Donald Trump’s impeachment trial has been temporarily suspended after a last-minute witness was unearthed claiming to have overheard a key phone call with the former president. Jaime Herrera Beutler claims she has contemporaneous notes of a call that House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy had with Mr Trump – the contents of which, she says, proves
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Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes in action, Super Bowl, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida, February 7, 2021. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters To understand the big challenge facing American media, look at Super Bowl ratings over the past ten years. This year’s game got 96.4 million viewers, the lowest rating since 2007. There are all sorts
Boris Johnson has said he is “optimistic” ahead of his “roadmap” for easing England’s lockdown – and hinted at which industries will reopen first. The prime minister said his plan, which will be unveiled on 22 February, will prioritise the reopening of schools from 8 March. He added that non-essential retail will follow, then hospitality
Oil climbed Friday, surpassing the high set earlier this week and notching a fresh 13-month peak. West Texas Intermediate crude hit $59.74 a barrel on Friday, its highest level since January 2020, a promising sign as the industry grapples with depressed demand during the coronavirus pandemic. However, after a 23% rally so far this year,
Surge testing is being introduced in more areas of England after cases of the coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa were detected. The testing be deployed in: Middlesbrough within the TS7 postcode Areas in Walsall Specific areas in the RG26 postcode in Hampshire People in these areas are strongly encouraged to take a COVID
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has revealed her next project – a series based on the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie film Mr and Mrs Smith. The Fleabag star is partnering with Donald Glover for the Amazon series about married assassins who get tasked to kill each other. Waller-Bridge and Glover, star of FX series Atlanta – as
The £4bn flotation of Darktrace, one of Britain’s most prominent technology companies, has been dealt a severe blow by the resignation of one of the investment banks hired to lead it. Sky News has learnt that UBS, the Swiss bank, has informed Darktrace that it is no longer able to work on the cybersecurity provider’s
Scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a transparent wood that “is a promising candidate for applications in energy-efficient buildings” – and the method they used is surprisingly simple. A cleaner, simpler way to make transparent wood Researchers at the University of Maryland recently published a paper in Science Advances titled, “Solar-assisted fabrication of
Police searching for a fisherman who went missing in the Australian state of Queensland have found human remains, and believe he may have been attacked by a crocodile. The 69-year-old had gone fishing in Gayundah Creek on Thursday afternoon – and his wife contacted the police when he failed to return and could not be
Elon Musk says the No. 1 way to decrease carbon dioxide emissions would be to levy a tax on carbon. “My top recommendation, honestly, would be just add a carbon tax,” Musk told Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Thursday. “The economy works great. Prices and money are just information. … If
One of the ways to slow the advance of climate change is to reduce your personal carbon usage. While we can’t efficiency our way to climate neutrality, we can buy ourselves time by slowing the rate of carbon emissions and conservation, as Negawatts are often the cheapest form of clean energy available (and the least
Anyone eligible for a vaccine who has not yet had a jab is being urged to come forward – with Britons in top priority groups being told it isn’t too late to receive one. The government and the NHS have launched a new vaccine uptake plan that’s designed to reach vulnerable and underserved groups, and
The families of those with substance abuse issues have spoken of the immense pressure and danger this lockdown is putting on their lives. The isolation of lockdown is heightening the trauma and mental health issues associated with addiction. Naomi’s dad is alcohol and drug dependent. He has lived with numerous substance disorders his whole life,
A recent report from Greener, a Brazilian consultancy, showed that Brazil imported 4.76 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV module capacity last year. Domestic photovoltaic (PV) module producers had a minor 3.8% market share, with approximately 190 megawatts (MW) of the year’s shipped modules. Greener also noted that prices for distributed generation PV systems rose by
Vestas, the Danish wind turbine company, announced this week that it has developed a new offshore wind turbine designed specifically for use in typhoon-prone areas. As the name implies, the company’s V236-15.0 MW will produce 15 megawatts of electricity — the highest output of any offshore wind turbine in the world. The next closest is
The front of Qualcomm office on November 1, 2017 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm has told regulators around the world that it is against Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company has told