One of the most senior US Republicans has accused Donald Trump of feeding supporters lies that led to the deadly Capitol riot. Mitch McConnell, leader of the GOP in the Senate, accused the outgoing president on his last full day in office of having “provoked” those who stormed the building where legislators narrowly escaped a
Month: January 2021
Bob Bakish, president and chief executive officer of ViacomCBS Inc., center left, and Shari Redstone, chair of VicaomCBS Inc., applaud during the opening bell in celebration of the company’s merger at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Thursday, December 5, 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images ViacomCBS said Tuesday it will
A further 1,610 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 – the highest number of UK deaths on a single day since the outbreak began. Meanwhile, a further 33,355 confirmed coronavirus cases were also recorded in the past 24 hours, according to Public Health England (PHE). That compares with figures released
January 19th, 2021 by Johnna Crider Alaska’s Department of Revenue has raised its stake in Tesla (TSLA) stock and reduced its investments in three other stocks to make room for that stake, Barrons reports. Those stocks are as follows: Intel (INTC) — sold 219,744 shares. Gilead Sciences (GILD) — sold 165,058 shares. Qualcomm (QCOM) —
Administrators for Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia empire are to close down its Outfit operation by the end of the month, with the loss of more than 700 jobs. Outfit, which brings all of the tycoon’s retail brands including Topshop under one roof, has 21 sites in mostly out-of-town shopping destinations. They employ 714 people –
Gary Numan has told Sky News he received just £37 for a hit that had been streamed more than a million times, as an inquiry into the economics of digital music services continues. The British singer-songwriter, best known for hits including Are ‘Friends’ Electric?, Cars and We Are Glass in the 1970s and 80s, has
HSBC has announced plans to shut 82 UK branches this year after a shift towards telephone and internet banking. The bank said it would “aim to redeploy all customer service colleagues who are impacted… into suitable nearby locations” but did not immediately say how many jobs were affected. HSBC said the decision reflected “local market
Bob Dylan has done it, Shakira has done it, and Dolly Parton is reportedly considering it, presumably if the price is right. Artists selling the rights to their back catalogues isn’t a new phenomenon, but if you’ve been paying attention recently you’ll know there has been a noticeable rush in recent months. Dylan’s “landmark” agreement
“It’s the century of the brown man and the yellow man, and God save everybody else,” asserts Balram Halwai, the servant-turned-entrepreneur whose rise we follow in The White Tiger, towards the end of the tale. Newcomer Adarsh Gourav stars in the story of the poor kid from an Indian village who claws his way up
A media enquiry by Sky News has led to questions over what Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon knew of bullying concerns surrounding the office of her predecessor Alex Salmond. When we asked the Scottish Government for copies of its grievance procedure, officials mistakenly sent out their internal emails which detailed their handling of the request.
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SINGAPORE — Natural gas prices in Asia hit a record high last week and will likely go down from here, according to political risk consultancy Eurasia Group. “We’ve heard single cargos indeed sell in the high $30s, I heard one at $39 [per million British thermal units],” said Henning Gloystein, director of energy, climate and resources
Snow has fallen in the Sahara desert after temperatures dropped to -3C (27F). Karim Bouchetata recorded the rare event in Ain Sefra, Algeria, with thawing ice creating beautiful patterns on the sand. The Sahara desert, which covers most of Northern Africa, has gone through shifts in temperature over the past few hundred thousand years –
Zach Perret, CEO and co-founder of Plaid, speaks during the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on Jan. 31, 2020. George Frey | Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON — Financial technology start-up Plaid plans to more than double its European workforce this year, even after scrapping a deal to be acquired
Lunar rocks retrieved by a historic Chinese mission to the Moon weighed less than initially targeted, but China is still willing to study the samples with foreign scientists, the mission’s spokesman said on Monday. China became the third country ever to secure lunar samples when its unmanned Chang’e-5 probe, named after the mythical Moon goddess,
The criminal justice system in England and Wales is facing an “unprecedented and very serious” threat as the backlog in court cases continues to grow during the pandemic. Four top inspectors have joined forces to express their “grave concerns” about the situation. Justin Russell, chief inspector of probation, Sir Thomas Winsor, chief inspector of constabulary,
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