France has partially lifted Trade and Travel restrictions as the military is helping with mass Covid testing in Kent amid port chaos as 10, 000 angry lorry drivers clash with police and demand to be let across the channel. French President Macron had wanted lab-processed PCR tests which can take up to 72 hours before…
Rescuers scrambled to the scene after a baby elephant was hit by a motorbike on a road in Thailand. Thailand’s paramedic Mana Srivate who had performed dozens of resuscitations administered Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), to which a small elephant responded by recovering fully by standing on its feet. Mana was called into action while off duty…
https://youtu.be/yvQgisEBql0 NASA’s official account about Earth’s Moon shared a picture of the “Great Conjunction of planets Jupiter and Saturn as seen from the Moon. “Unlike Sun, that’s no star, It’s two planets! #The Great Conjuntion looks great from the Moon”. Saturn and Jupiter were the closest in the sky in nearly 400 years.
The UK government continued to support the economy during the pandemic by borrowing soared in November hitting £31.6bn the highest level on record according to the office for National Statistics and the third-highest figure in any month since records began in 1993. The Independent Office for Budget Responsibility has estimated that the amount of borrowing…
In 2021, Rolls-Royce is rolling out an electric aircraft calling it “the spirit of Innovation.” The company hopes the plane will break the world speed record for an electric aircraft by flying at more than 300mph. In September, Airbus unveiled three concept hydrogen-powered planes which could see an important deal signed with Germany, France, Spain,…
Larry Tesler, an Apple employee who invented cut, copy, and Paste, dies aged 74 Computer scientist, Lawrence Gordon Tesler Larry, an American computer scientist played a vital role in the development of a range of Apple products serving as Vice President of AppleNet and Apple’s Advanced Technology Group. Born in Bronx, New York, on 24th…
Latin American e-commerce giant Mercado Libre has benefitted from the pandemic, as stay-at-home orders forced consumers to buy online. Mercado’s online marketplace sales surged 46.5 per cent in Latin America by the end of 2020 to £15,41bn ( US$20.51bn). with a growth rate of 39 per cent.
December 21, marks the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and in 2020 the longest night of the year and the shortest day and also when the sun is at its lowest daily extreme elevation, is also going to be a witness to “ Great Conjunction “ an incredible astronomic event, the rare aligning of…
Two men guilty of manslaughter in 39 Vietnamese migrant lorry deaths Two men Eamonn Harrison (24) who dropped off the trailer at the Belgian port, and people smuggler Gheorghe Nica (43) were found guilty of the manslaughter of all 39 Vietnamese migrant lorry deaths in Essex last year and were convicted by an Old Bailey…
The FTSE 100 fell 3 percent before recovering slightly, while the main German and French markets were nearly 3 per cent lower. Sterling fell 0.9 per cent against the Euro and dropped 1.6 per cent against the dollar. Travel restrictions hit airline stocks, with IAG, the British Airways owner down 8.6 per cent, EasyJet tumbling…