Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has notched up sales of more than £42bn for its annual Singles’ Day sales event – but the extravaganza threatened to be overshadowed by plans for new regulation. The running total announced by the company shortly after midnight showed the event was already 16 times bigger than US online retailer Amazon’s
Month: November 2020
Britain has fallen silent to remember those who died in war as the coronavirus pandemic restricted Armistice Day commemorations. Today marks 100 years since the ‘Unknown Warrior’ was buried at Westminster Abbey to symbolise all the soldiers whose bodies never returned home. An invite-only service was held at Westminster and attended by Prince Charles, the
Three NASA crew and one Japanese astronaut are set for launch aboard a SpaceX rocket Saturday, bound for the International Space Station in the program’s first six-month routine mission since the United States resumed crewed space flight in May after nine years of reliance on Russia. NASA on Tuesday officially certified as safe the
Countries around the world are working out ways to vaccinate their populations against COVID-19. But India, with its massive population of 1.3 billion, faces a bigger challenge than most. The country has set aside $7bn (£5.3bn) and the Union government has created a task force to plan for the distribution of the vaccine throughout the
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Allianz Global Investors’ Mona Mahajan won’t rule out market consolidation over the next several weeks. But she’s painting a bullish long-term picture that’s chiefly tied to a key advancement on the coronavirus front. “We’ve had tremendous vaccine news,” the firm’s senior U.S. investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Tuesday. Since yesterday’s encouraging vaccine announcement
The logos of the Chinese video portal TikTok and the US software and hardware manufacturer Oracle Corporation can be seen on a smartphone and screen on September 14, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images Remember TikTok? That wildly popular user-generated video application that dominated headlines for months as a potential
November 10th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan It’s 2020. Anyone who follows electric vehicles closely knows that a new long-range electric vehicle can get basically anywhere it wants to go. Many normal people, though, still wonder how far an electric car can drive and whether or not it takes a full day or night to charge
An “incel” who killed 10 pedestrians by driving a van into them in a busy Toronto neighbourhood has pleaded not guilty of murder. Alek Minassian’s lawyer Boris Bytensky said he will argue his client was not criminally responsible because of his state of mind during the killings on 23 April 2018. When asked by a
Supermarket bosses have launched a fresh lobbying drive to extend Sunday trading hours ahead of a Christmas shopping rush that they are warning ministers could put customers’ safety at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sky News has learnt that major grocers including J Sainsbury and Wm Morrison have been urging the government in recent weeks
November 10th, 2020 by Tina Casey Renewable energy advocates are eagerly anticipating President-elect Joe Biden’s plans for bringing the US back into the Paris Agreement on climate change, and it looks like his first 100 days in office will be fruitful ones. In one of life’s little ironies, outgoing President Donald J. Trump* talked a
November 10th, 2020 by Johnna Crider The State of Louisiana held its first Climate Initiatives Task Force meeting yesterday, and Governor Edwards kicked off the meeting with an empowering speech. “I appreciate your service on this task force and/or agreeing to join us on this journey of what I think is critically important work for
Boris Johnson says he has spoken with president-elect Joe Biden and congratulated him on his election victory. The prime minister said in a tweet: “I look forward to strengthening the partnership between our countries and to working with him on our shared priorities – from tackling climate change, to promoting democracy and building back better
Another 532 people with coronavirus have died across the UK in the latest 24-hour period – compared to 194 a day earlier, government figures show. It is the highest number recorded since mid-May and brings the total number of deaths in the UK to 49,770. Another 20,412 people have tested positive for the virus, taking
9:28 AM ET It will be hard for Dana White’s Contender Series to top last week. In the eighth episode of the show’s fourth season, all four fights ended in KO/TKOs and every winner won a UFC contract. The athletes on Tuesday’s edition of DWCS will attempt to continue that run. With just one episode
Electrify America has reached an important new milestone: it has opened its 500th electric car fast-charging station in the US. More are coming. Electrify America was born out of the settlement deal between the EPA and Volkswagen over the Dieselgate standard. They thought that instead of just having them pay a fine, they should force
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