Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema won a landslide victory in the country’s election last week, beating the incumbent, Edgar Lungu. Hichilema’s plan is to ramp up mining in particular to jump-start Zambia’s economy – and provide the rapidly growing electric vehicle battery industry with crucial cobalt and copper. Cobalt and copper Zambia is the world’s sixth-largest
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After his breakout role in Crazy Rich Asians, a role he won after a global casting call, Henry Golding has established himself as a popular leading man. But his new film sees him taking on a new type of character, the fan favourite Snake Eyes from the GI Joe universe. The movie tells the origin
R Kelly is a “predator” whose fame brought him “access to girls, boys and young women”, a court has been told on the opening day of his trial over sexual abuse. The trial, which is set to last for about a month, is expected to include testimony from some female accusers and at least one
Tesla is adding a lot of job listings for design managers of new Supercharger sites as the automaker preps for a massive expansion of the Supercharger network ahead of opening it to other electric cars. The Supercharger network has been growing at an impressive pace lately. Last quarter, Tesla had 26,900 Superchargers at 2,966 stations
Comedian Sean Lock, best known for panel shows 8 Out Of 10 Cats and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, has died aged 58, his agent told the PA news agency. Lock, also known for the sitcom 15 Storeys High, died from cancer. A statement from his agent Off The Kerb Productions said: “It
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First-look images of Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki portraying Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the next season of The Crown have been revealed by Netflix. The Wire and The Affair actor West takes over from Josh O’Connor, while Debicki, star of The Night Manager and Tenet, replaces Emma Corrin, for the upcoming fifth series
Alpha Motor managed to make a splash unveiling renders of a $36,000 electric pickup truck despite having nothing to back up its claims. Now, the company says it’s going to actually unveil its electric truck with production planned for 2023. Earlier this year, we reported on Alpha Motor after it was all over the media
Bob Dylan has been accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in the 1960s. A lawsuit has alleged the singer-songwriter, 80, befriended the girl and gave her drink and drugs before sexually abusing her over six weeks in April and May 1965. The child, identified in court documents as JC, is now a 68-year-old resident
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office announced that it acquired a Tesla Model Y to test as a police patrol vehicle. It justified that higher sticker price with gas savings resulting in a cheaper total cost of ownership in just 6 to 18 months. Like many other law enforcement agencies, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office is
Norway shows us yet another glimpse of the future as electric cars are making gas-powered car sales vanish in the market. The latest new car sales data from Norway shows a gas-powered car market disappearing at an insane pace. Norway is far ahead when it comes to electric car adoption. The country has strong taxes
Tesla has started pushing a new software update for its Full Self-Driving Beta program. CEO Elon Musk released the improvements in the update and gave us an idea of when the wider release is going to happen. It was just over a month ago that Tesla released its long-awaited Full Self-Driving Beta v9 with its
Ola Electric teased its upcoming electric scooter for months, and it finally delivered over the weekend with the big unveil. The Ola S1 and S1 Pro models were just announced, showing off high-tech features, best-in-class performance, and shockingly low prices. Produced locally in Ola’s giant electric scooter megafactory with a planned capacity of 10 million
Johnny Depp has said he has been through “an unpleasant and messy situation” and is facing a Hollywood “boycott” after losing his high-profile libel case against The Sun newspaper, according to a new interview. Following a three-week trial in 2020, a judge found that allegations calling Depp a “wife beater” in the newspaper were “substantially
The life of reality TV star Nikki Grahame, who died aged 38 after battling anorexia, will be celebrated in a Channel 4 documentary. The new documentary will show that “behind the bright and funny media persona, Nikki was a complex woman who bravely battled anorexia for over 30 years”, according to a statement. It will
The Chinese are the undisputed leaders in the tiny electric car industry, but even top dogs can have an off day. I’m guessing the factory manager wasn’t walking the floor when this thing rolled off the line. It may have a face only a mother could love, but that has also earned it a coveted
Nicki Minaj and her husband are being sued for alleged harassment by a woman who accused him of raping her 27 years ago. The woman, 43, claims she has suffered an “onslaught of harassing calls and unsolicited visits” from Minaj, her husband Kenneth Petty and their associates. She says they offered her $500,000 (£360,000) in
A new study from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory offers the most comprehensive results yet of the costs of owning and operating different types of vehicles and how costs vary by powertrain. The study is titled “Comprehensive Total Cost of Ownership Quantification for Vehicles with Different Size Classes and Powertrains.” Argonne,
Banksy has confirmed he was behind pieces of street art which appeared in Suffolk and Norfolk. People flocked to see the art that began appearing a week ago in East Anglia, with many speculating that Banksy was behind them. But the artist remained silent. However, he has now claimed responsibility for them on his Instagram
Tesla made a rare comment about the Tesla Semi electric truck’s weight, which is going to be crucial to the success of the electric truck. The automaker says that Tesla Semi will be able to transport a payload “at least as high as it would be for a diesel truck.” In the US, class 8