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Olympic protests are nearly as old as the Games themselves. So why are officials so hesitant to allow them? Olympic protests are nearly as old as the Games themselves. So why are officials so hesitant to allow them? Posted: Jul 24, 2021 8:51 AM Updated: Jul 24, 2021 8:51 AM Posted By: By Leah Asmelash, CNN The Tokyo Olympics -- after a long delay -- are finally happening. The opening ceremony formally kicked off the Games Friday and sporting events are underway. There's nothing but excitement in the air, according to IOC Athletes' Commission Chair Kirsty Coventry. In her statement Tuesday, ...

Article content MELBOURNE — Rio Tinto is asking train drivers working in mineral-rich Western Australia to work more hours, following a move by rival BHP Group, as miners rush to ship millions of tonnes of iron ore amid soaring prices for the steel making material. The push comes among a worsening skills shortage in Australia’s west that has been exacerbated by strict coronavirus restrictions, which unions say have raised mental health risks for workers and their families. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Australia's iron ore miners face tr...

Australia's iron ore miners face train driver shortage amid COVID-19 lockdowns Toggle share menu Advertisement Australia's iron ore miners face train driver shortage amid COVID-19 lockdowns A truck carrying iron ore moves along a road at the Fortescue Metals Group Christmas Creek iron ore mine south of Port Hedland in Western Australia, Nov 17, 2015. (File photo: REUTERS/Jim Regan) 21 Jul 2021 12:05PM (Updated: 21 Jul 2021 12:10PM) Share this content Bookmark MELBOURNE: Rio Tinto is asking train drivers working in mineral-rich Western Australia to work m...

Sir Sydney Waterlow: park life After Sir Sydney Waterlow made his pile from the printing trade, he gifted his lands in Highgate to the public as a ‘Garden for the Gardenless’. Dan Carrier considers the life of the great philanthropist 15 July, 2021 — By Dan Carrier The gates of Waterlow Park. Photos: Peter O’Connor aka anemoneprojectors-Flickr CC 2.0 EVERY time you step through ornate gates and into the gardens of Waterlow Park, you are enjoying the kindness of a man whose stone visage gazes out from a plinth. He is Sir Sydney Waterlow, a self-made Victorian businessman wh...

MONEYWEB app instead? The dirtiest of fuels they’re racing to phase out is enjoying booming demand. By David Stringer and Dan Murtaugh, Bloomberg 3 Jul 2021  00:48  Image: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Coal prices across Asia are surging to records, underscoring a challenge for governments seeking a faster energy transition: the dirtiest of fuels they’re racing to phase out is enjoying booming demand. Power plants are rushing to secure adequate electricity supplies as a hot summer adds to demand from the region’s post-pandemic industrial revival. On top of that, output in some...