It was the cheer that did it. The ripple of applause outside the gym hall entrance of Wake Technical College in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the 8am announcement of “doors open”. You knew then, if you didn’t before, that this election was different. In this exercise of what is, typically, a routine mundanity in the
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The number of new daily coronavirus infections in France has jumped above 30,000 for the first time since the start of the pandemic. There were a total of 30,621 new COVID-19 infections recorded on Thursday – a substantial rise from the 22,591 cases seen on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the number of people in France who have
October 15th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan If you’re just tuning into 2020, the short summary is a nasty little virus spread across the world, killed 1.1 million people (probably considerably more, actually), and led to economic shutdowns that threw an enormous amount of hurt on societies across the globe. One of government’s core roles is
Renault held a virtual event today during which it unveiled a sleek new electric hatchback and an inexpensive new EV under the Dacia brand. The French automaker, like its partner Nissan, has been sitting on an early lead in the electrification of the European market for a while now. At a new event called “Renault
General Motors is launching a splashy new ad blitz next week for the global debut of its all-electric GMC Hummer in an attempt to reach 80% of U.S. adults. The vehicle will be unveiled Tuesday during the World Series, “The Voice” and across a barrage of social media and streaming platforms The estimated viewership – roughly 255
Facebook and Twitter typically take heat for acting too slowly to reduce the spread of harmful misinformation. But on Wednesday, both companies acted surprisingly quickly to limit distribution of an unverified New York Post report claiming to contain a “smoking gun” email related to Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden and his son,
7:30 PM ET UFC superstar Conor McGregor announced Wednesday that he will return to the Octagon and face Dustin Poirier as the main event of UFC 257 on Jan. 23, and he’s hoping the fight will be held at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys. Will the UFC, which hasn’t hosted an event
Amid claims that England’s crucial COVID-19 contact tracing scheme has failed, Sky News can reveal that the government is paying a five-person team of management consultants £25,000 a day to work on the system. The team from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is only a fraction of the private sector consultants working on the test and
October 15th, 2020 by Tina Casey No form of energy development is impact-free, and renewable energy advocates are — or should be — especially sensitive to impacts on wildlife. After all, decarbonization is more than a switch from fossils to renewables. It’s a chance to get energy right, in a more holistic and sustainable framework.
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has accused the government of treating the region as a “sacrificial lamb” and vowed: “We aren’t going to be pushed around anymore.” Leaders in Greater Manchester have rejected being put into the highest category of the government’s new three-tier system for localised COVID-19 restrictions, amid a bitter political row. A
Italy has been added to the UK quarantine list, meaning travellers returning from the country will have to self-isolate for 14 days. The measure will come into force at 4am on Sunday. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has also announced that people arriving in the UK from Vatican City state and San Marino will have to
8:00 AM ET The 2020 NHL free-agent frenzy has started to mellow out. The flat salary cap had teams scrambling to find the right fits under less-than-ideal financial conditions, leaving some free agents waiting to see if lucrative opportunities would still materialize. Here are the top 10 unrestricted free agents still on the market as
The UK map will be dramatically redrawn today as new coronavirus measures come into force – changing the way millions of people live their lives. Here is what is happening today: Northern Ireland will enter a four-week “circuit breaker” lockdown from 6pm – with pubs and restaurants closed, overnight stays in other homes banned, and
John Leslie has told a court he knows the line between behaving gregariously and criminal behaviour and has “never crossed it”. The 55-year-old presenter from Edinburgh denies grabbing a woman’s breasts at a Christmas party in London’s West End on 5 December in 2008. On day four of his trial at Southwark Crown Court, Leslie
A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus on Thursday, using Earth’s neighbour to adjust its course on the way to the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. Launched almost two years ago, the European-Japanese probe BepiColombo took a black-and-white snapshot of Venus from a distance of 17,000 kilometers (10,560 miles), with some of its
A quarter of a million hospitality jobs are at risk from additional coronavirus restrictions imposed on London from this weekend, the mayor of London has been warned by an industry chief. Sky News has seen a letter to Sadiq Khan from Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, in which she said that his request for