Just when you think you understand British politics, you relearn the lesson that you can’t write ground rules for how it operates in practice. There is not, I’m afraid, any algorithm that politics works to that doesn’t eventually fail. On Thursday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak did nothing short of a complete – shameless – U-turn on
Month: October 2020
October 22nd, 2020 by Johnna Crider TransAlta Renewables has announced the commercial operation of WindCharger, a milestone energy storage project powered by Tesla Megapacks. The project just went live in Alberta, Canada, and is actually Alberta’s first utility-scale battery storage project. The lithium-ion energy storage project has a nameplate power capacity of 10MW and a
Nigeria’s president has called on the international community “to know all facts” following widespread condemnation over the alleged deaths of anti-police brutality protesters. Muhammadu Buhari, who failed to address a shooting of protesters that took place Tuesday, also called on protesters to stop demonstrating and engage with the government. Mr Buhari also announced he had
October 22nd, 2020 by Zachary Shahan California recently announced a plan to start banning sales of gas cars in 2035, an increase in the timeline from an earlier plan to do so by 2040. The 11th most populated state in the country, New Jersey, isn’t quite ready to announce a plan to ban sales, but
7:30 AM ET The 2021 NHL draft season is going to be tricky — to put it mildly. Start dates for leagues in North America are all over the map, and European leagues are already underway amid the constant threat of a coronavirus disruption. Many prospects haven’t played much, if at all, since March. In
Boris Johnson has confessed to “frustrations” at the test and trace system and admitted there is need to “improve” the programme. Latest figures show that less than 60% of close contacts of people who tested positive for coronavirus in England are being reached. Meanwhile, just 15% of people tested for COVID-19 in England at an
The Maldives, Canary Islands, Mykonos and Denmark have been removed from the UK’s quarantine list. This means people will no longer need to self-isolate for 14 days when returning from these places from 4am on Sunday. This could lead to a surge of bookings for October half-term breaks and holidaymakers seeking winter sun. Lichtenstein is
We get our first look at Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta software update as some owners who are testing it are sharing videos and it looks just insane. After months of working on a complete core rewrite of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving Package, Tesla has now started its Full Self-Driving Beta rollout. As expected. the
A Boeing 737-990 (ER) operated by Alaska Airlines takes off from JFK Airport on August 24, 2019 in Queens, New York. Bruce Bennett | Getty Images Microsoft on Thursday said it plans to buy alternative jet fuel for some Alaska Airlines flights, the technology giant’s latest effort to reduce carbon emissions, this time those generated
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to “go further” as he announced three new measures to help workers and businesses get through the winter and a coronavirus second spike. Speaking in the House of Commons, he said cash grants of up to £2,100 a month will be given to firms in Tier 2 areas – enough
The journalist Martin Bashir is “seriously unwell” with coronavirus-linked complications, the BBC has confirmed. The BBC News religion editor, 57, is notable for his high-profile interviews in the past, with the likes of Diana, Princess of Wales and the television presenter Michael Barrymore. A statement from the corporation said: “We are sorry to say that
Banksy’s playful take on Claude Monet’s famous impressionist garden scene has smashed expectations at auction, fetching more than £7.5m. Show Me The Monet sold for £7,551,600 at a Sotheby’s event in London on Wednesday, and comes at a huge increase on an estimated sale price of between £3.5m to £5m. Five different collectors battled with
Hospitals in Liverpool are now seeing more coronavirus patients than in the first peak in April, a hospital trust medical director has said. Dr Tristan Cope, the medical director at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Royal, Aintree and Broadgreen hospitals, said a “huge strain” had been placed on staff – and added
Barack Obama has said Donald Trump is “incapable of taking the job seriously” as he took aim at his successor during a drive-in campaign rally for the Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden. With less than a fortnight to go until ballots close, Mr Obama made his first in-person campaign stop for his former vice president.
In 2016 Russia tried to influence the US presidential election, this year it’s Iran, according to US security officials. Emails from a far-right group linked to Donald Trump threatening to “come after” US voters if they don’t vote for him, are actually from Iran, the FBI has said. The emails, purportedly from the Proud Boys,
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft crushed rocks and sent rubble flying as it briefly touched an asteroid, a strong indication that samples were collected for return to Earth, officials said Wednesday. Scientists won’t know until next week how much was gathered at asteroid Bennu, they want at least a handful of the cosmic rubble. But close-up pictures and
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