The first assessment of the Brazilian variant of COVID-19, newly identified in the UK, shows it may spread more easily – and evade the immune system. Scientists from Brazil and the UK estimate the variant, known as P1, is 1.4 to 2.2 times more transmissible than previous versions of coronavirus circulating in Manaus, the Amazon
Month: March 2021
The major indexes may be kicking off the month in rally mode, but PNC Financial’s Amanda Agati sees trouble under the hood. She believes the rotation into economically sensitive market groups from stay-at-home plays is overdone. “The value side of the equation — that ‘go outside’ trade — has really moved way too far and
More than 300 girls who were abducted from a boarding school in Nigeria have been released and are “safe”, reports say. Gunmen abducted 317 students from the Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe town, Zamfara state, on Friday. But Dr Bello Matawalle, the state’s governor, says the girls are “now safe”. Alhamdulillah! It gladdens my
The chancellor is expected to give £408m to help museums, theatres and galleries to reopen in England as coronavirus restrictions ease. Rishi Sunak will announce the support for the badly-hit culture sector in his Budget on Wednesday, as many theatres mark a year of forced closure this month. The Budget will also include a “significant
The “Teslanaires” are investors who have clung to Tesla’s clean-energy mission, riding out numerous storms — production obstacles, CEO Elon Musk’s tirade of tweets, and the covid-19 economic turmoil — and thrived financially. The stock was up 695% in 2020, making many long-term holders very rich in the process. In December, 2020, Tesla joined the
Elon Musk says that Tesla will launch its subscription service for its Full Self-Driving package within the next three to four months. Get ready for a high monthly premium, though. Last year, we reported on indications that Tesla is working on a pay-as-you-go subscription for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package. Later, CEO Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla
Originally published on opportunity:energy. As Europe accelerates its transition to electric mobility, a key factor many countries are focusing on for a successful shift is their charging infrastructure. Italy’s electric car market is just now starting to get noticed, and while its limited network of fast chargers has always been a concern of skeptics and
David Cameron has admitted his government made a mistake in planning for future pandemics during his time in office. The former prime minister, who was in Number 10 from 2010 to 2016, told a committee hearing that the 2013 Ebola outbreak in west Africa had focused minds on the threat posed by pandemics. But he
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 20: Apple CEO Tim Cook greets customers at the grand reopening of Apple’s flagship Apple Fifth Avenue retail store on September 20, 2019 in New York City. Taylor Hill | WireImage | Getty Images Shares of Apple closed up 5.39% on Monday to a price of $127.79, outpacing the
When French telecommunications company Altice acquired U.S. cable companies Cablevision and Suddenlink, Chairman Patrick Drahi made a bold statement: Altice USA would rival Comcast and Charter in size, becoming one of the three dominant U.S. cable operators. Fast forward nearly six years, and Altice USA has about 5 million customer relationships, compared with about 31
As technology develop, the size of wind turbines is increasing. This image does not show the type of turbine that will be used at Triton Knoll. Rini Kools | iStock | Getty Images A major wind farm off the U.K.’s east coast featuring huge turbines has produced its first power, in the latest example of
The man who was walking Lady Gaga’s three dogs when he was shot as thieves stole two of them says he had “a very close call with death”. From his hospital bed, Ryan Fischer has relived last week’s violent incident and thanked the first responders and health care workers for saving his life. The robbers
Rishi Sunak should use this Budget to ditch the government’s pensions triple lock, lift taxes on older voters and should be wary of raising corporation taxes, according to former chancellor Ken Clarke. The intervention from Lord Clarke carries some weight, since he was the chancellor who introduced tough spending limits and tax rises in the
A single shot of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines is more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalisation among the over 80s, the health secretary has said. Speaking at a Downing Street news conference, Matt Hancock hailed “exciting new data” showing the effectiveness of the two COVID-19 jabs. According to a pre-print study from Public
The Download Festival has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic for the second year running, its “heartbroken” organisers have said. England’s roadmap out of lockdown, announced by Boris Johnson last month, makes it impossible for the three-day weekend event to take place between 4 and 6 June, they said. In a statement, organisers said:
12:17 PM ET Macklemore (aka Ben Haggerty) has fallen hard for golf. Now, when he sits up straight in bed, it isn’t because he thought of new rap lyrics: It’s about golf. But don’t get things twisted. He didn’t always feel this way. And that’s how this conversation starts, with me calling him out! Collins: