Train drivers at eight rail companies will strike on 30 July in a dispute over pay, their union Aslef has said. It comes a day after the RMT union said its members at rail operators and Network Rail would walk off the job for 24 hours on 27 July. Mick Whelan, Aslef general secretary, said:
Month: July 2022
Suella Braverman has been knocked out of the Conservative leadership race in the second round of voting. Ms Braverman received 27 votes from Tory MPs, five fewer than she got yesterday. The five remaining hopefuls will progress to the third round on Monday, having received the following votes: There will be successive rounds of voting
Kevin Spacey has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges in the UK dating back up to 17 years. The Hollywood actor, 62, spoke clearly as he formally entered his pleas to five charges at the Old Bailey in central London, having previously said he “strenuously denies” the allegations of three men who are now
The president of Sri Lanka has failed to resign despite promising to do so after thousands of people stormed his palace in protest at the economic chaos in the country. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife fled to the Maldives on Wednesday aboard an air force jet and he made the prime minister acting president
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A worker labels copper products at Truong Phu cable factory in northern Hai Duong province, outside Hanoi, Vietnam August 11, 2017. Kham | Reuters An all-electric future depends heavily on copper, and looming supply shortfalls could hamper nations’ goals of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050, according to a new report from S&P Global. Unless significant
The Starship rocket booster SpaceX plans to use for an inaugural flight to orbit will “probably” return to its launch mount in Texas next week following a testing explosion on Monday, the company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, told Reuters. “Damage is minor, but booster will be transferred back to the high bay for inspections, returning
Khloe Kardashian and her ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson are expecting a second child via a surrogate. The reality star and the 31-year-old basketball player, who have had an on-off relationship since 2016, already share a four-year-old daughter named True. Kardashian has previously opened up about her potential struggles with falling pregnant. “We can confirm True will
Surveyors say they are seeing evidence that the housing market is starting to cool. In its monthly survey, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) found that 27% of professionals reported a fall in interest from potential house buyers. It was the third consecutive month that interest from new buyers slipped. Despite this, 65% of
A Tesla Model S car equipped with Autopilot David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla AI and Autopilot leader Andrej Karpathy announced Wednesday that he is no longer working for the electric vehicle maker. Karpathy wrote on Twitter, “It’s been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5
Bereaved families of some of the Uvalde victims are in Washington DC this week to campaign for an end to gun violence. After a day of lobbying lawmakers to ban assault rifles like the one used to murder their loved ones, they were told a video had been leaked; CCTV from the hallways inside Robb
A man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl after she reportedly had to travel across state lines for an abortion following the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling. Gerson Fuentes, 27, was arrested on Tuesday and made his first court appearance in Ohio the following day. He is now being held on a $2m
The final six candidates to become the next leader of the Conservative Party – and prime minister – are readying themselves for a second round of votes later, which will see at least one of them eliminated from the race. Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak leads the field, having gained support from 88 MPs in yesterday’s
This week on a special episode of Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most interesting news and announcements from Eurobike 2022, the largest electric bicycle trade show in Europe. Some of the biggest stories include a first chance to test Tern’s new Quick Haul electric bike, the massive amount of cargo e-bikes at the show, anti-lock braking
President of the United States Joe Biden holds a press conference on the final day of the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain on June 30, 2022. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images President Joe Biden is headed to Saudi Arabia this week as part of his first Middle East trip as commander-in-chief. He’s going
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and Chair of the Gates Foundation, walks to a morning session during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 08, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Bill Gates announced Wednesday he’s donating $20 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation this month as
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