At first glance, there is nothing altogether unusual about the train. Sitting on the platform at Spandau station in the suburbs of Berlin, it looks much the same as every other one. But do not be fooled, for this train, manufactured by French group Alstom, is very special indeed. It runs not on electricity or
From a Disney comic book starring Scrooge McDuck to a never-ending reel of scenes from India’s most expensive TV series, the British Library’s latest exhibition is eclectic to say the least. Billed as a tribute to Alexander the Great’s legacy, this is as much an exhibition about storytelling as it is one man, culminating in
China’s former president Hu Jintao has been unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of the ruling Communist Party. The 79-year-old, who was seated on the left of President Xi Jinping, was led off the stage of the main auditorium of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing by two stewards. He appeared to
New video shows masked Russian soldiers complaining about not getting paid and not having proper equipment. #CNN #News
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Shares of Club holding Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) climbed in extended trading Thursday on the back of solid third-quarter results. The oil-and-gas producer also showed it’s making good on a promise to return excess cash to shareholders, checking the main box in our investment thesis for the company. Total revenue climbed by 36.5% year-on-year, to
The head of NatWest, which is part state-owned, has defended the amount of tax big banks pay. Alison Rose, the chief executive, said banks were taxed more than “any other sector” and more than the financial service sectors in other countries. Speaking on Ian King Live, Ms Rose said: “On taxes, the banking sector already
In this article TSLA TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk takes part in a joint news conference with T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert (not pictured) at the SpaceX Starbase, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., August 25, 2022. Adrees Latif | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now in charge of Twitter,
Northern Ireland is set to have an Assembly election before Christmas because the deadline to restore devolved government at Stormont has expired. The region has been in a political crisis for months with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) refusing to return to power-sharing since losing its status as the nation’s largest party to Sinn Fein
Labour MPs jeered as Sir Keir Starmer mocked Liz Truss’s premiership during PMQs. After listing the Prime Minister’s failed economic policies, the Labour leader asked why she hadn’t quit after sacking her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng. Read the latest from the Sky News politics Hub: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-chancellor-jeremy-hunt-meets-with-sir-graham-brady-as-new-poll-makes-grim-reading-for-truss-12593360 #JeremyHunt #UKpolitics #SkyNews #liztruss #costofliving #inflation SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube
A Russian military convoy near Stara Krasnyanka in the eastern region of Luhansk was struck by a Ukrainian missile, new video shows. CNN has geolocated and verified the authenticity of the video. The video is a compilation of a series of videos taken by a drone that shows five military vehicles, first traveling east on
In order to qualify for the $7,500 tax credit, the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requires a proportion of battery minerals in EVs to be extracted or processed in the US or free-trade partner countries. But a lot of automakers simply aren’t prepared for that requirement. Electrek spoke with Megan O’Connor, cofounder and CEO of Nth Cycle, a
In this article 57LA-FF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Germany company Sono Motors says it will bring a solar-powered electric vehicle to market in Europe in mid-2023. Sono has brought the car, called the Sion, on a tour throughout the U.S., in anticipation of its eventual domestic release. Priced at $25,000, the car is
Sir Lenny Henry, Stormzy and Michaela Coel are among those named on a list of the UK’s most influential black people – but a businesswoman has taken the top spot. The Powerlist, which has been published annually since 2007, identifies the UK’s most powerful people of African, African Caribbean and African American heritage. The 2023
It’s Albert Einstein’s classic definition of insanity – “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” A second Northern Ireland Assembly election might produce a slightly different picture but the end result will be the same. Unless there’s a solution to the Brexit trading arrangement, there still won’t be a power-sharing government
Kanye West has claimed he lost $2bn in one day after Adidas ended the big-money deal with the rapper over his antisemitic comments. “I lost 2 billion dollars in one day. And I’m still alive,” he posted on Instagram on Thursday, adding: “The money is not who I am. The people is who I am.
1:42 PM ET Associated Press An appeals panel on Thursday denied the attempt by Stewart-Haas Racing to overturn $200,000 in NASCAR fines for manipulation of a playoff race. The behavioral penalty was issued to Cole Custer, crew chief Mike Shiplett and team owner Gene Haas after the Oct. 9 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. NASCAR
Two NASA spacecraft at Mars — one on the surface and the other in orbit — have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet. The high-speed barrages last year sent seismic waves rippling thousands of miles across Mars, the first ever detected near the surface of another planet, and carved out craters nearly
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., demonstrates the Meta Quest Pro during the virtual Meta Connect event in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Meta plunged 24% Thursday morning as investors
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will start a series of test flights for India’s maiden human space flight mission from February next year, a senior official said on Thursday. The space agency also plans to deploy the heavy lift Chinook helicopter and the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft for testing the crew module, which will