured 14
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A motorcycle loaded with explosives detonated at a police checkpoint in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, killing the driver and injuring 14 others, authorities said. Officers had been conducting inspections in the community of Las Penas in the Jamundi municipality to prevent possible violence by illegal armed groups, commander of the Cali…
Read MoreReports: 21 killed, 30 injured in Israeli airstrike in central Gaza
At least 21 people have been killed and 30 injured in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, Palestinian reports said on Saturday, as Hamas released another video of a hostage abducted during the October 7 attacks. Al-Awda hospital staff told dpa the strike hit a residential building in the Nuseirat refugee neighbourhood in central Gaza. The…
Read MoreIsraeli military says UN peacekeepers in Syria came under attack
Israel on Saturday said it is supporting United Nations peacekeepers in Syria after an attack by “armed individuals.” The Israeli military said the UN position near the town of Hader, close to the border with Israel, came under attack. Israel earlier said it was reinforcing its units in the annexed Golan Heights region, which it…
Read MoreBrazil judge gives 3 former officers long sentences for killing of Black man in trunk
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A judge on Saturday handed down long sentences to three former officers of Brazil’s Federal Highway Police over the 2022 death a Black man who was killed by asphyxiation inside an SUV’s smoke-filled trunk. Video of officers forcibly keeping Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, in the back of their police…
Read MoreChina Deploys Fruit Flies in Space Station
Pretty Fly Not long after it brought on a fresh crew of astronauts, China’s Tiangong space station has received yet another group of new visitors: fruit flies. As Space.com reports, the critters — consisting of 15 adults and 40 pupae — caught a ride aboard the recent Tianzhou 8 resupply mission, which successfully linked up…
Read MoreRomanian prosecutors conduct raids linked to funding of Georgescu’s campaign
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors conducted raids on Saturday linked to a man suspected of illegally financing a campaign to promote Calin Georgescu’s presidential run, a day after the country’s top court annulled the elections in which the far-right candidate had won the first round. The raids at three properties in the central city…
Read MoreAn Ice-Free Arctic Could Come Before 2030, Study Finds
Ice loss in the Arctic has long been a sign of climate change, but an Arctic entirely free of ice has still seemed a long way off. Not so, according to a recent study, which found that the Arctic could see its first ice-free day before the end of the decade. The term “ice-free” is…
Read MoreReport: German carmaker VW to sell plant in China’s Nanjing
The lettering of the Volkswagen Group in China can be seen on the facade of a building. VW has sold its controversial plant in Xinjiang, which the Wolfsburg-based company had operated with the Chinese state-owned company Saic. Johannes Neudecker/dpa Germany’s Volkswagen Group is planning to sell its plant in the Chinese city of Nanjing to…
Read MoreFighting in Ukraine is giving rise to a new kind of drone warfare: hit-to-kill intercepts
The grinding Ukraine war has seen a rise in hit-to-kill drone interceptions of other drones. Kyiv and Moscow are increasingly using drones to take out enemy systems above the battlefield. This new tactic is pushing Ukraine to develop drones specifically for interceptor roles. In the contested skies above Ukraine, a new kind of warfare is…
Read MoreMore than 150 people rescued from abandoned gold mine
More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa’s eastern Mpumalanga province. Police say three bodies were recovered earlier this week on the first day of the rescue operation. Most of those rescued, reportedly foreign nationals, claim they were forced underground against their will to search for gold. A…
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