A pioneering AI expert and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an imperative question How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years? Kai-Fu Lee, the former president of Google China and bestselling author of AI Superpowers, joins forces with celebrated novelist and sci-fi writer, Chen Qiufan to imagine our…
The new virus news emerging from China in December 2018, risk-averse financial markets were alert to its potential for disruption. Yet they could never have predicted the total economic collapse that would follow Covid-19’s wake, as stock markets fell faster and harder than at any time since 1929, currencies across the world plunged, investors panicked…
Three people have died after a car ploughed into a sheltered accommodation (block of flats), and caught fire in Great West Road, Notting Hill, West-London at 4:45am. Police were called in 4:50am, as the London Fire Brigade put out the fire but sadly three people were pronounced dead at the scene and nine people were…
Not so Secret Places: London’s Trafalgar Square, a public square in the City of Westminster, established in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross, is a centre of national democracy and protest rallies and demonstrations has earned an unenviable reputation as tourist magnet. The Square’s name comes from the Battle…
Winston Churchill’s slogan “Keep Buggering On” became a national catchphrase during the Second World War. Duncan Weldon from The Economist highlights key themes from his brisk history of Britain’s economy since the industrial revolution, taking in everything from the South Sea Bubble to the impact of the financial crisis. According to Weldon the same issues…
t The Northern line extension of the tube this century will open in two weeks time on Septembr 20th 2021, spanning Nine Elms and the iconic Battersea Power Station from Kennington linking £9bn redevelopment of Battersea power station. The £1.2bn project includes two new stations and brings a new vibrant and cultural and residential…
Hurricane Ida level four has hit the land fall in Louisiana. Tropical storm Ida generated a tropical storm warning of New Orleans and a state of emergency ofr the state of Louisiana as it pushes across the Caribbean and Cuba. “Unfortunately all of Louisiana’s coastline is currently in the forecast cone for tropical storm Ida.…
The final flight left on Saturday from Kabul airport bringing to an end the UK’s 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan, as more than 15, 000 people have been evacuated by the UK since 14 August 2021. Vice Admiral Sir Ben Key, who ran the Uk’s evacuation said he would be “very nervous” in saying the…
Tom Standage take us through the beginning around 3000 BC with the wheel and moving through the era of horsepower, trains, bicycles, and the rise of the car – and the future of urban transport – into a broader historical context. Our society has been shaped by the car in innumerable ways , many of…
England Vs India Third International Test Match Series Day 2 of 6 at Headingley. India. 78 ao off 40.4 ov, Rohit 19 off 105, 1 four, Rahani 18 off 54, 3 fours, Anderson. 3-6, C Overton 3-14, Robinson 2-16, S Curran 2-27. England 423-8 off 129ov Burns 61 off 153, 6 fours, 1 six, Hameed…