People forming “Christmas bubbles” are being told it is “vital” that they minimise contact with others from outside their household from today. In a message on his Twitter account, which included a link to government guidance around the easing of COVID-19 rules over the festive period, Boris Johnson said: “If you are forming a Christmas
Month: December 2020
The US regulator says it will move quickly to authorise a second COVID-19 vaccine in the country. On Thursday, a panel of 20 advisers at the Food and Drug Administration ruled that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks for adults. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the FDA, said: “Following today’s positive advisory committee meeting
Jeremy Bulloch, who played bounty hunter Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died at the age of 75. The English actor died on Thursday at a hospital in London after years of living with Parkinson’s disease. His agents at Brown, Simcocks & Andrews said his death was due to health complications. As
6:18 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News The Houston Rockets are increasingly expanding trade discussions on All-NBA guard James Harden beyond his preferred destinations of
December 17th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan India is getting to work on what will be the largest renewable energy project in the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation this week — physically — for the 30 gigawatt (GW) wind and solar power project being built in his home state of Gujarat, India. It
President-elect Joe Biden has called a massive cyber hack of the US government a “great concern” and said it will be a top priority for him from the moment he takes office. Reports have linked the attack – which has been going on at least since March – to Russia but there has not yet
The Tesla Cybertruck remote-controlled toys made by Mattel’s Hot Wheels has been delayed. Hopefully, it won’t be followed by a delay for the actual electric pickup truck. Remote-controlled Tesla toys Earlier this year, we reported on Tesla partnering with Hot Wheels on two Cybertruck remote-controlled toys. They started taking pre-orders in February when Mattel’s Hot
President-elect Joe Biden’s expected pick for Energy secretary has ties to several influential political donors, including companies from an industry she may have to regulate if she is confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Jennifer Granholm, the Democratic former governor of Michigan, is likely to be formally announced as Biden’s choice to lead the Department of
3:33 PM ET Jarvis Landry called Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters “cowardly” after a clip showed Peters apparently spitting at the Cleveland Browns wide receiver as he walked away Monday night. “He’s a coward,” Landry said Thursday. “I think he knew that maybe behind my back he’d do things like that, but to my face,
Bitcoin course’s graph is seen on the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange application on February 12, 2018. Chesnot | Getty Images Digital currency exchange Coinbase is going public as renewed investor interest in cryptocurrencies has pushed bitcoin to an all-time high. On Thursday the company announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has apologised after an independent report severely criticised the City regulator that he led at the time of a £237m investment scandal. The report found the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was “wholly deficient” in the oversight of minibond provider London Capital & Finance (LCF). Former Court of Appeal judge
Lawyers fighting to clear the name of a man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing have described US moves to pursue the suspected ‘bombmaker’ as “cynical”. American media reports that outgoing Attorney General Bill Barr is seeking the extradition of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud from Libya. He is thought to be currently held prisoner there
December 17th, 2020 by Tina Casey When the topic turns to climate action, data centers are in the running for Public Enemy #1. They scarf up massive amounts of energy and their impact on global energy consumption is growing as the economy turns to cloud computing, cryptocurrency, IoT, and everything else connected to a modem.
The killer of a young British backpacker can finally be named after he lost an appeal against his murder conviction and sentence. Jesse Kempson murdered Grace Millane the night before her 22nd birthday in December 2018. They met on dating site Tinder and went for a drink together in Auckland, New Zealand, and he strangled
Boris Johnson will speak to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tonight as negotiations continue over a post-Brexit trade deal. The prime minister will hold a phone call with Ms von der Leyen at 7pm UK time, with the two leaders to take stock of the current state of trade talks. Discussions over the
More than 300 schoolboys who were kidnapped purportedly by militant group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria have been freed, according to the governor of Katsina state. Aminu Bello Masari said that a total of 344 students held in a wood in the neighbouring Zamfara state had been released by their captors and handed over to
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