At least 12 people were killed when government forces fired upon protesters during anti-police brutality demonstrations in Nigeria, Amnesty International has claimed. Shots were fired at protesters by the Lekki toll plaza in Lagos on Tuesday night, causing injuries and an unknown number of deaths. Human rights group Amnesty has said an investigation has uncovered
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Spain has become the first country in western Europe to record one million coronavirus cases – marking a doubling of its tally in just six weeks. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is now at 1,005,295, after reporting 16,973 cases on Wednesday, according to the Spanish health ministry. Spain‘s coronavirus infection rate
8:01 AM ET Javier Mendez didn’t know what to expect when he flew out of San Jose, California, on Sept. 10, bound for Dubai. A five-hour flight from California to New York, then a layover in JFK Airport. Thirteen more hours in a plane would take him to the United Arab Emirates. And all the
Trade talks between Britain and the European Union will resume later this week, Downing Street has said. “The prime minister and Michael Gove have both made clear in recent days that a fundamental change in approach was needed from the EU from that shown in recent weeks,” a Number 10 spokesperson said. “They made clear
8:53 AM ET Teofimo Lopez Jr.’s impressive victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko earned him his first trip into ESPN’s pound-for-pound top 10. “The Takeover” won a unanimous decision over Lomachenko to stay unbeaten. With the victory, Lopez unified the IBF, WBO and WBA world titles and the WBC “franchise” belt. The win puts Lopez, 23, in
On 2 December 1956 a track by Winifred Atwell became the first ever by a black person to go to number one in the UK singles chart. She’s still the only female instrumentalist to achieve the coveted top spot selling over 20 million records and counting Elton John as one of her fans, yet she
The number of people reported to have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK has gone up by a record 26,688. It is the highest daily rise since 4 October, when 22,961 cases were recorded, although that number was inflated because of a system glitch. A further 191 deaths have also been confirmed within 28
Harley-Davidson is recalling all 2020 LiveWire electric motorcycles produced within a certain date range due to a power loss issue related to the charging circuitry. The recall, which was just announced yesterday, includes all 2020 Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles produced between September 23, 2019 and March 16, 2020. Harley-Davidson estimates that 1% of these bikes
Chinese workers walk on a section of the world’s largest floating solar farm project during construction. The lake was created by a collapsed and flooded coal mine in Huainan, Anhui province, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images News | Getty Images SINGAPORE — China, the world’s largest carbon-emitting country, has doubled down on its pledge
Boris Johnson has faced calls to explain how regions can have their coronavirus alert level and restrictions lowered. He was urged by Sir Keir Starmer to set out exactly what areas need to do to be downgraded from Tier 3 to Tier 2, or Tier 2 to Tier 1. And a Conservative MP, whose constituency
Coronavirus restrictions in Scotland are being extended for another week, taking the nation into a new tiered system. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said details of the new system will be published on Friday and the measures will be implemented from 2 November. Restrictions put in place two weeks ago on hospitality businesses had been due
Joe Biden’s campaign has entered the final two weeks of the presidential election campaign with a large cash advantage over Donald Trump, figures have shown. The former vice president’s campaign team outraised and outspent Mr Trump‘s re-election bid in September, with political ads for the Democratic candidate much more prevalent on US television. Having the
Sky History has axed its new woodworking show The Chop while it investigates a contestant’s tattoos after viewers reported they appeared to have links to Nazism and white supremacists. The new competition show, which hunts for “Britain’s top woodworker” in the style of The Great British Bake Off, is hosted by presenters Lee Mack and
Amazon on Wednesday launched one-hour grocery pick-up at all Whole Foods locations nationwide. Amazon Amazon is making it faster for Prime members to place Whole Foods orders online and pick them up at the store, in the latest sign of growing demand for curbside pickup services. Amazon is launching free, one-hour grocery pickup for Prime
October 21st, 2020 by Chanan Bos [embedded content] This is the third edition of our Tesla analyst report cards based on where their TSLA price targets and sell/hold/buy advice would lead you (based on information from tools like tipranks, marketbeat and other research). It is actually a bit surprising, but the right words by these
Microsoft is partnering with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk-led SpaceX and others as it targets space customers, the software giant said on Tuesday. The partnership with SpaceX Starlink will provide high-speed, low latency satellite broadband for Microsoft’s Azure Modular Datacenter, the company said in a blog post. With the new move, Microsoft aims to “make Azure