Two rockets have hit Ethiopia’s Amhara state, amid fierce fighting in the neighbouring region of Tigray, the government says. The explosions occurred in Bahir Dar and Gondar late on Friday, according to Amhara’s communication office and state news. One of the rockets hit the airport in Gondar and left it partially damaged, according to a
Month: November 2020
Rail wagons for oil, fuel and liquefied gas cargo stand in sidings at Yanichkino railway station, close to the Gazprom Neft PJSC Moscow refinery in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, April 27, 2020. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Thursday cut its 2020 global oil demand forecast
NASA and high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX announced on Friday a 24-hour weather delay of their planned launch of four astronauts into orbit for NASA’s first full-fledged human mission using a privately owned spacecraft. The liftoff time slipped from Saturday to Sunday evening due to forecasts of gusty, onshore winds over Florida –
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s new Model 3 battery pack, the Rivian R1T and R1S, the new BMW iNext, and more. Sponsored by Electrify America: Discover all the new and innovative ways that Electrify America is providing freedom for electric
Russian peacekeeping troops have moved into Nagorno-Karabakh after the country secured a peace deal with Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Moscow-brokered ceasefire secured territorial advances for Azerbaijan around the ethnic Armenian region within Azeri borders, where Azeri troops have been battling ethnic Armenian forces over the past six weeks. Moscow agreed the accord without consultation with
November 13th, 2020 by Michael Barnard Bill Gates receives nothing but praise from me for the work that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation does on global disease prevention and eradication. That field is one of the three that Gates’ and I overlap at least slightly in, as I helped build the world’s most sophisticated
Greggs has announced plans to cut more than 800 jobs as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The boss warned that the bakery chain “will not be profitable as a business” if sales continue at the rates they have been in lockdown. In a statement posted on its employee information website earlier this week,
Boris Johnson’s right-hand man Dominic Cummings has left Downing Street after a power struggle that has rocked the prime minister’s administration. Mr Johnson‘s senior advisor exited Number 10 carrying a large box on Friday evening following a bitter dispute which also led to the resignation of Mr Cummings’ fellow Vote Leave veteran Lee Cain as
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Unity Software Inc. (NYSE: U) Friday, September 18, 2020, as they officially begin trading today. NYSE Unity and Palantir both reported revenue growth above 50% on Thursday in their first earnings announcements since going public in September. Investors rewarded them, sending their stocks up on Friday. Unity, whose software
A new pilot is set to launch that will give family members the chance to visit loved ones in care homes over Christmas. The scheme will take place in several homes in Hampshire, Cornwall and Devon from 16 November, in the hope it can be rolled out more widely before the festive period. One family
A view of Manchester, England, at night. Nigel_Wallace | iStock | Getty Images In England, scientists are trying to create the home of the future by testing how varying types of weather affect energy use in both homes and small buildings. Construction work is underway on a £16 million ($21.07 million) facility which will utilize
David Zaslav Anjali Sundaram | CNBC The TV ad market is on the mend after getting hit by a broader pandemic ad slowdown. But with Covid-19 cases on the rise, some networks are cautious about the coming quarters, even with a big boost from political ads this quarter. In recent days and weeks, media companies
November 13th, 2020 by Tina Casey File this one under D for Don’t let the door hit you on your way out. Outgoing President* Trump blew a lot of hot air about saving coal jobs, but he leaves office with the US coal industry in tatters. Domestic oil and gas producers are also looking at
The EUNORAU G20 is a compact cargo bike on a reasonable budget. This little guy can carry kids, cargo, and yourself for a healthy distance. If that sounds familiar, that’s because it is. Clearly the bike, and also the very name G20, is inspired by the GSD from Tern Bicycles. Since EUNORAU has no qualms
10:57 AM ET The Miami Marlins are hiring Kim Ng as their new general manager, making her Major League Baseball’s first female and first Asian American GM, the team announced Friday. Ng has most recently served as MLB’s senior vice president of baseball operations. She has also served as assistant general manager for the New
Tony Xu, co-founder and chief executive officer of DoorDash Inc. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images DoorDash, the leading food delivery app in the U.S., filed its IPO prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The company will list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DASH.”
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