An elderly man riding a mobility scooter who was stabbed to death in a “shocking act” of “unprovoked violence” in west London has been named by police as Thomas O’Halloran. The attack on the 87-year-old happened on Cayton Road in Greenford, Ealing, just after 4pm on Tuesday. Police were called to reports of a man
Month: August 2022
Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social has surged in popularity following the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate. The app rose 66 places in the Apple App store from number 76 to 15 on 9 August, the day after agents searched his home. They were looking for boxes of classified information taken there after
Exoplanets are those cosmic bodies or planets that orbit a star outside our solar system. According to NASA, more than 5,000 exoplanets have been confirmed to be detected so far. Researchers usually rely on the transit method to spot exoplanets. It uses optical telescopes for the purpose and has some limitations. Now, a new method
Aug 17, 2022 Corey Norman’s rugby league career could be over with the former Queensland State of Origin player being given a lengthy Super League ban for “inappropriate contact”. Norman has been hit with an eight-game ban after being found guilty of intentionally placing a hand between the buttocks of Warrington’s Oliver Holmes during a
Sajid Javid has said it would be “complete nonsense” if the RAF has placed an “effective pause” on offering jobs to white male recruits in favour of women and ethnic minorities. It comes after defence sources told Sky News on Tuesday that the head of RAF recruitment had resigned in protest at the move which
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Ed McGinnis, CEO of Curio. Photo courtesy Curio. Ed McGinnis knows a lot about the nuclear waste problem in the United States. He worked in U.S. Department of Energy from 1991 to 2021 and dealt directly with the U.S. government’s failed effort to build a nuclear waste repository in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. “I certainly have
Republican Liz Cheney has lost her Wyoming seat in Congress to a Trump-backed candidate from her own party. She conceded defeat to Harriet Hageman, whose candidacy has been endorsed by the former president in the Republican primary. Ms Cheney, 56, has been one of the most outspoken Trump critics in the Republican Party and was
German director Wolfgang Petersen, known for the World War Two submarine epic Das Boot and Air Force One, has died aged 81. The filmmaker died on Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Brentwood after a battle with pancreatic cancer, said representative Michelle Bega. His 1982 breakthrough, Das Boot, chronicled the intense
In this article AAPL Meta Apple and Facebook parent Meta are expected to release mixed reality headsets in the coming year that could finally fulfill the industry’s promise to turn head-worn devices into the next big shift in personal computing. But there’s one major potential snag: sticker shock. The best-selling virtual reality headset, the Meta
Aug 15, 2022 Jeff Wagenheim For sports fans, there’s nothing more exhilarating than watching the best of the best perform. Whether it’s LeBron James or Lionel Messi, Serena Williams or Tom Brady, the greats of every sport elevate the viewing experience. So, MMA fans, welcome to UFC 278, a showcase for the pound-for-pound No. 1
A leaked audio recording has revealed Liz Truss said British workers needed “more graft” and lacked the “skill and application” of foreign rivals. The Tory leadership frontrunner was chief secretary to the Treasury when the conversation with officials was recorded five years ago. In the clip, leaked to The Guardian, Ms Truss said those outside
Stars from the world of music and TV have paid tribute to the “terrific” Darius Campbell Danesh following his death at the age of 41. The former Pop Idol contestant was found dead in his apartment in Minnesota on 11 August, his family announced on Tuesday. While his cause of death is not yet known,
Former Pop Idol contestant and theatre star Darius Campbell Danesh has died at the age of 41, his family has announced. The singer was found unresponsive in bed in his US apartment on 11 August. However, his cause of death in Rochester, Minnesota, is not yet known. “It is with great sadness that we announce
Britain’s rate of inflation has surged to a fresh 40-year high, heaping yet more pain on cash-strapped households as the cost of living crisis deepens. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose to 10.1% in the 12 months to July, up from 9.4% in June and remaining at the highest level since February 1982, the Office
US First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID, the White House has said. The 71-year-old had tested negative on Monday during a regular testing session, but developed cold-like symptoms that evening. She tested negative on a rapid antigen test before a PCR test came back positive. Spokesperson Elizabeth Alexander said that, like husband
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