The health secretary has appeared to blame people without coronavirus symptoms getting tested inappropriately for the system reaching its limit. Matt Hancock told Sky News’ Kay Burley programme the reason many people have reported being unable to book a test is because the proportion of those asking for them who have no symptoms has risen
Month: September 2020
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Pump jacks operate near Loco Hills on April 23, 2020 in Eddy County, New Mexico. Paul Ratje | Getty Images Oil prices tumbled to their lowest level since June on Tuesday amid growing demand concerns as Covid-19 continues to spread. West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. oil benchmark, slipped $3.19, or 8%, to trade at
Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox speaking at the 2105 CGI Annual Meeting in New York. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Ursula Burns, who was CEO of Xerox from 2009 to 2016 and the first Black woman to run a Fortune 500 company, says corporations have to “change the criteria” for directors to create more diverse board rooms.
Keeping Up With The Kardashians is ending after 14 years on air, Kim Kardashian West has announced. The reality show, which followed the lives of the Kardashian family over 20 seasons, made its stars household names. It will come to an end after its 20th season in early 2021, Kardashian West said on Instagram. View
September 8th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan Utility-scale solar offers the lowest cost solar power (and often lowest cost power) in the world. Rooftop solar power offers energy independence (or something close to it), and a core component of a no-pollution lifestyle. But there’s something in between that I think is still the most interesting and
September 8th, 2020 by Press Release TORONTO – Sept. 8, 2020 — Worksport Ltd., (OTC:WKSP) (or the “Company), responding to overwhelming interest from its TerraVis™ tonneau cover solar panel launch, found it necessary to provide a general update to the large and growing audience of interested stakeholders. TerraVis™, much more than just solar panel truck bed
A man has been charged with the murder of Jacob Billington – one of eight people stabbed in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday. Zephaniah McLeod, 27, of Nately Grove, Selly Oak, Birmingham, is also accused of the attempted murder of the seven other victims. Police have so far not released an image of
A ban on groups of more than six people gathering in homes, parks, pubs and restaurants in England is being imposed by Boris Johnson in the biggest coronavirus crackdown since lockdown rules were eased. First offenders will be fined £100, which will double on each further repeat offence up to £3,200, the prime minister will
Wall Street’s “FAATMAN” group of leading tech stocks have suffered a renewed sell-off leaving $1trn wiped off their value in less than a week. The group – comprising Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, Alphabet and Netflix – took another tumble as US markets reopened on Tuesday after the Labour Day holiday. Tech stocks have led
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The 2020 MLB playoffs are right around the corner, even though it seems like only yesterday that the regular season kicked off. Well, it wasn’t yesterday but close enough, as the compressed 60-game schedule is rapidly coming to a close and the MLB standings are tight heading to the finish.
Nikola Motor announced a partnership with GM that will result in the latter engineering and manufacturing its upcoming Badger electric/hydrogen pickup truck, and maybe eventually its other vehicles. Before Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck last year, Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola Motors, tweeted renders of a pickup truck that the company created and suggested that Tesla
Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters Russia and other major oil producers must regain, and even increase, their share of the oil market once demand returns, Russia’s energy minister has said. “When demand begins to return to pre-crisis levels, it will be extremely important for Russia, like other oil-producing countries, to regain market share as soon as
One of Belarus’s most prominent opposition leaders, Maria Kolesnikova, has been detained by state security at the border between Belarus and Ukraine almost 24 hours after she was abducted from the centre of Minsk by masked men. According to news agency Interfax Ukraine, Ms Kolesnikova ripped up her passport to prevent herself from being forcibly
Microsoft teased a smaller, cheaper version of its next-gen Xbox Series X console Tuesday. The new device, called the Xbox Series S, will be Microsoft’s “smallest Xbox ever,” the company said. Microsoft Microsoft confirmed Tuesday that it is set to launch a smaller, cheaper version of its upcoming next-generation console. The company is currently gearing
People in Bolton will not be allowed to socialise with those from other households after coronavirus restrictions were tightened in the town. Restaurants will also be restricted to takeaway only and venues will have to close from 10am to 5am under the measures. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the tighter restrictions in a statement to
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