Colombian President Ivan Duque said a helicopter carrying him and several officials was shot at in a “cowardly” attack. Mr Duque said the presidential helicopter was the “victim of an attack” which took place in the southern Catatumbo region bordering Venezuela. A video released by the presidency showed several bullet holes in the Colombian air
Members of the environmental group MilieuDefensie celebrate the verdict of the Dutch environmental organisation’s case against Royal Dutch Shell Plc, outside the Palace of Justice courthouse in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Shell was ordered by a Dutch court to slash its emissions harder and faster than planned, dealing a blow to
ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok app is displayed in the App Store on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A former TikTok recruiter remembers that her hours were supposed to be from 10 am to 7 pm, but more often than not, she
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla making moves to open Supercharger network to other electric cars, Tesla’s latest supercomputer, Ford Mustang Mach-E GT range, and more. The show is back live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel.
It was early in the morning on 2 July 2020 when, after months of keeping a low profile following the death of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in prison, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested during an FBI raid on a secluded property in Bradford, New Hampshire. The story made headlines around the world. Charged with helping
In this article TSLA TWTR Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk unveils a new all-wheel-drive version of the Model S car in Hawthorne, California October 9, 2014. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey have agreed to discuss bitcoin with each other at an event in July. In a bizarre Twitter thread,
Former US police officer Derek Chauvin has been jailed for 22-and-a-half years for murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. Chauvin, 45, was convicted of second and third degree murder and manslaughter in April over a case that made global headlines and sparked protests. Video showed the white police officer had his knee on the
It was never likely that Boris Johnson would fire one of his cabinet over an alleged affair. This afternoon Downing Street is busy attempting to shut down the Matt Hancock controversy and is making clear they regard the matter as closed. But there are plenty of grounds to think this issue won’t go away that
6:45 AM ET The Montreal Canadiens are going to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1993. Who will they face? We’ll all find out tonight, because we have the two best words in hockey coming up: Game 7. Check out the ESPN NHL Playoffs Daily to catch up every day of the
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, speaks during the WSJDLive Global Technology Conference in Laguna Beach, California, on October 25, 2016 Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon‘s cloud-computing business has acquired Wickr, an encrypted messaging platform used by government agencies and enterprises, the company announced Friday. Terms of the deal weren’t
The North American electric power system is undergoing significant change, with renewable resources now contributing more generation than ever before — a transformation that is poised to continue given decreasing technology costs and ambitious decarbonization goals at the federal, state, local, corporate, and consumer levels. With a series of reports released today by the National
A relative of the Whitehall director alleged to have had an extramarital affair with Matt Hancock, the health secretary, is an executive at a private healthcare company which has won a string of NHS contracts. Sky News can reveal that Roberto Coladangelo – who is understood to be Gina Coladangelo’s brother – works at Partnering
European leaders have rounded on Hungary’s leader over a new law which they say discriminates people from the LGBT+ community. The legislation, which bans the “promotion” of homosexuality to young people, prompted Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to say Hungary has no business being in the European Union any more, vowing to bring the country
The UK has reported 15,810 new COVID cases and another 18 coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period. The figures compare with16,703 infections and 21 deaths announced yesterday, and 10,476 cases and 11 deaths this time last week. Meanwhile, another 221,534 people had their first dose of a COVID vaccine yesterday, while 177,813 received their
The Waveswing device is now ready for testing. A project centered around the development of a subsea wave energy converter has taken another step forward after its two major constituent parts were joined together at a facility in Scotland. According to a statement from AWS Ocean Energy on Wednesday, the assembly, which it described as
Billionaire Richard Branson’s spaceship company Virgin Galactic said on Friday it received approval from the US aviation safety regulator to fly people to space, turning up the pressure on rivals in the nascent and expensive space tourism sector. The approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) comes at a critical time for Branson as his space