Boris Johnson’s controversial bid to override parts of the Brexit deal has cleared a major hurdle in parliament. The prime minister had been expected to win the key vote on his Internal Market Bill, given the Conservatives’ large majority in the House of Commons. MPs voted for the proposed legislation by 340 to 263 –
Month: September 2020
Oracle on Monday confirmed it has struck a deal with ByteDance, the Chinese owner of trendy video-sharing app TikTok, weeks after the Trump administration ordered a TikTok divestiture in the U.S. The deal proposal still needs approval from the U.S. government. “Oracle confirms Secretary Mnuchin’s statement that it is part of the proposal submitted by ByteDance
Diversity dancer Ashley Banjo has called out “racism” and “hate” following the group’s Black Lives Matter-inspired performance on Britain’s Got Talent – as complaints about the routine rose to more than 21,000. Banjo, leader of the dance troupe and a temporary judge on the show, posted examples of comments he has received on social media,
New Look’s biggest landlords will vote against the fashion retailer’s latest rescue plan on Tuesday, throwing its survival into further doubt amid the UK’s deepening high street crisis. Sky News has learnt that British Land, which owns 19 New Look stores, and Landsec, which owns 10, will oppose its planned company voluntary arrangement (CVA) in
Belarus’ embattled president Alexander Lukashenko has landed in Russia for face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin. The meeting is the first between the two leaders since protests broke out in the Eastern European country over the controversial re-election of Mr Lukashenko for a sixth term last month. Mr Putin has publicly supported the 66-year-old – dubbed
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is self-isolating after a member of his household displayed possible coronavirus symptoms. Sir Keir will now be working from home and will not speak in today’s House of Commons debate on the government’s controversial internal market legislation. He is understood to have not shown any COVID-19 symptoms himself. A spokesperson
People in England who see their neighbours flouting the new “rule of six” are being encouraged to contact police by the government. Social gatherings of more than six people are now illegal in England from today. People face fines of up to £3,200 if they do not abide by the new measure, which aims to
Two independent laboratories have confirmed German findings that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with novichok. Special labs in Sweden and France found the Soviet nerve agent was used to poison the Russian opposition leader, a spokesperson for the German government said. Mr Navalny, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, is being treated at a Berlin hospital
Donald Trump has hosted his first indoor rally in three months in front of a packed, mainly mask-less, crowd in Nevada – defying state regulations and his own administration’s guidelines. Despite a ban on gatherings of more than 50 in Nevada, the president soaked up raucous cheers from the large crowd inside a warehouse in
September 14th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan At the end of last week, I reported on new power capacity installed across the United States in the first half of 2020. The data for that report came from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). However, FERC’s dataset is incomplete. It does not include rooftop solar power and
UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings is to be sold to America’s Nvidia in a deal worth up to $40bn (£31bn). The new owner said Arm – which licenses its chip designs for use by major electronics brands such as Apple – would remain based in Cambridge and its site expanded. Chip maker Nvidia is buying
Kenworth, one of the biggest American truck manufacturers, is launching today two new electric trucks with up to 200 miles of range. The two trucks are electric versions of its K270 Class 6 and K370E Class 7 trucks now called K270E and K370E. According to a press release, the trucks are equipped with 141 kWh
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., pauses during a Bloomberg event on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft said Sunday that the Chinese owner of social video app TikTok had chosen not to sell
Social gatherings of more than six people are now illegal in England as the coronavirus “rule of six” comes into force. From today, people face fines of up to £3,200 if they do not abide by the new measure which aims to curb an increase in COVID-19 cases. A total of 3,330 confirmed coronavirus cases
Boris Johnson has been hit by a devastating attack from a former loyal ally as he embarks on bruising Commons clashes on a bitterly contentious piece of Brexit legislation. In a huge boost for rebel Tory MPs, Geoffrey Cox, the prime minister’s pro-Brexit attorney general until February this year, has condemned the move to override
Britain’s Got Talent judge Ashley Banjo has said the negative reaction to a Black Lives Matter routine on the show was “in the minority” after it attracted 15,500 complaints. The dance group Diversity, which won the contest in 2009, took to the stage with a politically-charged routine during the ITV show’s semi-final earlier this month.
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