The government has been accused of “killing Christmas” for hospitality businesses and their staff through tough new restrictions after England’s second coronavirus lockdown ends next week. The sector argues it will be among the hardest hit through Boris Johnson’s revised three-tier system, which is due to come in to force from Wednesday 2 December as
admin
Saudi arabian flag in Asir province, Abha, Saudi Arabia. Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us | Corbis News | Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s STC Pay plans to expand its financial services offering across the Gulf region, after achieving a billion-dollar “unicorn” valuation on the back of a deal with Western Union. “We are very proud
England’s second national lockdown will be lifted on 2 December when a revised three-tiered system of restrictions will allow shops, gyms and hairdressers to reopen across the country. The prime minister’s “stay at home” instruction to the country will end a week on Wednesday, following a month of tougher national instructions. Under his 56-page COVID
7:00 AM ET Before the 2020 season began, New York Yankees reliever Adam Ottavino decided to document what was sure to be one of the most unusual years in MLB history. Armed with a Leica M240, a trio of lenses and an iPhone, he snapped photos of his teammates and their often surreal surroundings, keeping
8:58 AM ET It’s time. The Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr., eight-round exhibition will take place on Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Tyson, 54, hasn’t fought since 2005, while Jones, 51, hasn’t won a significant fight since he defeated Antonio Tarver in November 2003. He did beat Felix Trinidad in 2008, but
Boris Johnson does not think MPs should get a pay rise, Downing Street has said. “MPs’ salaries are obviously decided by an independent body but given the circumstances, the PM doesn’t believe MPs should be receiving a pay rise,” the prime minister’s spokesman told reporters. The intervention comes as Britons continue to feel the effects
Tim Minchin is worried he’s said too much. It’s 8.45pm in Sydney, Australia, and while the day is just starting here in the UK, as night falls on the other side of the world he’s had some wine and is winding down. “Merlot Mondays”, as he calls it on Twitter. There’s a track on his
7:44 AM ET UFC women’s flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko once again showed her brilliance in a unanimous-decision win over Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Things were a little dicey for Shevchenko through two rounds. She actually — gasp — lost the second round. But then Shevchenko used her precision
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret trip to Saudi Arabia this week where he met with the Kingdom’s crown prince, according to Israeli media reports. The stunning diplomatic development, which is not being denied by Mr Netanyahu’s office, follows two historic normalisation deals between the Jewish state and other gulf Arab nations, Bahrain
Britain is set for a “double dip” downturn after the latest lockdown resulted in business activity shrinking this month, according to a closely-watched business survey. The closure of leisure and hospitality firms saw the services sector – four-fifths of the economy – record its worst decline since May, according to IHS Markit’s purchasing managers’ index
Taylor Swift has been named artist of the year for the third time in a row at the American Music Awards – but could not make the ceremony as she is re-recording her back catalogue amid a high-profile row over the master recordings. The 30-year-old star delivered her acceptance speech remotely, confirming to fans that
Giant flash floods once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around four billion years ago, according to a study which hints at the possibility that life may have existed on the Red Planet. The research, published recently in the journal Scientific Reports, assessed data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover, launched in November 2011, and found
November 23rd, 2020 by Zachary Shahan CleanTechnica has been diligently and obsessively covering cleantech industries for more than a decade. We’ve seen many good news sites come and go, because it’s simply hard to be a profitable and large niche media company in this day and age. We’re still enthusiastically rolling along and publishing a
Rivian confirmed that it has already sold out the reservation slots for the first version of its electric pickup truck. All without even giving the wider public access to the configurator. Last week, Rivian has unveiled its final pricing and configurations for the first version of the R1T and R1S. The startup then opened up its configurator
One of the men who launched the ice bucket challenge has died at the age of 37. Patrick Quinn was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), in 2013, a month after his 30th birthday. He died on Sunday. ALS is a rapidly progressive fatal neurological disease that affects nerve
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s. The Chang’e-5 probe, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, will seek to collect material that can help scientists
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 79
- …
- 317
- Next Page »