According to Forbes’ Annual rich list, Beijing now has more billionaires than any other city in the world, with 33 billionaires last year now leaping to 100 beating New York which has 99, who had held the top ranking for seven years. China’s successful containment of Covid-19 and its e-commerce boom, expansion of its technology…
In 2017, an offspring from Newcastle University, Advanced Electric Machines (AEM) has developed pioneering electic car motors that do not rely on expensive rare magnets is preparing to raise $25m and is seeking £30m over the next few months to boost UK production capacity. AEM claims to have cracked a problem with “ switched reluctance…
Hannah Dawson, a British academic has been reading, sifting, and understanding this vast global project, the endless battle for freedom of choice. Feminism is the insight that sexism exists, and the struggle against that oppression. The book begins with an experience of female harassment. “Feminism only makes sense if you believe in feminism, privilege does…
Australians who don’t give a XXX have derided a suggestion by the New South Wales (NSW) police commissioner that an app could be used to register sexual consent. Commissioner, Mick Fuller’s idea of an app where people could digitally record their mutual consent to have sex said: “technology could be used to establish positive consent”.…
Kate MacLeod 24-year-old from Uig, Lewis is often swimming in seas and lochs around the West coast of Lewis during gale-force conditions complete with her own Ariel style tail fin, in summer and winter at the Outer Hebrides. She started her interest in wild swimming when she was a girl and for the last 10…
Daimler, BMW sells jointly-owned PARK NOW App Daimler and BMW sell jointly-owned App PARK NOW to Swedish rival EasyPark. The App is part of a 2019 joint venture and has five parts including smartphone-based route management and booking service, among others. The sale will allow the unit to grow even further in the US…
Former British Prime minister Sir Winston Churchill’s painting The Tower of The Koutoubia Mosque painted in Marrakesh during World War Two, depicting the minaret of the mosque behind the ramparts of the old city with mountains in the background and tiny figures in front, owned by Angelina Jolie, has sold for £7, at the Christies…
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) investigated Pontins about their working practices after disclosure it had blacklisted several Irish surnames and screen out their booking for its holiday park from Gypsies and Travellers, after being contacted by a whistleblower. Pontins said it had now signed a legally binding agreement with the EHRC to stop…
During lockdown is your make-up brushes are gathering dust with your favourite eye shadow palette. Covid19 is ruining the beauty industry as we have already what the pandemic has done to fashion retail with several shops disappearing from our high streets forever. Becca Cosmetics has become the first major beauty casualty of the pandemic, with…
The City Bus, Hyundai Electric City Manufactured in 2019, caught fire in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province on February 15. The bus was moving back to the garage after repair and inspection as the fire started in the roof, where its battery was located. Fortunately, there were no passengers on the bus and no one…