A police protection officer travelling with the foreign secretary has been suspended from duties after leaving his gun on a plane. The weapon was reportedly found by a cleaner on a plane at Heathrow Airport. Dominic Raab had been on a visit to the US and the officer had been travelling with him. A Met
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Rivian has released a video of the towing testing for its upcoming R1T electric pickup in some insane 118º F heat. We are seeing a trend lately of companies planning pickup trucks showing the capacity of their trucks as the race to bring the first electric pickup to market heats up. Yesterday, Ford released testing
Used in everything from the detergent that washes our clothes to the toothpaste that keeps our mouths clean, chemicals play an integral role in society. While it’s hard to imagine life without them, if not used in a responsible way their effect on the natural world – and us – can be harmful. The European
Newcastle city centre has a strangely subdued atmosphere for a Friday night. This is a party city with a night-time economy worth an estimated £340m, but as the new local lockdown restrictions bite, the pickings are slim. In the Bigg Market, the destination of choice for generations of late night drinkers, the 10pm curfew imposed
Sequoia Capital Global Managing Partner Doug Leone speaks onstage during Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at Moscone Center on September 6, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Steve Jennings | Getty Images Even by Sequoia’s standards, this was a crazy week. The 48-year-old venture capital firm, long the envy of its Silicon Valley peers
Several countries across Europe have announced new coronavirus restrictions in some of their largest cities after recent surges in infections. Spain, Greece, Denmark and France imposed further measures in virus hotspots, while health authorities in Italy have warned the average age of coronavirus patients is creeping up – risking more hospital admissions and deaths. Infections
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at 87 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. Justice Ginsburg died at her home in Washington DC surrounded by her family, the US Supreme Court said. She had been a member of the Supreme Court since 1993 and was a champion of women’s rights who became
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson put his enormous muscles to good use when he was forced to rip off his electric gate from a wall with his bare hands to avoid being late to film scenes for his debut superhero movie. In an Instagram post, alongside a picture of the gate lying on the ground, the
There are two things that FREY doesn’t mess around with: quality and power. The Jinhua, China-based electric bicycle manufacturer lays into both, heavily. And nowhere is that more evident than in the FREY EX Pro electric mountain bike. FREY EX Pro eMTB tech specs: Motor: 1 kW continuous, 1.5 kW peak-rated Bafang Ultra mid-drive motor Torque:
The Block Island Wind Farm, pictured above, began commercial operations at the end of 2016. Scott Eisen | Getty Images Stretching for thousands of miles, the east coast of the United States is home to major cities, stunning beaches and millions of people. Soon, though, it could also host several major offshore wind farms, a
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the U.S.-China “phase-one” trade agreement in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Commerce Department announced Friday morning that it would ban U.S. business transactions with China-owned social apps WeChat and TikTok on Sunday. The announcement
8:00 AM ET Steve KimESPN Saturday’s boxing schedule ramps up with a pair of cards — one headlined by a clash of junior welterweight contenders inside the Top Rank bubble and the other by 154-pounders taking center stage at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. While there aren’t any direct title implications for the Top Rank
8:24 PM ET A recurring theme Tiger Woods on a Friday: struggling to stay relevant in the tournament. He will need a good day during the second round at Winged Foot, not only to get back into contention, but perhaps to even make the 36-hole cut, which would be for the top 60 players and
Travel and hospitality stocks have been hit by fears of a second lockdown, as the number of UK coronavirus cases increases. Airlines were the worst-hit: International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways, Aer Lingus and Iberia, closed down 14.6%. EasyJet closed down almost 9.2%, Ryanair was down almost 4% and Wizz Air was down 5%.
A hospital in India has deployed a customer-service robot to patrol its wards, connecting coronavirus patients to friends and relatives. Mitra, meaning ‘friend’ in Hindi, is best known for interacting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in 2017. Its piercing eyes are equipped with facial recognition technology to help it recall people it has
Harvey Weinstein has been stripped of his CBE following his conviction for rape and sexual assault earlier this year. The disgraced producer, 68, is currently serving a 23-year jail sentence after being found guilty of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and raping former aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013. More than