Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister and three former ministers have been charged over the huge explosion at a Beirut port that killed almost 200 people and injured 6,500 others. The country’s official news agency reported charges have been filed against Hassan Diab and former finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil, as well as former ministers of public
Month: December 2020
“I’ve always known I’m the underdog,” says Shaggy. “I’ve always known that, you know, I don’t have the privileges. So I have to do things that are shock value.” Two decades ago, that shock value came in singing about being “caught butt naked” with the girl next door. In 2020, it’s Christmas songs, TikTok fame
The EU has offered the UK a series of short-term mini-deals for planes, lorries and fishing boats, should there be no full trade deal between the two sides by 1 January. The bloc made the proposals to the UK on Thursday with trade negotiations still deadlocked just three weeks before the end of the Brexit
Ducati’s range of electric bicycles has been big news in Europe over the last couple of years since the company’s big e-bike debut. But today Ducati is announcing that the motorcycle brand will finally bring its e-bikes to the US. The first models to become available in the US at Ducati’s motorcycle dealerships will be
Chevron has taken steps to lessen the oil and gas giant’s dependence on fossil fuels, laying a path to an energy system with a reduced carbon footprint, CEO Mike Wirth told CNBC’s Jim Cramer Wednesday. “We embrace a lower carbon future. We expect a lower carbon energy system,” Wirth said in a “Mad Money” interview.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has told Sky News that Sunday will be a “point of finality” for Brexit trade talks if the EU does not “move substantially” in negotiations. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday night shared a three-hour dinner with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the hope of breaking months of
The UK economy grew by just 0.4% in October as the recovery from the coronavirus crisis slowed even before latest lockdown measures. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed GDP expanded for the sixth month in a row but remained 7.9% below its February pre-pandemic level. Britain experienced its steepest recession on record
SpaceX’s Starship prototype exploded while attempting to land on Wednesday after an otherwise successful test launch from the company’s rocket facility in Boca Chica, Texas, live video of the flight showed. The Starship rocket destroyed in the accident was a 16-story-tall prototype for the heavy-lift launch vehicle being developed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s private
The Chinese embassy in the US has said its Twitter account was hacked after it retweeted a baseless claim from President Donald Trump that the Democrats cheated in the election. “If somebody cheated in the Election, which the Democrats did, why wouldn’t the Election be immediately overturned? How can a Country be run like this?,”
December 9th, 2020 by Rocky Mountain Institute Originally published by Rocky Mountain Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies New Rocky Mountain Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies report outlines how a local government-driven infrastructure and economic recovery agenda can help build a healthier, safer, greener and more resilient America. Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and Bloomberg Philanthropies yesterday released an analysis
December 9th, 2020 by Jennifer Sensiba Today, Aptera hosted an online Q&A session, covering a variety of topics about the vehicle. In addition to its announcements from a few days ago, the company also now has a video giving us some much better views of the vehicle (more information below the video). [embedded content] Today’s
Kafilat Oduneye knows only too well the cost of wanting to be British. All of the Nigerian mother’s four children were born in the UK, but so far she has had to pay £6,000 to register three of them as UK citizens. The fourth is still too young. Currently, a child’s right to citizenship depends
Brian Chesky, chief executive officer and co-founder of Airbnb Inc., speaks during an Economic Club of New York luncheon at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, March 13, 2017. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airbnb, the company that allows users to book short-term rentals and experiences while
We get to see a new interesting behavior from Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta in a video showing the system hesitate to pass a garbage truck almost like a human. You can watch the video below. Over the last few months, Tesla has been pushing its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software to a limited group of
December 9th, 2020 by Steve Hanley In November, we published a story from the Union of Concerned Scientists regarding the difficulty of recycling wind turbine blades. Those critical appendages have to be made super strong to withstand the rotational forces they are subjected to and the powerful winds they need to endure over their lifetime,
President-elect Joe Biden’s son has said his tax affairs are being investigated. Hunter Biden said he learned about the investigation, which is being run by the Delaware US attorney’s office, on Tuesday. He added: “I take this matter very seriously but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate
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