The US does not currently have the capability to evacuate large numbers of Americans who are outside Kabul – and troops are having to negotiate with the Taliban to allow people passage to the airport, the US defence secretary has said. Speaking from the Pentagon, Lloyd J Austin III said the military was “laser focused”
Month: August 2021
The UK government has ordered regulators to investigate the acquisition of British defence firm Ultra Electronics by a US private equity firm on the grounds of national security. Ultra, which sells radars and other hi-tech electrical systems to the British military among others, is being bought by rival Cobham, which was acquired last year by
10:17 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Defending champion Dominic Thiem has pulled out of the US Open tennis tournament, saying Wednesday he will miss the rest of the year because of a right wrist injury. Thiem was hurt in June while playing in the Mallorca Open and said the pain returned last
The Biden administration is out with a new memo that anticipates getting to 40% solar energy in the US by 2035. That might not be in time to settle out this whole thing about catastrophic climate change, but it should put the nation on track to meet the President’s ambitious goal for decarbonizing the nation’s
You can hear a noise as you approach the high iron gates that are the only way into the compound that is the centre of the British airlift operation out of Afghanistan. On either side of a narrow road, inside the walls of the compound in Kabul, exhausted British soldiers lie in the shade waiting
Gun licence applicants will be required to undergo medical checks as part of new measures introduced following the Plymouth shooting. The home secretary announced that doctors will have to assess the mental health of those applying for a firearms licence and tell police whether candidates have “any relevant medical conditions”. Priti Patel said police will
R Kelly is a “predator” whose fame brought him “access to girls, boys and young women”, a court has been told on the opening day of his trial over sexual abuse. The trial, which is set to last for about a month, is expected to include testimony from some female accusers and at least one
Tesla is adding a lot of job listings for design managers of new Supercharger sites as the automaker preps for a massive expansion of the Supercharger network ahead of opening it to other electric cars. The Supercharger network has been growing at an impressive pace lately. Last quarter, Tesla had 26,900 Superchargers at 2,966 stations
ExxonMobil Corp. and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) Gulf Coast Growth Ventures petrochemical complex under construction in Gregory, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Eddie Seal | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The world’s largest oil and gas majors are seeking to lure back investors by returning more cash to shareholders. Market participants,
A Conservative MP who served in Afghanistan received a round of applause after delivering an emotional speech in an emergency Commons debate on the crisis there. Tom Tugendhat told MPs the past week has seen him, like many veterans, “struggle through anger, grief and rage” as events in Afghanistan unfolded. Live updates as MPs debate
A terrorist attack on a busy shopping street could have been prevented if the probation service had recalled him to prison when he was seen buying items to make a fake suicide vest, a jury has found. Sudesh Amman, 20, from Queensbury, north London, was shot dead by undercover surveillance officers after he went on
Comedian Sean Lock, best known for panel shows 8 Out Of 10 Cats and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, has died aged 58, his agent told the PA news agency. Lock, also known for the sitcom 15 Storeys High, died from cancer. A statement from his agent Off The Kerb Productions said: “It
Seventeen people have been injured in a stampede at a gate to the airport in the Afghan capital of Kabul, a NATO security official has said. He told Reuters he had not heard any reports of violence by Taliban fighters outside the airport. It comes as the militant group blew up a statue of a
The collapse of Afghanistan’s government happened faster “than even the Taliban predicted”, the prime minister has told MPs, but he denied the UK had been caught “unawares”. Opening a recalled session of parliament to discuss the crisis in Afghanistan, Boris Johnson claimed it was “not true” to say the UK was “unprepared” for or “did
Baldness can be a difficult situation to be in. Many have tried several over-the-counter remedies and failed to get desired results. Thanks to a new research, there could finally be a satisfactory solution to the problem. The research promises to reverse baldness using nanoparticles. The researchers say the primary causes of baldness are oxidative stress
A study of the Ophiuchus star-forming complex has offered new insights into the conditions in which our own solar system was born. The findings of the study were published in the journal Nature Astronomy. A region of active star formation in the constellation Ophiuchus is giving astronomers new insights into the conditions in which our
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