Hurricane Ida has made landfall in Louisiana as an “extremely dangerous” category four storm. It hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, about 40 miles west of where category three Katrina first struck land. Arriving with a barometric pressure of 930 millibars, Ida preliminarily goes down as tied
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At least 72 people have died, including 13 US service personnel, after two blasts and a gunfight outside Kabul airport. An official has confirmed at least 60 Afghans were killed and 143 others were wounded in the suspected suicide bombings. Islamic State affiliate, ISIS-K, said on its Telegram account it was behind the attack. SUBSCRIBE
Fugitive and former auto magnate Carlos Ghosn tells CNN Business about his escape from Japan and his quest to “clear his name.” #CNNBusiness
Electric bicycle sales have been increasing around the world for years, with the US seeing particularly drastic year over year growth. But never before have we witnessed the kind of colossal growth spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. And according to industry leaders, there’s no sign of it slowing down. When the pandemic first hit hard
In this article EQNR-NO RWE-DE 9502.T-JP 1605.T-JP 9532.T-JP 9503.T-JP Brian Farrell | Moment Open | Getty Images RWE Renewables and Kansai Electric Power have signed an agreement that will see the two businesses “jointly study the feasibility of a large-scale floating offshore wind project” in waters off Japan’s coast. In a statement issued Monday, RWE
A drone has destroyed a vehicle which was carrying “a substantial amount of explosive material” and heading to Kabul airport, US officials have confirmed. A military official said the strike on Sunday caused “significant secondary explosions”. He added: “US military forces conducted a self-defence unmanned over-the-horizon airstrike today on a vehicle in Kabul, eliminating an
Pakistan’s national security adviser has suggested the West faces another 9/11 if it abandons Afghanistan for a second time. Dr Moeed Yusuf issued the stark warning as the international coalition struggles to get its remaining troops out of the country, after an ignominious defeat to the Taliban. Abandoning the country could also cause a mass
Hurricane Ida could be one of the worst storms to hit Louisiana in 170 years and is expected to make landfall in the next few hours. The “extremely life-threatening” surge is set to trigger devastating flash flooding in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana when it arrives later on Sunday – the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
More than 30 firefighters have battled a huge blaze that engulfed celebrity chef Nick Nairn’s restaurant yesterday evening. Crews arrived to find a “well developed” fire in the kitchen at restaurant Nick’s in Stirling, Scotland, around 8.17pm. The restaurant is said to have been packed when the flames ripped through the building. One customer posted
Sky’s Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay goes behind the gates and into Kabul airport to find out what happens to those cleared to leave Afghanistan. For more than a week now thousands of people have been massed outside the airport, hoping to be given clearance to leave Kabul and escape the Taliban. Stuart and his team
Misty Copeland is the first African American ballerina to perform the lead role in the American Ballet Theatre’s history .
Over 10,000 tracking heliostats focus solar energy at the receiver on the 640-foot power tower at the Crescent Dunes Solar Thermal Facility in Nevada. The facility is representative of concentrating solar power modeled in the Annual Technology Baseline. Photo by Dennis Schroeder, NREL. Article courtesy of NREL. One of the challenges of aggregating energy data from
Article courtesy of NREL.by Wayne Hicks On a clear night, Kaitlyn VanSant will be able to watch her work whiz by. Knowing the success of her project, however, will have to wait until her tiny, temporary addition to the International Space Station returns to Earth. “My family and I have definitely been looking up at night
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Oil firms on Saturday cut nearly 91% of U.S. Gulf of Mexico crude oil production, roughly 1.65 million barrels, as Hurricane Ida makes its way toward major U.S. offshore oilfields, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. The regulator also estimated that roughly 84.87% of natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico has
The human cost of Britain’s withdrawal from Afghanistan will be felt by those who were eligible to return to the UK but did not make it on to flights out of Kabul. It is unclear exactly how many eligible people remain, but among them are the family of a man called Mohammad, whose name has
7:32 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Essential Quality just keeps on winning, displaying a grit that his handlers simply marvel at. The Belmont Stakes winner added the $1.25 million Travers Stakes to his resume Saturday, holding off Midnight Bourbon in a stirring stretch duel at Saratoga Race Course for his eighth victory
[Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] Rocket builder Astra Space is going for its first launch since the company went public, and aiming to reach orbit for the first time. The new space company cut short its first launch attempt on Friday, with the rocket’s engines firing for a moment and
In an otherwise forgettable corner of western Germany, you drive round a corner and find yourself in America, complete with planes, jeeps and a lot of soldiers. Ramstein Air Base is the biggest part of a cluster of American facilities. Together, they make up the biggest community of Americans outside the United States. This is
The last remaining UK troops have been flown out of Kabul airport, ending Britain’s 20-year campaign in Afghanistan. It comes as the last dedicated flight purely for the evacuation effort left the Afghan capital last night – ahead of the 31 August deadline set by Joe Biden for American forces to withdraw. Operation Pitting has