Mothers carrying their children smile, give me a thumbs up, and then point to a riverbank fifty metres or so away. We’re on a walkway bridge between the Mexican city of Matamoros and Brownsville in Texas. The riverbank is of course the United States – so close you feel you can almost touch it. For
Tesla and Eaton, a giant multinational manufacturer focused on intelligent power management, are partnering to improve Powerwall integration with the latter’s smart breakers. At the RE+ 24, a clean energy conference, the two companies announced the collaboration that should result in Eaton’s smart breakers working with Tesla Powerwall next year: Intelligent power management company Eaton
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT oatawa | Getty Bitcoin jumped Monday evening and topped $57,000 after Wall Street’s rebound from its worst week of the year. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 5.6% at $57,4449.00, according to Coin Metrics. Last week, bitcoin tumbled 9% for its
Acting great James Earl Jones, who voiced Star Wars villain Darth Vader and Mufasa in The Lion King, has died at the age of 93. He appeared in Conan the Barbarian, played Eddie Murphy’s dad in Coming to America and starred in The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games. Mark Hamill, who played Luke
Selena Gomez has said she cannot carry her own children due to health issues. The actor and singer told Vanity Fair her chronic health issues, which include a lupus diagnosis, make it risky for her to carry a baby to term and give birth. The 32-year-old was discussing her role in the film Emilia Perez,
The Princess of Wales has said her focus is to “stay cancer free” after finishing chemotherapy treatment. She made the announcement in her most personal family video to date showing her spending private time with Prince William and her children. The incredibly candid and intimate video shows the princess, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte
Disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is in intensive care in hospital recovering from heart surgery, his lawyer says. He was taken from prison to Bellevue Hospital in New York earlier today. His lawyer Craig Rothfeld said: “Mr Weinstein was rushed to Bellevue Hospital last night due to several medical conditions. “We can confirm that
U.S. crude oil futures rebounded nearly 1% on Monday after posting the worst week since October 2023. The U.S. benchmark has fallen 15.8% so far in the third quarter while the Brent global benchmark has fallen more than 16.6%. “We have lost 400 million barrels of financial demand since early July,” Daan Struyven, oil research
A victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has told Sky News that plans for a new appeals process are “unacceptable” on several fronts. Chris Head, once the youngest sub-postmaster in the UK but who lost everything when he was wrongly accused of theft, spoke out after the business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told MPs the
The state pension is due to rise by 4% in April, giving an extra £460 a year to recipients. The payment increases by the highest of total average weekly earnings, inflation for September or 2.5%. Figures on Tuesday showed average weekly earnings rose by 4% in the three months to July. Inflation data for September
Ministers are not looking to soften the blow for 10 million pensioners who will no longer receive winter fuel payments, the prime minister’s spokesman has said. Ahead of a vote on Tuesday on the controversial decision to limit winter fuel payments to those on pension credit, the government is remaining steadfast despite growing opposition from
Photo by NPS/Colton Johnston Zion National Park’s shuttle fleet has become one of the first bus fleets in the US to go all electric, and the first at a National Park. Zion National Park in Southern Utah is renowned for its colorful canyons and arches, and is one of the “mighty five” national parks in
Niklas Zennstrom, CEO of Atomico and co-founder of Skype. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Atomico, an early investor in top European technology firms from Stripe to Klarna, announced Monday the launch of two new funds worth $1.24 billion to back emerging and growth-stage startups in the sector. The launch of Atomico’s
Ministers are racing to finalise a £1.25bn deal with Tata Steel, the owner of Britain’s biggest steelworks, amid fading hopes of a similarly consensual agreement with the industry’s second-largest player. Sky News understands that Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, wants to make a statement to parliament on Wednesday about the Tata Steel deal after Prime
Actress Ali Bastian says she has been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and is receiving chemotherapy ahead of a mastectomy and radiotherapy. The Hollyoaks star, who played teacher Becca Dean from 2001 to 2007, discovered a lump while breastfeeding her daughter, Isabella. Image: Ali Bastian has two daughters, Isla and Izzy. Pic: PA Bastian,
Prisoners set to be released early tomorrow have been trawled through in an attempt to not let domestic abusers go, the policing minister said. Tuesday will see about 1,700 prisoners released early to alleviate overcrowded prisons in England and Wales. The government said serious violent criminals, terrorists and domestic abuse perpetrators will not be released
At least 59 people have died in Vietnam after the most powerful typhoon to hit the southeast Asian country in decades made landfall. Dozens of people are missing, mostly because of landslides and floods triggered by Typhoon Yagi, according to Vietnam‘s disaster management agency. A busy steel bridge collapsed on Monday and millions lost power
Crude oil futures were on pace for a deep weekly loss, as the OPEC+ decision to postpone a production hike failed to ease worries that supply would outstrip demand. The Brent global benchmark has fallen 7.2% and is on pace for its worst week since October 2023. The U.S. benchmark is down 5.4% for its
A loud crash jolts Paul Wheeler into waking up in the middle of the night. As he peers out of his bedroom window, which overlooks the park at the back of his home in a quiet, suburban part of Kent, he sees a shadowy figure setting fire to something. It’s a warm summer night, Labour
The mad scientists over at Critical have taken a high-torque electric motor from an obscure motorcycle brand, stuffed it into a go-kart chassis, and created a life-altering wheelie machine that is truly and completely bonkers. Critical is a YouTube channel and Instagram that does all sorts of crazy powersports stuff, and this latest build has