Month: February 2022

Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm has cut ties with the former US president – saying a decade of annual financial statements it prepared for the Trump Organization can no longer be replied upon. The “statements of financial condition”, which Mr Trump used to secure loans, form part of two law enforcement investigations into the Trump
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Elon Musk put its support behind the notion that Tesla’s current legal and regulatory troubles with several government agencies are due to the company’s disruptiveness in several industries, lack of paying for ads, and lack of political contributions. The comment dismisses some serious accusations as just repercussions for Tesla angering the wrong people. Over the
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A 79-year-old Ukrainian woman is among those training to defend her country, as Russian troops hover just over the border. Valentyna Konstantynovska lives in Mariupol and attended military training on Sunday so she could learn how to defend herself. The training was run by members of Ukraine’s Special Forces and included how to assemble and
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Boris Johnson has warned of a “very, very dangerous and difficult situation” as the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine leaves the world “on the edge of a precipice”. The prime minister will chair a full meeting of the government’s emergency COBRA committee on Tuesday to discuss the UK’s response to the current situation
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Markets around the world were rattled on Monday morning as they digested news that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent, dealing a blow to investors already nervous about rising inflation. European indexes, including the UK’s FTSE 100, Germany’s Dax and France’s CAC 40, all fell several percentage points at the start of the
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ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52 blasted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 5:59am on February 14. After the end of a 25-hour countdown, the launch vehicle carrying the Earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two co-passenger payloads — INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD — blasted off from the spaceport, marking the Indian space agency’s
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This week on Electrek’s new Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This week that includes new data about how electric bikes offer real exercise benefits, new electric bike models and testing, Harley-Davidson’s next upcoming electric motorcycle, a new electric scooter from
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