Austria has found 96 foreigners – including British people – at a top ski resort in breach of travel and lockdown rules. The people from across Europe were found in St Anton am Arlberg. The local mayor has said dozens of young tourists had come to the town, circumventing lockdown rules under which ski lifts
Month: January 2021
It is exactly one year on from the death of Britain’s first COVID-19 victim – and his family still have questions about when the virus arrived in the UK. Peter Attwood, 84, died on the 30 January 2020, but his cause of death wasn’t officially discovered until seven months later. Live coronavirus updates from the
Coachella – one of the world’s largest music festivals – has been cancelled due to the pandemic. The annual event in the southern Californian desert was scheduled over two weekends in April but the region’s public health officer Dr Cameron Kaiser says it will not go ahead. The Stagecoach country music festival, on the same
Alaska plans to review its screening systems after issuing personalised number plates including “FUHRER” AND “3REICH”. Both plates were said to have been owned by the same person at different times and have been recalled following complaints, the US state’s Department of Administration said. A report said the “FUHRER” plate was issued over a decade
[The stream is slated to start at 08:00 ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The coronavirus pandemic and declining oil prices pose severe risks to the Middle East and North African economies, which were collectively set to contract 5.2% last year. Discussing the policies, practices
SpaceX’s first high-altitude test flight of its Starship rocket, which exploded last month while attempting to land after an otherwise successful test launch, violated the terms of its Federal Aviation Administration test license, the Verge reported on Friday, citing sources. An investigation was opened that week focusing on the explosive landing and on SpaceX’s refusal
IdentiFlight’s smart cameras, which spot birds of prey such as eagles and then halt wind turbines to protect the birds, can result in a large percentage reduction of bird deaths, according to a new study published last week in the Journal of Applied Ecology. Wind turbine eagle death study The study, titled, “Eagle fatalities are
US electric car maker Tesla Vice President Jerome Guillen poses at the Paris Auto Show on the last press day on October 3, 2014. The Paris Auto show opens to the public on Saturday. Eric Piermont | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk’s electric car company notified customers on Friday that Tesla Service Centers now
4:46 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent It was after Bruno Fernandes‘ third game for Manchester United that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knew he had made the right decision in bringing the midfielder to Old Trafford. – Ogden: De Gea’s mistakes dent title challenge– Report: Man United miss chance to go top While the rest of the squad
Boris Johnson says he is “in awe” at the way parents have been been looking after their children during the pandemic. In an open letter, the prime minister says the COVID crisis has been “tough for all of us” but has “brought out the very best in a great many people”. “I’m particularly in awe
January 29th, 2021 by Rocky Mountain Institute Courtesy of Rocky Mountain InstituteBy Katie Siegner, Kevin Brehm, Mark Dyson Register for a webinar on Wednesday, February 10, with RMI authors and community leaders from the projects highlighted in the three case studies to learn more about how to effectively foster wind and solar project developments locally.
Steve Huffman CEO, Reddit, delivers remarks on ‘Redesigning Reddit’ during the third day of Web Summit in Altice Arena on November 08, 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal. Horacio Villalobos | Corbis | Getty Images Reddit is having a moment. The online network of communities has been thrust into the spotlight this week after a group of
January 29th, 2021 by Jennifer Sensiba When I saw that Volkswagen’s MEB platform was going to be used in yachts, I was a little confused. A car platform is generally used for…cars. In the past, every platform I’ve heard of automakers using was for cars that were similar in size and functionality. The platform usually
January 29th, 2021 by Barry A.F. One of the ways to slow the advance of climate change is to reduce your personal carbon usage. While we can’t efficiency our way to climate neutrality, we can buy ourselves time by slowing the rate of carbon emissions and conservation, as Negawatts are often the cheapest form of
Hope and agony on the COVID wards. It’s around 4 o’clock when seven ambulances arrive all at once. COVID-19 hospital admissions may have dipped slightly this week, but glimpse into Barnet Hospital’s emergency department for a reality check. You will see we are still in the thick of a crisis. Domestic cleaner Larisa Atanasova, renowned
France is to close its borders to all countries outside the European Union from Sunday, according to prime minister Jean Castex. All people looking to enter from the EU will need a negative PCR test, except for commuters. UK transport secretary Grant Shapps later clarified the ban would not apply to hauliers, adding “trade will
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