Controversy over Boris Johnson’s involvement in partygate and COVID-19 rule-breaking has been dismissed as “soggy sandwiches and a slice of birthday cake” by an ally of the former prime minister. Tory MP Paul Bristow told Sky News the fine handed to Mr Johnson by Scotland Yard over a lockdown-busting gathering in Downing Street was “ridiculous”.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1,200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on September 26, 2022, according to their statement. Hubble‘s time-lapse movie of the aftermath of DART’s collision reveals surprising and remarkable, hour-by-hour changes as dust and
A US woman who was declared legally dead after disappearing more than three decades ago has turned up alive in Puerto Rico, her family and police have said. Patricia Kopta, now 83, had last been seen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1992 when investigators began looking into her disappearance. She was known to be an “eccentric”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have confirmed that they have been asked to “vacate” their UK home, Frogmore Cottage, in the grounds of Windsor Castle. Reports have claimed the move, which removes their final remaining foothold in the UK, was sanctioned by the King. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3ENdKZo #harry #meghanmarkle #sussex #royalfamily SUBSCRIBE to
During a House Armed Services Committee about US military support to Ukraine, witness Colin H. Kahl, Under Secretary of Defense for policy, pushed back on Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for citing a Chinese propaganda outlet. #CNN #News #shorts
EV maker Rivian (RIVN) released fourth-quarter earnings this week, and despite proclaiming it was aiming to produce 50,000 vehicles this year, it may believe it can do better. The company is reportedly raising the bar with a new internal EV production goal. Rivian bumps up 2023 EV production goal internally After releasing Q4 and full-year
One type of hydrogen production uses electrolysis, with an electric current splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. If the electricity used in this process comes from a renewable source then some call it “green” hydrogen. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images In August, the White House passed a historic piece of legislation with $369
The author of the popular children’s book series Goosebumps has adapted more than a dozen of the titles to remove or change references to mental health, ethnicity and weight. After JK Rowling’s Harry Potter, Goosebumps is the second highest-selling book series in the world. Having once sold more than four million copies a month, publisher
Actor Tom Sizemore has died in his sleep in hospital weeks after suffering a brain aneurysm, his manager has said. Charles Lago said: “I am very saddened by the loss of not only a client but a great friend and mentor of almost 15 years. “Tom was one of the most sincere, kind and generous
In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google executives are continuing to deal with the fallout from last month’s
US approval of the abortion medication mifepristone has been revoked, in a decision that could further disrupt reproductive healthcare for millions of people. Mifepristone blocks the hormone needed to maintain a pregnancy and has been approved in the US since 2000 for medical abortion and miscarriage management. It is used safely in more than 60
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Meta will slash the prices of its Quest 2 and high-end Quest Pro headsets, the company announced Friday. The price of the 256GB Meta Quest 2 will drop from $499.99 to $429.99, while the price of the higher-end Meta Quest Pro will be slashed to
Dermot Murnaghan channelled his inner Ron Burgundy after presenting his last bulletin for Sky News following a 16-year career at the channel. His colleagues burst into laughter – and applause – as the presenter said goodbye for the final time, throwing his script in the air and mimicking the star of the comedy film Anchorman.
Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted to “losses in our ranks'” during a speech at a meeting of Russian security officials. CNN political and national security analyst David Sanger takes a look. #CNN #News #shorts
Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s longstanding foreign minister, provoked laughter from an audience at an international conference in India when he attempted to portray his country as the victim of the war in Ukraine. Addressing the Raisina Dialogue, an event in New Delhi that debates the major challenges facing the world in politics and economics and one
Boris Johnson is facing a fight for his political career after MPs said evidence strongly suggests breaches of COVID rules would have been “obvious” to the then PM. The cross-party privileges committee said the Commons may have been misled at least four times over Partygate allegations, and MPs are set to cross-examine Mr Johnson in
Despite an ongoing pause in F-150 Lightning production, Ford says it will boost output this year in response to overwhelming demand. Ford aims to triple Lightning and double Mach-E production as consumers continue gravitating toward its popular EVs. After selling 61,575 EVs last year, Ford became the second-largest electric vehicle maker in the US, behind
Here’s an update on our energy, industrials and materials names in Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use at the CNBC Investing Club. Jim ran through all 35 of the holdings during the Club’s inaugural Annual Meeting last Saturday, an in-person event held in New York City. A video replay of the meeting is available here
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT After more than a year in beta, Amazon opened their cashier-less grocery store to the public Stephen Brashear | Getty Images Amazon plans to close eight of its Go convenience stores, the company said Friday, a decision that coincides with a pullback in its physical
A lesion removed from President Joe Biden’s chest a month ago was cancerous, a White House doctor has confirmed. The lesion was a basal cell carcinoma – a common form of skin cancer – the president’s long-term physician, Dr Kevin O’Connor, said on Friday. Mr Biden, 80, requires no further treatment after “all cancerous tissue