The world’s largest travel firm has warned it may be forced to cancel holiday flights to Portugal, just as the UK allows them again, because of a continuing EU ban on non-essential travel from countries outside the bloc. TUI, which told Sky News earlier this week that people were giving up on booking a break
Month: May 2021
The UK is “anxious” about the Indian COVID variant and the government is “ruling nothing out” when it comes to tackling its spread, the prime minister has said. Boris Johnson said the COVID-19 variant “has been spreading” and the UK wants to “grip it”. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world “We
A team of researchers at Stanford University have, for the first time, decoded brain activity related to writing by hand. To further explore this, the researchers collaborated with a participant with paralysis who had sensors implanted in his brain. The team then used an algorithm that identified the letters the participant imagined and attempted to
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response and the ongoing vaccination program at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on May 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at strengthening U.S. cybersecurity defenses, a move that follows a series
The mummified body of a cult leader has been found festooned with Christmas lights and glitter in a Colorado home. Amy Carlson was the head of a spiritual group called Love Has Won and was known as “Mother of God” by her followers. According to legal documents, her mummified body which was discovered at a
Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot is facing criticism after posting a message calling for an end to the ongoing violence between Israel and Palestine. Posting a statement on Twitter, Gadot, who is Israeli and served in the Israeli army before she rose to fame, shared her fears for her friends and family and said that
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Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists.By Jessica Collingsworth, Energy policy analyst Special thanks to Brian Urbaszewski, Director of Environmental Health Programs at Respiratory Health Association, for contributing to this post and the development of the University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW) Analysis. In Illinois, the economic competitiveness of our aging and inefficient coal-fired power plants is in decline.
In this article TSLA Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday on Twitter that Tesla has “suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin,” out of concern over “rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining.” In an SEC filing in February, Tesla revealed that it bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin and it may invest in more
The horror for the communities of Gaza and the terror for communities in southern Israel is rightly the focus in this latest clash in the long struggle between the Israelis and the Palestinians. From Gaza the rockets continue to fly, and into Gaza the missiles continue to drop. But amidst this renewed conflict, the bitter
By David Lapp Jost Joe Biden’s proposed $2.3 trillion-over-8-years “once in a generation” infrastructure spending bill has launched a flurry of conversation. Infrastructure spending, job creation in the post-Corona economy, and a national response to climate change are on the table. This is good, but if this is supposed to answer our environmental crisis, the
Tesla has halted the use of Bitcoin to pay for its vehicles because of the environmental impact of using the currency. Bitcoin is created when high-powered computers compete against other machines to solve complex mathematical puzzles, a process known as mining, an energy-intensive activity that currently often relies on electricity generated with fossil fuels, particularly
Tanker trucks can be seen in an adjacent lot next to the entrance of the Colonial Pipeline tank farm in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 12, 2021. Logan Cyrus | AFP | Getty Images Parts of the southeast suffered gas shortages and long lines at the pump after the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S.
Former prime minister David Cameron is set to face a long afternoon of questions from MPs over his lobbying for a now-collapsed finance firm. The ex-premier is due to appear on Thursday before two separate House of Commons committees over his actions on behalf of Greensill Capital. Mr Cameron has already been revealed to have
Coronavirus cases in England are at their lowest level since last August, indicating the success of the vaccine rollout despite the relaxation of lockdown, new data suggests. There were marked reductions in COVID-19 prevalence from March to April and early May across the country, according to data from the latest round of the React-1 study.
People should not fill up plastic bags with petrol, a US safety body has warned – while tensions continue to boil over between drivers trying to buy fuel. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission told people to only use containers approved for fuel, and not plastic bags. The safety body also tweeted that gas
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