Water tender crews monitor a backfire during the Mosquito fire in Foresthill, an unincorporated area of Placer County, California on September 13, 2022. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images As a massive wildfire chewed through tens of thousands of acres in California over the past week, smoke and ash billowed into nearby towns including
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Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice have paid tribute to the Queen, describing her as their “beloved Grannie” who was a “loving hand on our backs leading us through this world”. In a statement on Saturday, they said: “We, like many, thought you’d be here forever. And we all miss you terribly. “You were our matriarch, our
Thrown back by the rapid Ukrainian offensive in the Kharkiv region east of Ukraine, the Russians were going to have to dig in somewhere. And now we can begin to see where. They are certainly making a stand at Svatove, east of the Oskil River. This is really important to them because Svatove controls the
President Biden and his wife Jill are expected to pay their respects to the Queen on Sunday after flying into the UK for Her Majesty’s funeral. The couple, who joined the Queen for tea at Windsor Castle in June 2021, will visit Westminster Hall, where the Queen’s coffin is lying in state. They will then
Equally important as adopting renewables is ensuring the buildings they power are also sustainable. Electrek spoke with Breana Wheeler, US director of operations at BREEAM, the world’s first green building certification program, about what the ideal decarbonized building looks like and how US real estate investors should see climate change as an opportunity. Electrek: What
U.S. President Joe Biden walks from Marine One to the White House following a trip from Michigan, in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2022. Tom Brenner | Reuters The Biden White House has just released its first-ever framework on what crypto regulation in the U.S. should look like — including ways in which the financial services
The executive who has built Future into one of Britain’s biggest listed digital media companies is preparing to step down next year after nearly a decade in charge. Sky News has learnt that Zillah Byng-Thorne, Future’s chief executive since April 2014, has informed the company’s chairman that she plans to retire from the publisher of
The Phantom of the Opera – Broadway’s longest-running show in history – is scheduled to close its doors after 35 years. The musical, which has been an iconic fixture since 1988, will play its final performance on 18 February 2023, a spokesperson said. It is the biggest victim yet of the post-pandemic cooling of theatre
Rows of crosses lined the woodland, enveloped by the unmistakable smell of death. Each makeshift wooden marker jutted out of a mound of earth where a body was buried. Some displayed the names of the deceased, but the majority just bore numbers because the identity was unknown. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible
A sombre and solitary silhouette in black opened Paul Costelloe’s Spring/Summer ’23 catwalk show, one of many designers paying tribute to the Queen at London Fashion Week. Costelloe, who has dressed many Royals from Princess Diana to Zara Philips and Sarah Ferguson, told Sky News the Queen was a huge inspiration to British fashion, especially
In January 1960 a letter arrived at the White House in Washington. It was for the president, and it contained a recipe for drop scones. “Dear Mr President,” it read. “Seeing a picture of you in today’s newspaper standing in front of a barbecue grilling quail reminded me that I had never sent you the
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The Block Island Wind Farm, photographed in 2016, is located in waters off the east coast of the United States. DON EMMERT | AFP | Getty Images The White House said Thursday it was targeting 15 gigawatts of floating offshore wind capacity by the year 2035, as it looks to compete with Europe and Asia
In this article UBER TWTR Uber on Thursday said it is investigating a cybersecurity incident following reports that the ride-hailing company had been hacked. “We are currently responding to a cybersecurity incident,” Uber said in a statement on Twitter. “We are in touch with law enforcement and will post additional updates here as they become
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to attendees while they take part in the New York Democrats for Election Night Watch Party with Governor Kathy Hochul and Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado during New York primary election 2022 in New York, U.S., June 28, 2022. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters At a private dinner Wednesday at
The government is considering introducing a fixed discount for businesses on the amount they are charged per kilowatt hour for energy as part of its plans to tackle soaring prices, reports suggest. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy did not deny the policy was on the table ahead of the government’s mini budget,
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