Speaking exclusively to Sky News, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has issued a stern warning that China in the final stages of a military assault on the island. It comes as China has launched naval and air manoeuvres in and around the island in what it calls exercises. Communist mainland China has long seen Taiwan
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Tesla has updated its website configurator for the upcoming Model S, to reflect delivery delays on both the Long Range and Plaid trims for new customers. The Long Range Model S especially faces a massive delay, now estimated to arrive in February or March of 2022. Delays to estimated delivery windows are not uncommon for
In this article SGRE-ES Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Low-carbon hydrogen isn’t “cost competitive with other energy supplies in most applications and locations” and the situation is unlikely to change unless there’s “significant support to bridge the price gap,” according to the World Energy Council. Published Tuesday, the analysis – which was put
Andrew “Twiggy” Forest is Australia’s second richest person. His wealth has been accumulated from mining and other ventures. He is the major shareholder and former CEO of Fortesque Metals, which holds massive iron ore leases in the Pilbara of Western Australia. Inspired by other billionaires (like Bill and Melinda Gates), he has pledged to give
Astronomers have found the first evidence of water vapour in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, the largest moon in the Solar System. They believe Ganymede may hold more water than all of Earth’s oceans. But finding water in liquid form there is difficult. The temperatures are so cold that all the water on the
The UK will give Kenya 817,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, the government has announced. Ministers said the offer would help the nation – which has a population of around 52 million – to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, with the first 400,000 doses due to be sent this week. It comes as Foreign Secretary
Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk has been taken to hospital after collapsing while filming the hit show. Crew called an ambulance for the 58-year-old actor, who was shooting a scene in Albuquerque in New Mexico, where the series is set. It is unclear what caused Tuesday’s collapse but Odenkirk is understood to have remained
People play computer games at an internet cafe in Fuyang, China’s Anhui province. Lu Qijian | Visual China Group | Getty Images LONDON – After decades of the U.S. and Japan dominating the gaming space, China’s influence is growing as its tech giants snap up gaming studios around the world. Now, some experts think video
If you do what Simone Biles does, if you take the awe-inspiring risks that she takes, you really have to believe that you can pull them off. In short, she stopped believing in herself and didn’t want to harm herself or her team’s chances of doing well. At the start of the week she posted
There has been more glory for Great Britain in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, with gold in the men’s 200m freestyle relay. Fresh off their one-two on Tuesday, Tom Dean led the way with Duncan Scott swimming the anchor leg. James Guy and Matthew Richards completed the line-up – and the quartet finished 0.03 seconds off
6:55 PM ET Associated Press IndyCar rookie Jimmie Johnson is hopeful of testing in August on the oval at Homestead-Miami Speedway as part of a path toward running in next year’s Indianapolis 500. Johnson, a seven-time NASCAR champion, jumped this season to IndyCar and has competed in seven races for team owner Chip Ganassi. He’s
Airlines are putting pressure on the government to exempt fully-vaccinated Americans and EU visitors from quarantine on their arrival to the UK. Amid widespread reports ministers could announce such a move as early as Wednesday, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic – as well as Heathrow Airport – have claimed a recent trial demonstrates how international
Simone Biles says mental health concerns were behind her shock withdrawal from the team gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics as she admitted: “I just didn’t want to go on”. Biles, the US superstar who some consider the greatest female gymnast of all time, was bidding for six gold medals coming into the competition, but
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): In 2020, due to the pandemic, US energy emissions fell to the lowest level since 1983. Belfast, Maine, sees 7 megawatts of community solar launch for Central Maine Power customers. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar
Longtime market bull Phil Orlando is bracing for a rough stretch because Wall Street has reached a critical “inflection point.” The Federated Hermes chief equity market strategist is blaming the risk dynamic. Not only does Orlando see hotter-than-expected inflation and the Covid-19 delta variant as glaring issues, he’s also worried about uncertainty surrounding monetary and fiscal
Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the US space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon. NASA in April awarded rival billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s
6:19 AM ET Golf is back in the Olympics for the second time after a 112-year absence, following a successful return in Brazil in 2016, when England’s Justin Rose captured the gold medal. Rose held off Sweden’s — and then-reigning Open champion — Henrik Stenson. American Matt Kuchar finished third to win the bronze. None
The prime minister has defended plans to widen police use of stop and search powers, describing it as a “kind and loving” way to get dangerous weapons off the streets. Speaking as the government set out its new Beating Crime Plan for England and Wales, Boris Johnson said stop and search was not a “strong-arm”
Olympic champion Simone Biles has pulled out of the gymnastics team finals due to an apparent injury. The record-breaking American athlete had a rocky start in the final, where the US is looking to secure a third straight Olympic title. The 24-year-old bailed on her planned Amanar vault, opting for an easier one in mid-air,
Comedian Peter Kay has revealed he will make his long-awaited stage return next month, saying he will take part in a live charity Q&A in Manchester. Kay, one of the UK’s best loved comedians, will host two events at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on 7 August in aid of 20-year-old Laura Nuttall, who has been diagnosed