AUSTRALIAN cyclist Rohan Dennis’ lifelong quest to be world time trial champion is finally complete after he dethroned Dutchman Tom Dumoulin to claim the rainbow jersey in Austria overnight. After years of bad luck including equipment failure and crashes at major Games and world championships, Dennis put it all together […]

Four branches of the Timberland Regional Library in Grays Harbor County would be closed as part of the proposed 2018 facilities plan released this week. Under the proposal, the Hoquiam, Montesano, Oakville and Amanda Park branches would be closed. But Corby Varness, Grays Harbor County representative on the […]

The world’s first flying car is set to go on the market with pre-sales scheduled to begin next month.  The first of the two-seat hybrid-electric vehicles, which can switch between driving and flying modes in less than a minute, will be delivered to customers next year.  According to manufacturer Terrafugia, […]

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World leaders gathered in New York to try to breathe new life into the Paris global climate accord, amid backsliding from several nations over commitments made in the historic deal. The “One Planet Summit,” launched last year by French President Emmanuel Macron, aims to accelerate the implementation of the 2015 […]

The boss of Coopers Brewery has been appointed president of the brewing and distilling industries’ largest global body. Tim Cooper, managing director of the largest Australian-owned beer company, will serve a one-year term at the head of the 5,000-member Institute of Brewing and Distilling. Dr Cooper, who is also head […]

After decades of conflicting evidence and numerous publications, scientists at international conservation charity ZSL’s (Zoological Society of London) Institute of Zoology, have finally put the ‘world’s largest bird’ debate to rest. Published today (26 September 2018) in Royal Society Open Science — Vorombe titan (meaning ‘big bird’ in Malagasy and […]

Kelly Simm has been selected by Team GB to compete at next month’s Artstics Gymnastics World Championships in Qatar. Shetweeted: Over the moon to have been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2018 World Championships next month in Doha. “Massive thank you to my coaches who push me every […]

The Daily In today’s edition of The Daily, we’re focusing on human interest stories. Tales involving people rather than products, as a reminder of the many ways in which cryptocurrency affects people’s lives, transforming them for the better. From Australia to China, Thursday’s roundup is as borderless as bitcoin itself. […]

Panicked enthusiasts at the World Conker Championships, held in the UK next month, fear the event could be ruined due to the weak batch of nuts. Organisers say they may have to fall back on European trees to provide the shiny brown seeds needed to keep the traditional playground […]