I remember election night 2016 well. I was in the bar of the Holiday Inn, Johnstown in the heart of the Pennsylvanian rust belt. There is remarkable passion in American politics and it was palpable that evening as I joined locals to watch the results come in. I’d spent time with them over the previous
Month: October 2020
A Chinese spacecraft is expected to land on Mars in May, state-run media reported on Thursday, citing a space agency official. The spacecraft, which left Earth in July, is set to land in Utopia Planitia, a plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars, the China News Service reported, citing Liu Tongjie, spokesman for the Mars
The Duchess of Sussex has won her bid to have a privacy action against a tabloid newspaper delayed until next year. Meghan, 39, is suing Associated Newspapers and claims publication of parts of a handwritten letter to Thomas Markle in the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline last year was a misuse of her private information
A woman has been decapitated in a suspected terror attack in Nice, French police say. Three people have died and several others are injured after a knife attack reportedly took place near the Notre Dame church. Nice’s mayor Christian Estrosi tweeted: “Everything suggests a terrorist attack.” He added that one person had been arrested. French
Lloyds Banking Group has posted a better-than-expected third quarter profit as it reaps the benefits of a boom in demand for mortgages. The bank reported a pre-tax profit of just over £1bn for the period between July and September – almost twice what was expected by analysts. Britain’s biggest domestic lender received its biggest quarterly
October 28th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan The theme of the past decade in the energy industry has been sharply dropping solar power, wind power, and battery prices. This has already led to enormous changes in the energy sector across the world. However, it’s sort of like the arrival of somewhat low-cost cellular flip-phones. Yes, their
Tesla has decided to offer a radio retrofit as an option with its infotainment retrofit after complaints from some owners. It’s not cheap at $500. In recent years, Tesla has launched several new features that require more computing power and even with Tesla’s famous over-the-air software updates, owners of older vehicles couldn’t get those features.
A South Korean flag, left, and Samsung Electronics flag fly outside the company’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on July 5, 2019. Jean Chung | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Samsung Electronics on Thursday said it expects a decline in profit in the three months that will end on Dec. 31 due to weak
4:51 PM ET Associated Press Kentucky Derby winner Authentic heads a field of 11 horses, possibly including filly and Preakness winner Swiss Skydiver against males, for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, with trainer Bob Baffert entering three horses in the $6 million race that includes Belmont winner Tiz the Law. Besides Authentic, second to Swiss Skydiver
October 28th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan SoftBank Group subsidiary SB Energy Global Holdings (SB Energy) has turned on a 102.3 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Yakumo City, Hokkaido, Japan. The Softbank Yakumo Solar Park is accompanied by a 27.8 megawatt-hour (MWh) energy storage plant. This is the largest solar + storage power plant in Japan.
Politics and the pandemic have converged in America and Wisconsin is the eye of the storm. The state is now one of the world’s coronavirus hotspots. Around one in every four people being tested here is COVID-19 positive. That didn’t stop Donald Trump holding a packed rally here on Tuesday. His vice president then held
Big family reunions may be banned at Christmas in England as the coronavirus second wave could last until March, a senior minister has warned. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said people should prepare now for the “realistic” prospect that high numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths continue, so a normal festive period “won’t be achievable”. His
The COVID-19 epidemic has reached a “critical stage” with almost 100,000 people a day in England being infected as the spread of the coronavirus rapidly increases, scientists have warned. Researchers from Imperial College London say existing measures to control the virus aren’t working. And they argue more stringent action is needed nationwide “sooner rather than
Boris Johnson is reportedly considering plunging England into a second lockdown next week, making the country the latest in Europe to impose new national restrictions. Everything except essential shops and education settings could be closed under the new measures. Across the continent, countries are heading back into different forms of lockdown in a bid to
Jeremy Kyle is an “interested person” in the inquest of a guest on his show who was found dead shortly after attending a filming, the court has heard. The preliminary hearing is being held into the death of 63-year-old Stephen Dymond, who died of a morphine overdose and a heart problem seven days after appearing
Joe Biden has criticised ongoing unrest and looting in Philadelphia after casting his vote in the US presidential election. The Democratic candidate made the comments on Wednesday at a polling station in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was accompanied by his wife Jill. He told reporters there was “no excuse whatsoever” for the chaos in Philadelphia,
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