In this article DIDI GUANGZHOU, China — Didi’s main app has been removed from Tencent’s WeChat messaging service and Ant Group’s Alipay, in another blow to the Chinese ride-hailing company. WeChat, which boasts over 1 billion users, and Alipay, which has over 900 million, are so-called super-apps. That means users can open and use other
Three billionaire entrepreneurs – Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson – are each vying to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel. Here is how their rival ventures compare in the race to open up space travel. Tickets Bezos, Branson, and Musk have been investing billions of dollars in their space
Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia arrives for the 178th meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria, on March 6, 2020. Alex Halad | AFP | Getty Images Disagreement within OPEC could trigger a more a volatile period for oil, with prices jumping on lack
As Virgin Galactic finalises plans for founder Richard Branson to join five others on a test flight to the edge of space on July 11, the British billionaire said his wife may be nervous about the launch but he himself wasn’t the least bit afraid. “I’ve been looking forward to this for 17 years,” Branson
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8:18 PM ET Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady are taking on Bryson DeChambeau and Aaron Rodgers in an 18-hole match, raising money for My Brother’s Keeper and Feeding America. This is the fourth version of The Match and, as we’ve seen in the past, the trash talk is out in force. It’s just an exhibition,
Nearly 76 Gigawatt-hours of Battery Cell Capacity Was Produced for U.S. Plug-in Vehicle Market from 2010 to 2020 Five companies (AESC, LG Chem, Panasonic, Samsung, and SK Innovation) produced almost all the battery cells used in plug-in vehicles for the U.S. market over the past decade, with capacity totaling 75,933 megawatt-hours (MWh). Panasonic supplied 74%
7:21 PM ET LONDON — In the end, Italy reverted to type, and so did Alvaro Morata. Neither happened by design, far from it in fact, but Roberto Mancini can plan for Sunday’s Euro 2020 final after the Azzurri held Spain 1-1 in 120 minutes before winning the resulting penalty shootout 4-2 at Wembley. The
Boris Johnson is heading for a COVID showdown with MPs amid a backlash over a six-week wait for the ending of self-isolation rules. Conservative MPs and business leaders have reacted furiously after Health Secretary Sajid Javid said children and fully vaccinated adults will have to follow current self-isolation rules until 16 August. This means they
Eight more people have been confirmed dead in the Florida apartment block collapse – taking total deaths to 36, while 109 residents are still missing. Emergency teams appear increasingly pessimistic of finding any more survivors among the rubble and say they have detected no new signs of life since the immediate aftermath. Miami-Dade County fire
Italy are through to the Euro 2020 final after beating Spain 4 – 2 on penalties at Wembley Stadium. Both teams missed their first penalties in the shoot-out, with the Spaniards’ second miss from Alvaro Morata meaning Italy knew the next spot kick could send them through. Jorginho confidently rolled it in, sending the Italy
Aerial view of The Pentagon in Langley, Virginia. Getty Images The Department of Defense announced Tuesday it’s calling off the $10 billion cloud contract that was the subject of a legal battle involving Amazon and Microsoft. The JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, deal has become one of the most tangled contracts for the Department
The Department of Health and Social Care is being formally investigated over the use of private email addresses by ministers during the coronavirus crisis. The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a probe into “the use of private correspondence channels” by the department and is seeking the handover of evidence. It follows a Sunday Times report
The commitment from Vauxhall’s owner Stellantis to build electric vehicles at its Ellesmere Port plant is a second jolt of good news in five days for a British car industry adjusting fast to the electric revolution. After Nissan revealed its plans for a new electric vehicle and a battery “gigafactory” at its Sunderland base last
OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo (L), Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman (C) and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak (R) attend an Opec-JMMC meeting in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi on September 12, 2019. KARIM SAHIB | AFP via Getty Images LONDON — Oil producer group OPEC has been plunged into crisis,
A grizzly bear killed a person in a remote campsite in Montana early on Tuesday morning, police have said. The animal is said to have previously wandered through the site before the attack, which happened between 4am and 5am. The people of the village of Ovando – home to fewer than 100 people – were