NASA has called off a spacewalk due to the threat of dangerous space debris. Two US astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, were due to replace an external antenna on Tuesday. However, the expedition was cancelled when Mission Control found pieces of orbiting space junk had come dangerously close
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In this article AAPL Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 08, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Apple stock was up more than 2% on Tuesday as stocks tumbled on concerns of the new omicron Covid variant, showing investors see the company as
In this article CRM Bret Taylor, president and chief product officer for Salesforce.com Inc., speaks during the opening keynote of the 2019 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Nov. 19, 2019. Salesforce’s annual software conference, where it introduces new products and discusses its commitment to social causes, was interrupted for the second year in a
Downing Street has denied claims that Boris Johnson broke coronavirus rules with parties at No 10 last Christmas. The Mirror claims the PM made a speech at a leaving do on 13 November – when the country was in the second lockdown – and allowed a festive party to proceed on 18 December when London
Outside Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, it is rowdy, tense, and uncomfortable. As women turn up to receive abortions at Jackson Women’s Health, they are met with gruesome pictures of foetuses and an evangelical group blasting religious music through enormous speakers. Nicknamed “The Pink House”, a huge fence has been erected and covered in black
Tesla’s approach to using giant casting machines, nicknamed Giga Press, to make car bodies with just a few massive casted parts is catching on in the auto industry. A Tesla supplier says that it is working with about half a dozen other automakers taking the same approach. Over the last few years, Tesla has been
In this article @NG.1 A liquid natural gas (LNG) storage silo at the LNG terminal, operated by LNG Croatia LLC, in Krk, Croatia, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Petar Santini | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. natural gas futures slid Tuesday to the lowest level in more than two months as warmer-than-expected winter forecasts sent
Olympic gold medal winner Haile Gebrselassie tells Sky’s John Sparks that he has “no choice” but to join the frontline of the conflict which is spreading through large parts of Ethiopia. As he prepares to fight the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, Gebrselassie – a national hero in his homeland – says he feel betrayed by
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt just announced out of the blue that he won’t run for another term in 2022, joining a growing list of Republican senators stepping down. In this latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains why this phenomenon demonstrates former President Donald Trump’s staying power. SOURCES AND FURTHER READING: GOP Sen.
British households are facing a more expensive Christmas shop after labour shortages and surging costs pushed retail prices higher for the first time since May 2019, according to industry figures. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) shop price index showed a rise of 0.3% in November compared to the same month last year. It follows a
11:45 AM GMT Munster have nine new COVID-19 cases in their camp in South Africa, the Irish rugby team said on Tuesday, taking the total count to 10. Both staff and players have tested positive and will quarantine in a hotel in Cape Town, joining the first player who returned a positive test on Sunday.
China has for the first time become the single greatest focus for MI6, with its chief warning the risk “is real” of a miscalculation by Beijing through underestimating western resolve to push back. Pointing to Taiwan, Richard Moore said a desire by the ruling Chinese Communist Party – backed by an increasingly powerful military –
Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears to have begun his Christmas celebrations early as he put his faith in a ramped-up booster programme to save the festive season for everyone. Mr Johnson chatted with stall holders on Tuesday evening and sampled wares at a Christmas market set up in Downing Street, in a display of confidence
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a live-streamed virtual and augmented reality conference to announce the rebrand of Facebook as Meta, in this screen grab taken from a video released October 28, 2021. Facebook | via Reuters Meta, Facebook’s parent, has been told by the U.K.’s competition watchdog that it must sell gif-sharing platform Giphy.
The government plans to offer booster vaccines to everyone over the age of 18 by the end of January, Boris Johnson has said. Speaking at a Downing Street news briefing on Tuesday, the PM said the rollout of booster programme will go in age order, and that there will be more than 1,500 community pharmacy
Travis Scott’s offer to pay for the funeral of the youngest victim of the Astroworld crush has been declined by the nine-year-old boy’s family. Ezra Blount from Dallas died at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston after being placed in a medically induced coma due to his serious injuries. Nine others died and hundreds more were
Adele has cemented her place as part of pop music royalty by announcing a Las Vegas residency next year. The Easy On Me singer, who recently released her fourth studio album 30, will perform weekend shows at the Colosseum theatre at the world-famous Caesars Palace in Nevada. Called Weekends With Adele, the 33-year-old star will
8:45 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Kyoji Horiguchi laughs when he recounts the story. It was 2019, and after his coaches and teammates at American Top Team (ATT) urged him to put down roots in the area, he finally bought a house in South Florida. Horiguchi, the current Rizin bantamweight champion and former Bellator
Facebook’s owner Meta has been issued a legally binding order to sell the GIF library Giphy after an investigation found the takeover “could harm social media users and UK advertisers”. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an in-depth investigation into the deal in April after raising a number of concerns. It subsequently warned of
Tiger Woods has said be won’t be able to play golf full-time “ever again” after a car crash in which he could have lost his leg. The 15-time major champion was speeding, police said, when his SUV hit a tree in Los Angeles in February. His chances of more top titles appear to be over