One week after sharing details of its Launch Edition Solar EV, Aptera Motors has announced a community funding program called Accelerate Aptera, hoping to raise between $20 and $50 million. By investing a predetermined minimum, reservation holders have a better chance at receiving delivery of one of the 2,000 Launch Edition Apteras planned. Better still,
Jan 29, 2023 MELBOURNE, Australia — There’s an inevitability about Novak Djokovic playing tennis at Rod Laver Arena. It’s the feeling that regardless of what year we’re in, who stands on the other side of the net and just how lopsided the crowd support might be in favor of his opponent, it’s still Djokovic who
Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series 24 has died at the age of 45. Wersching died on Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer. Stephen Full, her husband and the father of her three sons, confirmed the news in a statement released to US
Six British children have been taken into care in Austria after they were found to have been living in an abandoned wine cellar with their parents. Police have said their father, a 54-year-old Austrian, is a member of the far-right Reichsburger movement and is a known Holocaust denier. Social services were called to the property
Labour has reported former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to parliament’s standards watchdog over a “quagmire of sleaze” engulfing him. It’s alleged that BBC Chairman Richard Sharp helped the then PM arrange a guarantee on a loan for more than £800,000 – just weeks before Mr Johnson appointed Mr Sharp to the senior BBC role. The
Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is the latest victim of a bitter conflict between rebel militias and the Congolese military. The rebels have taken over strategic towns, forcing thousands of people to escape. Now, some of those refugees have entered the park to cut down
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A senior US general has privately told Defence Secretary Ben Wallace the British Army is no longer regarded as a top-level fighting force, defence sources have revealed. They said this decline in war-fighting capability – following decades of cuts to save money – needed to be reversed faster than planned in the wake of Russia’s
Rishi Sunak has been urged by Labour to “come clean” over what he knew about Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs after the PM sacked the Tory party chairman on Sunday. An ethics inquiry into the handling of Mr Zahawi’s finances found a “serious breach” of the ministerial code and Mr Sunak swiftly removed the Tory chairman
Novak Djokovic has won the Australian Open to equal Rafael Nadal’s Grand Slam record, a year after he was deported over his COVID vaccination status. The Serbian tennis star beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets in the final in Melbourne on Sunday. He has now equalled Nadal’s Grand Slam record of 22 men’s singles titles.
Nadhim Zahawi’s failure to disclose that he was in discussions with HMRC over his taxes was a “serious failure to meet” ministerial standards, a damning report into the affair has found. Sir Laurie Magnus, who carried out the investigation as the prime minister’s new ethics adviser, said the former chancellor “should have understood” from the
Former US president Donald Trump has kicked off his 2024 White House bid with stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina, while brushing aside criticism that his campaign was off to a slow start. Speaking to party leaders at the New Hampshire Republicans’ annual meeting in Salem, the former president insisted he was motivated to
When watching the horrific video of Tyre Nichols being kicked and punched by police officers, many minds in America were transported back to footage of another black man being beaten in similar circumstances more than 30 years ago. The video of Rodney King is grainy and shaky, before the era of police-worn body cameras and
Russian forces have spent the day trying to encircle Ukraine’s capital. However, it appears their soldiers have been held up to the south-east of the city and were unable to reach their positions before nightfall. Security expert Prof Michael Clarke has more details. For the latest developments: https://news.sky.com/story/explosions-reported-near-kyiv-after-putin-authorises-military-operation-in-ukraine-ukraine-latest-12541713 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more
CNN reporter Daniel Dale fact-checks House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s claims about the debt ceiling, funding for the Internal Revenue Service, and the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s resort and residence in Florida. #CNN #News
Regularly readers of my Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column will know that I usually dig around Chinese shopping sites to find the wackiest and coolest little EVs in the world. That’s resulted in finding everything from electric submarines to mini electric Jeeps. But this time I’d say that today’s vehicles are
Jan 28, 2023 Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Art Collector came into the Pegasus World Cup Invitational with more winnings than any of the other 11 horses in the field. And he left with the biggest prize of all. The 6-year-old made a big move around the outside and pulled clear of the field
The NHS is planning to free up space in A&E by treating up to 50,000 elderly and vulnerable patients in “virtual wards” at home. In December, about 10,000 people were being cared for in that way in England, and ministers want to increase the monthly figure five-fold. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Sir Keir Starmer has been on a journey since becoming Labour leader in April 2020. In the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn, Sir Keir promised to maintain Labour’s “radical values” and committed to many Corbyn-era policies. Fast forward three years, and in tone and content, the offer is markedly different. Take this from Sir Keir
Russia’s delegation at the United Nations in New York has told Sky News that a video which appears to show evidence of atrocities in Bucha is “fake”. Dmitriy Polyanskiy, Russia’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN, told Sky News’ Mark Stone that the Ukrainian president’s presentation to the UN Security Council was incorrect, while Vasily Nebenzya