Mainland Spain has recorded its hottest December day, putting the nation’s ski season at risk. The country is nearing the end of its hottest year on record after a summer that has produced four heatwaves, part of a global pattern of rising temperatures that scientists say is down to human caused climate change. A mass
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The son of President Joe Biden has said there is “no evidence” to suggest his father was involved in his business, as he arrived to give evidence to an impeachment probe investigating the US leader. Hunter Biden told reporters outside the US Capitol: “My father was not financially involved in my business. “During my battle
It is one of the classic cliches of diplomacy, that a country speaks supportively of its allies in public whilst taking a more honest and harder tone in private, and that has long been the common assumption for America’s dealings with Israel. Occasionally, however, there comes a point when the behind-doors diplomacy isn’t having the
Around eight million eligible households across the UK will receive a £299 cost of living payment in February, the government has announced. The payment will be made to people on eligible means-tested benefits between 6 and 22 February and is part of a wider support package for households. It is one of three means-tested cost
Florence Lo | Reuters Dutch manufacturer of chip-making equipment ASML will jointly invest 1 trillion South Korean won ($760 million) with South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics to build a plant that develops cutting-edge semiconductor processing technology in South Korea. The announcement came as South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is in the Netherlands for a four-day
Associated Press Dec 12, 2023, 04:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman are the headliners for the inaugural class for the Chicago Bulls‘ Ring of Honor. The Bulls unveiled their plans for the Ring of Honor on Tuesday. The first class includes 13 men and the 1995-96
Tesla has announced that it is expanding its electric vehicle business to Qatar with the launch of its online configurator in the country. Since launching the Model 3 and Model Y, Tesla has expanded to the most important auto markets all around the world, but there are still a few countries where the automaker still
A vehicle refuels at a Shell gas station in Hyattsville, MD, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gas prices in the U.S. have fallen to the cheapest level of the year just as consumers prepare for the busy holiday shopping and travel season, according to data from the
In the White House on Tuesday night the subtleties of the American president’s language were telling. He was hosting Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy for the second time in three months as the two men sought to persuade America’s divided politicians to help fund Ukraine’s war against Russia for longer. Before the subtle language though, there was
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of Google Play is seen on a screen. Alexander Pohl | NurPhoto | Getty Images A federal jury decided on Monday that Google’s app store has benefitted from anticompetitive behavior, but it could take a long time before the company faces any potential
Rishi Sunak has avoided a damaging Tory rebellion over his flagship Rwanda bill in a crunch vote in the Commons. The totemic legislation, which aims to revive the stalled £290m deportation scheme after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful, has been backed by MPs at its second reading by 313 votes to 269, a majority
The widow of a police officer who was killed in the line of duty has been made an MBE, after campaigning for tougher laws in his memory. Lissie Harper’s husband, Andrew Harper, a Thames Valley Police officer, died after getting caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and being dragged down
Back in 2017, the families of children in some of California’s worst-performing public schools sued the state for failing to teach low-income black and Hispanic children how to read. This led to a legal settlement in which the state’s 75 worst-performing elementary schools agreed to invest in evidence-based reading instructionthat is, in training teachers to
The news about Florida’s property insurance market is not particularly sunny these days. Headlines are full of insurers pulling out of the state, premiums shooting up, and homeowners with insurance bills higher than their mortgages. But for all the doom and gloom, there are signs that the Sunshine State is turning its dysfunctional insurance market
ChatGPT users are grumbling that the popular chatbot has gotten lazier by refusing to complete some complex requests and its creator OpenAI is investigating the strange behavior. Social media platforms such as X, Reddit and even OpenAIs developer forum are riddled with accounts that ChatGPT a large-language model trained on massive troves of internet data
Mariah Carey has been slammed with a copyright lawsuit alleging the singer ripped off “All I Want for Christmas Is You” — even as the Yuletide ditty races to the top of the charts. Since “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was released in 1994, it has ranked No. 1 on the Billboard Hot
In what is becoming an all too familiar trend, an upstart electric vehicle (E.V.) manufacturer is struggling to get its products to market despite considerable support from taxpayers. An article in The Wall Street Journal by Jon Emont and Dave Sebastian details “North Carolina’s billion-dollar bet on an EV outsider.” The outsider in question is
Dubai, United Arab Emirates”There is no greater admission of policy failure” than Europe’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), said Rod Richardson,* head of the pro-market Grace Richardson Foundation. “Our carbon pricing is failing, so our solution to shooting ourselves in our own foot is to shoot everyone else in theirs.” Richardson made this observation at
Tesla Cybertruck has something called “Wade Mode” that the automaker claims “pressurizes the battery pack” to “drive through water”. it looks like Tesla is actually delivering, at least to some degree, on its promise that the pickup truck will drive through water. Elon Musk has made claims before about how Tesla vehicles could float and
A football supporter has been suspended by his club after an alleged “hateful” social media post about Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery was shared online. West Bromwich Albion said in a statement they are “appalled” by the “disgusting” post. The Championship club said it is helping police with their inquiries after hearing about a “hateful social media