Boeing today announced that it will begin to deliver commercial airplanes capable of flying using 100% biofuel, or sustainable aviation fuel, by 2030. In order to power aircraft with biofuel, or fuel derived from living matter, Boeing will need to work with engine makers and change its aircraft systems, and also achieve safety certification by
Month: January 2021
Adele has reached a divorce settlement with her ex-husband Simon Konecki nearly two years after they separated. Los Angeles court documents show that the singer, 32, filed a judgement packet earlier this month. The pair will officially be divorced once a judge signs off on the agreement. No details of the settlement have been made
Ivan Provorov #9 of the Philadelphia Flyers plays the puck against Brad Marchand #63 of the Boston Bruins during the first period in a Round Robin game during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff at Scotiabank Arena on August 02, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. Mark Blinch | National Hockey League | Getty Images The NBC
4:30 PM GMT England have called up Wasps’ Paolo Odogwu and Bristol Bears’ Harry Randall ahead of the Six Nations but there is no place in the squad for Jonathan Joseph. Odogwu and Randall join Bath’s Beno Obano as the three uncapped players in Jones’ 28-man squad for the Six Nations, which starts for England
The coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa could reduce the efficacy of vaccines by half, the health secretary has said. Matt Hancock made the remark during a webinar with business leaders and travel agents on Tuesday. First reported by Mail Online, a recording of the meeting has also been passed to Sky News. Please
AstraZeneca will cut deliveries of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union by 60% in the first quarter of the year, according to Reuters news agency. The company was expected to deliver around 80 million doses to the 27 EU countries by the end of March, an EU official told the agency. However, it
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses as he arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Awards ceremony, in Berlin, on December 1, 2020. Britta Pedersen | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk tweeted Thursday he will be “donating $100 million towards a prize for best carbon capture technology.” The Tesla and
French authorities have said they are ready to give financial support to the struggling Eurostar. The country’s junior transport minister, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, told a parliamentary hearing in Paris he was talking with the UK government about ensuring the cross-Channel train operator survives the coronavirus pandemic. He said the French state would be “at Eurostar’s side
January 22nd, 2021 by Tina Casey It’s not often that the Intertubes light up when some random federal agency fills some obscure director position or other, but that’s what happened yesterday when the newly minted Biden Administration announced a slew of new appointments for the US Department of Energy. You could practically hear the climate
The impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump will be triggered next week, US Democrats have said. Articles of impeachment are to sent to the Senate by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday, meaning the upper house can launch formal proceedings against Mr Trump on a charge of insurrection over the Capitol riots earlier in
The COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the UK may be more deadly than the original virus, the prime minister has warned. At the Downing Street news conference on Friday, Boris Johnson said: “There is some evidence that the new variant may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.” Mr Johnson added: “All
The government is working to persuade Vauxhall’s parent company to commit to future production at its Ellesmere Port plant, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said. Stellantis says it will decide the fate of the Cheshire plant, which employs around 1,000 people directly, “in the coming weeks”. Ellesmere Port currently makes the Astra, a model which
There are “no plans” to give everyone who tests positive for coronavirus a one-off payment of £500, Downing Street has said. The dramatic proposal, which would cost the government a massive £453m a week or £2bn a month, was revealed in a leaked 16-page policy document drawn up by Matt Hancock’s Department of Health and
There is no rhyme or reason to the kind of roles actor Dan Stevens chooses, just as long as he remains challenged by the experience. Following his breakthrough role as Matthew Crawley on the worldwide phenomenon that is Downtown Abbey, Stevens has taken on the big budget live action adaptation of the Beast in Disney’s
The percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 in England has decreased slightly but remains high, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Around 1 in 55 people who are not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings had the virus in the week ending 16 January. In the last
Segway-Ninebot has just opened orders in North America for a new version of the company’s self balancing electric scooter, the Ninebot S Max. Unlike conventional electric scooters of the Bird and Lime variety, the Ninebot S Max uses the hoverboard-style parallel wheel design. The previous version of the scooter offered by Ninebot included a center
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