San Diego International Airport may be the home base for an enormous amount of emissions from all the airplanes flying in and out of there, but the airport itself is becoming one of the greenest when it comes to its electricity supply. San Diego International Airport is working with San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a
Monday night saw the three main US stock indices – the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average – close at fresh all-time highs for the second successive session. For the most important and broad-based of these, the S&P 500, it was the 39th time this year it has done so. It
Wales is set to announce further easing of coronavirus restrictions today, which could bring it in line with England removing nearly all measures from 19 July. First Minister Mark Drakeford will “set out any changes to the existing restrictions” at around midday, he announced in a tweet on Monday. “Please note any changes announced by
Lockdown restrictions in Scotland will be eased from Monday, Nicola Sturgeon has said – but with certain conditions. The First Minister told the Scottish Parliament that the country would move to Level 0 but face masks will remain “mandatory”. She went on to say that it is a time for “continued caution” and that lifting
A few days after delighting fans with behind-the-scenes pictures of his costume for Loki, Richard E Grant is sitting in front of me on a video call to tell me all about his cameo role – although this time there are sadly no green tights or “baggy, yellow Y-fronts”, as he puts it, in sight.
Indigenous peoples patrolling the Peruvian Amazon equipped with smartphones and satellite data were able to drastically reduce illegal deforestation, according to the results of an experiment published Monday. The study, which appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), showed that recognising indigenous people’s rights to their territory can be a powerful
Ten people have been killed in a stampede during a mass looting at a shopping centre in South Africa’s Gauteng province, officials have said. The fresh violence comes amid an escalation of rioting in Johannesburg, which broke out after the imprisonment of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma. Shops and businesses have been looted and
NASA administrator Bill Nelson has lauded billionaire Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, who along with five other crew members soared to the edge of the space aboard the VSS Unity spacecraft on Sunday. Nelson, a former astronaut who went to space in 1986, said that it was hard to believe back then that
Cuba’s president has accused Cuban Americans of using social media to trigger protests over high prices and food shortages. Police have been out in force on the island’s streets after demonstrations in several cities and towns. The protests are some of the biggest displays of anti-government sentiment seen in recent years and come as the
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space. Former Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is set to fly to the edge of space on Blue Origin’s maiden crewed voyage on July 20. Blue Origin is authorised to carry
At least 50 people have died after a fire swept through the coronavirus ward at an Iraqi hospital. Dozens of people were injured in the blaze at al Hussein Teaching Hospital in the southern city of Nasiryah. Iraqi health officials said that all of the dead suffered severe burns and a number of survivors were
Sacha Baron Cohen is suing a US cannabis dispensary for allegedly using his comedy character Borat on its advertising. The 49-year-old British film star is seeking damages of at least $9m (£6.5m), according to a lawsuit filed in the US state of Massachusetts. He is accusing Solar Therapeutics of copyright infringement and false advertising. The
2:43 AM ET Expectations for the United States men’s national team are high in the Gold Cup, regardless of who actually suits up. Not only is the U.S. expected to win every game in the tournament’s group stage, but by clear margins as well. Fail to reach such a level, and the tendency to look
The long-term detainment of autistic people and individuals with learning disabilities must be banned, a committee of MPs has said. Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt, who chairs the Commons Health and Social Care Committee, said it is a “national shame” that “far too many” people are still being detained. In a new report, the committee said
6:10 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York judge was sympathetic Monday to horse trainer Bob Baffert’s claims that his May suspension by the New York Racing Association — after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test — was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Carol Bagley Amon at a Brooklyn