The BRIT Awards will have an audience of 4,000 people at its O2 Arena ceremony next month, making it the first major indoor, and in-person, live music event in more than a year. The awards will be part of the government’s pilot scheme, which means attendees will not need to socially distance or wear face
Month: April 2021
NASA Mars helicopter Ingenuity became the first aircraft in history to make a controlled flight on another planet on Monday, April 19. To celebrate the achievement, Google has created an exciting new animation on its homepage. If you run a Google search for ‘Ingenuity NASA’, a small and animated version of ‘Ingenuity’, orange in colour,
Electric tractor manufacturer Solectrac announced it has delivered its first Compact Electric Tractor (CET) in Oahu, Hawaii. The fully-electric tractor was donated to the Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by musician Jack Johnson and his wife, Kim, that supports environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawaii. Solectrac was founded in Northern
Russia’s space agency said Tuesday it hoped to launch its own orbital station in 2025 as Moscow considers withdrawing from the International Space Station programme to go it alone. Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said work had begun on the fist module of a new station, after officials warned that Russia was considering pulling out of
Indonesia’s navy is searching for a submarine with 53 people on board which has gone missing in waters north of the island of Bali. The vessel was conducting a torpedo drill on Wednesday but failed to relay the results as expected, a navy spokesman said. A search is under way for the German-made submarine, KRI
Pop mega-star Cher has called on Britney Spears’ father to stand down from his role as his daughter’s conservator. Jamie Spears has been in control of Britney‘s finances since 2008, after she appeared to be publicly struggling with her mental health. Conservatorships are often put in place for those who are old or ill, and
Tony Blair has told Sky News that issues around lobbying should be looked at “thoroughly”, but “by and large” the British system is “pretty clean”. The former prime minister said a set of rules should be established “which make sense”. Mr Blair, who was in Downing Street from 1997 to 2007, added that there has
The chairman of one of the founding clubs of the breakaway European Super League has said the project can no longer go ahead. Andrea Agnelli, chairman of Juventus, said that the league was no longer viable following the withdrawal of the six English clubs involved on Tuesday evening. Shortly after Agnelli’s statement, another club has
Sir James Dyson has said it is “absurd to suggest” his company was doing anything other than trying to follow the rules, after it was reported that the prime minister personally promised him he would “fix” an issue over the tax status of his employees. The BBC reported that it had seen a series of
Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer has “apologised unreservedly” to fans following the club’s aborted plans to join the European Super League. He said: “We got it wrong, and we want to show that we can put things right. “In seeking to create a more stable foundation for the game, we failed to show enough respect
The withdrawal of the six Premier League teams from the proposed European Super League is the “right result for football fans, clubs and communities across the country”, the prime minister has said. Welcoming the withdrawal of Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester United from the controversial competition, Boris Johnson said: “We must continue
US President Joe Biden has welcomed the conviction of Derek Chauvin and said it can be a “moment of significant change” after the white former police officer was found guilty of murdering 46-year-old black man George Floyd. A jury unanimously convicted 45-year-old Chauvin of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after 10-and-a-half hours of
Huaneng Power Plant. Huai ‘an City, Jiangsu Province, China, September 13, 2020. Costfoto | Barcroft Media via Getty Images LONDON — Energy-related carbon emissions are on track to surge by nearly 5% this year, according to the International Energy Agency, reversing most of last year’s decline caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In the IEA’s Global
Grammy-winning songwriter Jim Steinman has died at the age of 73, his brother has confirmed. Bill Steinman said his brother died at his home in Connecticut on Monday from kidney failure, having been ill for a long time. “I miss him a great deal already,” he told Associated Press. Steinman wrote Meat Loaf’s best-selling Bat
Tesla is facing some backlash in China after an unhappy customer crashed its Shanghai Motor Show booth and was arrested. While Tesla doesn’t use motor shows to debut vehicles like other automakers, the California-based automaker still attends a few of the more prestigious auto shows to display its current vehicle lineup. The Shanghai Motor Show
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it will work with 11 remote and island communities around the United States and provide federal assistance to bolster their energy infrastructure, reduce the risk of outages, and improve their future energy and economic outlook. Due to their geographic isolation, remote coastal and island
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