Infiniti has no intention to offer high-performance variants of its models to rival the likes of BMW M and Mercedes-AMG. Not yet at least. The information was revealed to Motoring by Infiniti executive Gerardo Carmona, who heads the Japanese luxury brand’s product strategy and blamed low sales for the Q60 Convertible’s demise. Infiniti sold just 3,949 Q60s in the United …

The new 2017 Subaru Crosstrek is a versatile vehicle that offers a go-anywhere gusto in a small package. 2017 Subaru Crosstrek redesign At first glance, you expect more from 2017 Subaru Crosstrek . More traction, more maneuverability, more dynamics. However, the CVT really does not give what models of this brand are usually able. Which is not true about the …

On the same day wolf and coyote hunting seasons were set to open in most wildlife management units, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) announced its decision to impose an immediate ban on wolf and coyote hunting and trapping in 40 Ontario geographic townships. “Due to the difficulty in visually distinguishing the Algonquin wolf from coyotes and other …

German carmaker Audi has shelved its high-power tubocharged four cylinder engine codenamed EA888 which was first seen in the Audi TT quattro sport concept car from 2014. At the media launch for the upcoming TT RS, Audi Quattro engineering head Stephen Reil said Volkswagen would not be going forward with the immensely-powerful 2.0-liter four-cylinder motor seen in the 2014 TT …

Elon Musk, the SpaceX CEO, will share his plans for creating colonies on Mars. He will do so in a speech “Making Humans an Interplanetary Species” on September 27 at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. Elon Musk acknowledged that the company is already developing a giant rocket, larger than the Saturn 5 moon rocket or the Space Launch …

Anita and Wolfram Gottschalk, the elderly Canadian couple that made headlines when they were forced to stay in separate nursing facilities, are finally back together after moving into the same residence. The couple, however, had to be separated when they went to live in transitional facilities for people waiting to get into nursing homes in Surrey. For the past eight …

Scientists has successfully deciphered a severely damaged En-Gedi scroll through virtual unwrapping, revealing that the ancient scroll from the Dead Sea is, in fact, the oldest known copy of a Pentateuchal book from the Hebrew Bible. University of Kentucky Professor Brent Seales and his team have discovered and restored text on five complete wraps of the animal skin scroll, an …

Vikings were hardy people who valued self-reliance and strength of will. But that doesn’t mean they were immune to the lure of feline companionship. A new study on cat DNA and linage shows that as well as ruling in Egypt and the Mediterranean, cats were welcomed aboard Viking ships. In the new study, samples were taken the remains of cats …

Justin Bieber was involved in a scary attack at a German nightclub this week, but he was saved by his quick instincts to defend himself and the help of a female employee at the venue. “Baby” singer Bieber was making his way through the club when a male patron lunged at the Biebs in what might have turned out to …

Six people from Europe, Africa, and Asia are in the running to become the next director-general of the World Health Organization, the Geneva-based agency announced on Friday. The current director-general, Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, will step down next June, after more than 10 years of service. The new director-general will start the position on Jul 1, 2017. The director-general is …

Canada’s cyberspy agency chief says advances in quantum computing will create new risks for cybersecurity. CSE head Greta Bossenmaier says encryption used in online banking and shopping may require a “rethink.” The immense processing power of quantum computing — designed to crunch data much faster than today’s machines — will bring tremendous opportunities for science, medicine and engineering, Bossenmaier said. …