Gun salutes have been taking place across the nation to mark the passing of Prince Philip. The Duke of Edinburgh died peacefully in his sleep at Windsor Castle on Friday, Buckingham Palace said. Saluting batteries fired 41 rounds – one per minute – from midday on Saturday in major UK cities including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff
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David Cameron has reportedly told friends it was a mistake to send private text messages to Chancellor Rishi Sunak to help his employer gain access to a coronavirus loan scheme. The former prime minister caused controversy after it emerged he had been trying to secure access for finance company Greensill Capital, which later collapsed and
There remains a “shocking imbalance” in the global distribution of coronavirus vaccines, the head of the World Health Organisation has said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that on average, one in four people in rich countries have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine – compared with only one in 500 in low-income nations.
Stacey Wright is very proud of the photo she snapped of the Duke of Sussex walking his dog on the beach near his new California home. She said she happily agreed to his security team’s request not to take any further pictures – but kept the one she had already taken. As a devotee of
Exterior of Alibaba Group Beijing Headquarters on November 10, 2019 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Chinese regulators hit Alibaba with a 18.23 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) fine in its anti-monopoly investigation of the tech giant. In a Saturday statement, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation accused Alibaba of abusing
7:08 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — The process is far from complete, with plenty of work to be done. The prolonged slump might be a thing of the past, but getting his game to the level of those bygone days is still the goal for Jordan Spieth. He’s on another leaderboard, this time at the
Juiced Bikes quietly dropped the original Scorpion electric moped from the company’s site earlier this week, replacing it today with the updated Juiced Scorpion X. The new version upgrades the iconic electric moped with key performance enhancements. Built on the same full-suspension frame as the original Scorpion, the new Scorpion X comes with the more
Prince William photographed in Peterborough, England, on July 16, 2020. Kirsty Wigglesworth -WPA Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images Britain’s Prince William has underscored the importance of investing in nature to tackle climate change and protect our planet, becoming the latest high profile public figure to weigh in on the subject. In comments
In this article FB Chris Cox Asa Mathat | Re/code Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox got paid approximately $69 million to rejoin the social media company in 2020. Cox rejoined Facebook in June 2020 after a more than one year hiatus away from the company. Cox is a key moral leader at Facebook and
7:48 AM ET Joe Smith Jr. did not take the path of least resistance to reach his second shot at a light heavyweight world title. As he prepares to step into the ring on Saturday against Maxim Vlasov at the Osage Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma (10 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN+), with the vacant WBO
Tiger Woods mistakenly thought he was in Florida when the golfer was interviewed by police after his recent high-speed car crash in Los Angeles, according to a report. A 22-page police report into the incident, obtained by USA TODAY Sports, showed when Deputy Kyle Sullivan interviewed Woods in hospital after the crash, he told him
Old(ish) Audi e-tron batteries are getting another life in India. In Uttar Pradesh, a German-Indian startup founded by Berlin-based Prodip Chatterjee, Nunam, has turned two Audi e-tron battery modules into the storage medium for a solar nanogrid. But how far can two battery modules go? Apparently, quite far in Uttar Pradesh. “The prototype currently allows
Sky News readers have been recalling their personal encounters with Prince Philip following the Duke of Edinburgh’s death at the age of 99. They include one person who, as a child, got chocolate marks on the Duke’s trousers, another who had her nose tweaked by the royal when she was a baby, and a third
An Amazon-sponsored billboard urging employees to return their unionization ballots is seen on March 28, 2021 in Bessemer, Alabama. Elijah Nouvelage | Getty Images The National Labor Relations Board on Friday will resume counting ballots at 9:30 a.m. ET in the historic union election at one of Amazon’s Alabama warehouses. With roughly half of the
An expert witness has said the sheer volume of videos taken by bystanders of George Floyd’s arrest helped her establish the view that oxygen deprivation – and not opioid overdose – is what killed him. Officer Derek Chauvin is charged with the second and third-degree murder and manslaughter of Mr Floyd, following his death on
Rapper DMX has died one week after suffering a “catastrophic cardiac arrest”, his family has said. The 50-year-old, whose real name was Earl Simmons, had been admitted to intensive care in New York on Friday 2 April and was initially placed on life support. Earlier this week, family, friends and fans had held a vigil