Donald Trump has “mild symptoms” after contracting coronavirus, the White House has said. The US president and his wife Melania are self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19, just one month before the US election. A White House official told NBC News that Mr Trump is experiencing “mild symptoms” and is working from his residence. The
Month: October 2020
There is “some limited evidence” that the recent sharp increase in new coronavirus cases in England is levelling off, the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. New cases of COVID-19 in England were around 8,400 per day in the latest week up to 24 September – down from around 9,600 per day during
The billionaire brothers behind one of Britain’s biggest petrol station operators have bought Asda from Walmart in a £6.8bn deal. Sky News exclusively revealed earlier this week that a consortium led by Mohsin and Zuber Issa, the bosses of Blackburn-based EG Group, and TDR Capital, the London-based private equity firm, had been selected by the
American presidential election watchers are always primed for what they call the “October surprise”. This year’s was dropped by Donald Trump in a 1am bombshell tweet that has thrown the race for the White House into chaos. First and foremost, Americans will want to know the running of the country is in safe hands after
Pressure is mounting on an MP who broke coronavirus rules to quit, after she was accused of making “a huge error of judgement”. Margaret Ferrier has already been kicked out of the SNP parliamentary party but is facing calls to leave the Commons completely over her actions. She travelled from Scotland to London on Monday
Tesla (TSLA) has increased the price of the Powerwall, its home battery pack, as demand is still through the roof. There are a lot of factors currently greatly increasing demand for home energy storage. Heatwaves are creating some instabilities on electric grids in the US, even forcing some rolling blackouts in California. Many people are
This combination of pictures created on September 29, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden squaring off during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, 2020. Getty Images Looking for policy differences between President
Donald Trump’s positive test result for coronavirus has immediately prompted speculation around his chances of suffering severe illness from the disease. Based on his age and the results of his most recent physical tests, the 74-year-old president is considered to be at higher risk of serious complications from a virus that has now killed more
Donald Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for coronavirus. In a tweet, the president said: “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Mr Trump earlier said he and the first lady were self-isolating after Hope Hicks, one
October 1st, 2020 by Tina Casey Arkansas ranks a lowly #33 in the nation for solar power even though it has plenty of sun, but it is about to shake off the dust and dive into the PV pool. Last December, ground broke on the biggest solar array in the state, two more are in
October 1st, 2020 by Rocky Mountain Institute News courtesy Rocky Mountain Institute. Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and the Under2 Coalition of states and regions today released a handbook detailing five transformative actions, regional governments can take to limit the effects of climate change while bringing other beneficial impacts to society. The guide, Regions Take Action: The
October 1st, 2020 by Guest Contributor Originally posted on EV Annex.by Charles Morris These are sad days in the oil patch. US fossil fuel firms eliminated about 105,000 positions — roughly 20 percent of their workforce — between March and June, according to Accenture. BW Research Partnership puts the job losses at 118,000 between March and July.
October 1st, 2020 by Zachary Shahan China’s largest solar-plus-storage project has been connected to the grid. How big is it — 500 megawatts (MW)? 700 MW? 1,100 MW? Nope, we’re in 2020 — it’s 2,200 MW (2.2 GW). Sungrow, the #1 suppliers of inverters for renewable energy projects, shared the news of the new record.
SNP MP Margaret Ferrier is the latest high-profile figure to break coronavirus rules. But what did she do and how does it compare to the political world’s other rule-breakers? Image: Margaret Ferrier, SNP MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West Saturday 26 September Ms Ferrier, MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, started experiencing “mild symptoms” of
Peter Endig | AFP | Getty Images Amazon on Thursday released comprehensive data into the spread of the coronavirus among its employees, disclosing for the first time that more than 19,000 workers contracted the virus this year. Between March 1 and Sept. 19, Amazon counted 19,816 presumed or confirmed Covid-19 cases across its roughly 1.37
Billie Eilish has shared the video for her James Bond theme song, No Time To Die. It focuses heavily on the spy’s latest love interest, who he is rumoured to marry in the film. Beginning with a dark screen, Eilish slowly appears and delivers a brooding performance of the hit track, weaved in with explosive