The US has warned a trade deal with the UK is at risk if Westminster implements legislation to change the Northern Ireland Protocol. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it could damage the Good Friday Agreement, which aims to help maintain peace between Northern Ireland‘s communities. Her comments have been met with consternation by the
Plans to expand London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to cover the entire city have been put forward for consultation by Sadiq Khan. The capital’s mayor wants to extend the scheme’s boundary from the North and South Circular Roads to the whole of Greater London from 29 August next year. Drivers who do not comply
This week’s run time is 1:03:05. CONSIDERING CIRCULARITY (8:50) Featuring a recap of interviews and stories from Circularity 22, held this week in Atlanta. INTERVIEW: Jon Smieja, vice president of circularity and senior analyst for GreenBiz, reflects on hot topics and themes STORY/AUDIO HIGHLIGHT: Planet vs. plastic: Three steps to solving the global plastics crisis
With the growing pace of development, researchers have been experimenting with various artificial intelligence technologies through devices and products. However, implementing artificial intelligence in electronic device requires customised hardware, which in turn result in high power consumption. It has been a challenge for researchers to solve issues related to high power consumption that limits the integration
The “most valuable car in the world”, a 1955 Mercedes-Benz, has sold for a record €135m (£114.4m). The car is just one of two ultra-rare original 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupes from the Mercedes-Benz Classic Collection and has been sold to a private collector. Proceeds of the auction will be used to establish a worldwide Mercedes
A restructuring firm drafted in just a month ago to advise the London-listed gold miner Petropavlovsk has resigned from the role as the expanding scope of Russia-related sanctions hits parts of the City’s professional services sector. Sky News has learnt that AlixPartners, which is based in the US, stepped back from its role with the
Bruce Willis’s wife has revealed her struggles with mental health after the Hollywood star was diagnosed with a brain disorder. Emma Heming Willis admitted putting her family’s needs above her own had taken a “toll”, but had learned to make space for herself. The 43-year-old model, who shares two daughters, Mabel, 10, and Evelyn, eight,
Completion of the Hinkley Point C power station, the UK’s first new nuclear plant in decades, has been delayed again by around another year, meaning it will now be a decade behind its original schedule. EDF Energy, the company behind the project, said it was pushing back the date for generation to start to June
The famous cherry blossom season in Kyoto, whose pink hue heralds spring, is happening earlier due to climate change and urban development, a new study has found. The delicate flowers now come into full bloom 11 days earlier than if no human-induced climate change or urban warming had happened, according to a study published in
A US TV journalist is recovering after being struck in the head by a baseball travelling at 95mph. Major League Baseball reporter Kelsey Wingert was covering the game between the Colorado Rockies and the San Francisco Giants when she was hit. Ms Wingert, 29, who covers the Rockies for AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, later shared
Australia has reported its first case of monkeypox in a traveller in his 30s who recently returned from Britain. The man’s case was confirmed on Friday after he arrived in Melbourne with symptoms earlier this week. A second, probable infection has also been reported in a man in his 40s who developed a mild illness
“We don’t have time to waste.” With this imperative tagline, American retail giant Walmart launched its Circular Connector this spring. The goal: to accelerate innovation in the field of sustainable and circular packaging, creating a bridge between companies looking for packaging that has less impact on the environment and those with new solutions to offer.
House prices are at risk of falling as a series of headwinds damage spending power, the outgoing boss of Nationwide Building Society has warned. Joe Garner said higher property prices and interest rates, together with steep increases in the cost of living, meant that housing affordability had become even more challenging. He made his remarks
This is an excerpt from “Climatenomics: Washington, Wall Street, and the Economic Battle to Save Our Planet” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. While government policies and leadership from Washington can help accelerate change, there’s another place that can accelerate change much faster: Silicon Valley. In 2003, as a national technology
Billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday to denounce as “utterly untrue” claims in a news report that he had sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016. Business Insider reported earlier on Thursday that Musk’s SpaceX paid $250,000 (roughly Rs. 2 crore) in 2018 to settle a sexual harassment
2:10 AM ET Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon was direct in his assessment of his team’s effort in a 4-1 Game 2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. “We were bad. We were really bad tonight,” MacKinnon said with the Western Conference second-round series now tied 1-1. “We just didn’t have our
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