In Montana, three people have been killed and 50 others hurt after a Amtrak Empire Builder passenger train derailed several carriages at about 16:00 local time ( 22:00 GMT) near the town of Joplin. The train cars on their sides and luggage strewn on the ground with people standing nearby. Amtrak said there were some…
Protagonist, Charlie Barnes is a true mid-century man, struggling for meaning in the Chicago suburbs, despite growing up in prosperous America in the years after the second world war, as his life has been bust after bust. We meet him, at the brink of the 2008 crash, living in the suburbs of Chicago, trying to…
Entrepreneur, Peter Thiel, a right wing student at the Stanford University in the 1980 as a burgeoning conservative, and a tech investor from Silicon Valley over the past two decades, became the ardent backer of Donald Trump. The Contrarian is the biography of venture capitalist Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial and hugely influential power broker…
Apple’s newest iPhones with new colours, smaller notches, updated camera, and faster A15 chip. Both iPhone 13 and 13 mini feature a ceramic shield cover glass that is infused with nano-ceramic crystals for better protection from drops. IP68 water and dust resistance is included with a submersion in 6 meters of water for up to…
T Top Huawei boss freed after a deal with the US, ending the row over Meng Wanzhou’s detention in 2018 has led to a ferocious diplomatic row between China and Canada as accusations of retaliation by Beijing. It also strained China’s relations with Canada and the US. Ms Meng, who became a permanent resident of…
J oe Biden, the US President and Prime Minister Boris Johnson held at the White House as UK ministers are pondering joining an existing North American trade pact. Both discussed Northern Ireland, climate change and Afghanistan during the 90 minute meeting. The UK is very keen to strike free trade deals around the world I…
harlie Mullins, who left school at 15 with no qualifications, sold Pimlico Plumbers for over £145m to KKR owned Neighborly a US firm. Pimlico’s services include heating, plumbing, bathrooms, drainage, electrics and more has employed over 400 associates completing on average around 100, 000 service jobs across London every year. Neighborly, a franchise giant of…
A volcano erupted on La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands has destroyed houses and forced 5, 500 residents to evacuate. Lava from the Cumbre Vieja Volcano has been pouring downhill since Sunday’s eruption, devastating everything in its path with at least 100 houses destroyed so far. The Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez flew to…
Biden administration announces new travel policy effective from November. re-opening to passengers from UK, EU and other nations. From November all foreign travellers will be allowed to fly into the US if they are fully vaccinated and undergo testing and contact tracing. The tough US restrictions on travel was placed in 2020, by Trump…
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…