Boris Johnson has apologised for muddling up his own coronavirus rules on social gatherings. The prime minister was questioned about the latest COVID-19 restrictions coming into force for northeast England from midnight on Wednesday. At first, he said people could meet indoors and outdoors in groups of six in areas where no additional coronavirus restrictions
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Heilongjiang province, on the edge of Siberia, is China’s rust belt. Abandoned factories and container ports crumble away, testament to how other provinces have taken its old place as the centre of Chinese industry. Battered nodding donkey oil pumps diligently bob up and down, scrounging what’s left of the riches beneath the earth. Image: China
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Two women have come forward with formal sexual assault allegations against Nikola founder Trevor Milton, accusing the 38-year-old billionaire in complaints filed with Utah authorities of sexual abuse when both women were 15 years old. The accusations, stretching back more than 15 years ago, follow Milton’s resignation as executive chairman of Nikola on Sept. 21
11:20 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning eschewed tradition after Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, surrounding NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and hockey’s Holy Grail as a team rather than having it handed off to captain Steven Stamkos alone. The result resembled a jubilant class portrait on the last day of school. The last
The only officer charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor has pleaded not guilty. Brett Hankison’s plea came five days after a grand jury indicted him on three counts of wanton endangerment for firing into the home of Ms Taylor‘s neighbours in Louisville, Kentucky. Image: Protests continued for days following the release
Boris Johnson is launching a skills revolution to tackle coronavirus job losses, while battling against a Tory backlash over further COVID-19 restrictions. In a move aimed at creating a jobs recovery, the prime minister plans to expand post-18 education and training to help people made redundant retrain for a new job. Mr Johnson is promising
Courtesy UCSF For seven years, Dr. Ethan Weiss, a cardiologist at The University of California, San Francisco, has experimented with intermittent fasting. The health fad, which restricts eating to specific periods of time, hit the mainstream after a series of promising studies in mice suggested that it might be an effective weight loss strategy in humans.
The two men vying for the job of US president will come face to face for the first time in the campaign tonight. Donald Trump and Joe Biden will meet on the debate stage at the Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. The 90-minute prime-time event is an opportunity for millions
September 28th, 2020 by John Farrell Originally published at ILSR.org In the journey towards 100% renewable energy, utilities are often the largest variable. In this game of “will they/won’t they,” with the environmental health and economic stability of cities at stake, the push towards a more sustainable future can reveal the ugly face of monopoly
The prime minister and government officials have been accused of trying to “terrify” the British public over coronavirus. Conservative MPs voiced their disquiet with aspects of Boris Johnson’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in a lengthy Commons debate. It comes ahead of a looming showdown over the government’s powers to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. PM:
Ford announced today that it is investing $1.8 billion CAD to produce “fully battery electric vehicles” in Canada. The announcement is part of a deal between Ford and Unifor, an important general trade union in Canada, on a new national labour agreement. The deal includes several new benefits for Ford employees in Canada: Competitive alternative
The logo of Siemens Energy pictured at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Monday, 28 September 2020, in Frankfurt, Germany. Frank Rumpenhorst | picture alliance | Getty Images The CEO of Siemens Energy outlined a vision for the newly-listed firm’s future on Monday, describing it as a “mirror of today’s energy world” and stressing the importance
Care leavers are facing “digital poverty” without laptops or access to the internet, campaigners say. A government scheme to provide digital devices and internet access to vulnerable young people in England during the pandemic is set to end in November. Charities say it risks leaving up to 80,000 18-25 year-old care leavers isolated and unable
The Boys In The Band tells the story of a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party – before the night turns sour following the arrival of an uninvited guest. The new Netflix film is an adaptation of the 1968 play by the late US playwright Mart Crowley and features the same
JK Rowling has expressed her gratitude over a letter signed by well-known figures supporting the author over allegations of transphobia and “an insidious, authoritarian and misogynistic trend in social media”. The Harry Potter writer has received strong criticism and online abuse for her stance on gender identity but has vehemently denied accusations that she is