Further rain has been forecast until the weekend in China’s Henan province where at least 25 people have been killed in days of flooding. From Saturday to Tuesday, 3,535 weather stations in Henan saw rainfall exceeding 5cm, of which 1,614 had levels above 10cm and 151 above 25cm. Twelve people died and more than 500
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has described the first ever launch of his private spaceflight company Blue Origin as the “best day ever”. The billionaire, 57, achieved his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut 52 years to the day it was sparked by watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon. Mr Bezos himself
Grimes took to social media Tuesday night to preview a new track titled “Tragedy.” The Canadian experimental pop singer first shared the snippet on the song on her official TikTok and Twitter channels, writing, “My label thinks this isn’t a single what do y’all think?” over a video of her bathed in pink light, dancing
Kaskade: Los Angeles went off over the weekend, as the superstar DJ/producer made history by playing the first concert at LA’s newly opened SoFi Stadium. Joining the party were Dombresky and deadmau5, who threw down a surprise set as Testpilot. Tens of thousands of people were reportedly in attendance, although exact numbers are not currently available. The
Reese’s Book Club announced its late summer 2021 YA pick: The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee. Described as “the perfect end-of-summer escape” in the club’s Instagram announcement, The Downstairs Girl is YA historical fiction set in the post-Civil War (“New”) South. The story follows 17-year-old Jo Kuan who works as a lady’s maid in Atlanta
Jeff Bezos created history on Tuesday when he successfully travelled to the edge of space and returned in the spacecraft developed by his company, Blue Origin. Over two decades after Bezos established the space company, he was accompanied by a crew of three others in the New Shepard spacecraft on his maiden journey to space.
Tesla Supercharger Station CNBC | Andrew Evers Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that the company’s network of DC fast-charging stations for its electric vehicles, also known as the Tesla Supercharger network, will be open to other types of electric vehicles in 2021. Responding to a Tesla fan on Twitter, where Musk commands a following of
The government’s Nationality and Borders Bill will only bring more “chaos and delay” to the UK’s “dysfunctional” immigration system, Amnesty International has said. The bill passed its second reading in the Commons on Tuesday evening by 366 votes to 265. It would allow the UK to send asylum seekers to a “safe third country” and
MPs have promised a new amendment to help flat owners “trapped” in buildings affected by the cladding crisis. Leaseholders who bought flats in blocks that were later found to be unsafe have seen the value of their homes wiped out while they wait to be told of the scale and cost of repairs. On Wednesday,
Parts of China have been hit by “the heaviest rain in 1,000 years” – with footage showing underground train carriages filling with water. More than 20cm of rain fell on the city of Zhengzhou, Henan province, in a single hour on Tuesday. In the recent European floods, the worst-hit areas of Germany saw 18.2cm over
Harvey Weinstein has been extradited to California to face more sex assault charges, New York prison officials said. The former Hollywood producer was convicted and sentenced to 23 years in a New York prison last year for rape and sexual assault. He is wanted for trial in Los Angeles, California, on charges of allegedly attacking
Play video content @dollyparton / Instagram You can bet Dolly Parton‘s getting a big O-vation tonight for the surprise she put together for her husband’s 79th birthday. The legendary country singer got dolled up in an iconic Playboy Bunny suit Tuesday to give Carl — her husband of 55 years — a special 79th birthday
News Taylor Swift Won’t Submit Fearless (Taylor’s Version) for 2022 Grammys Consideration The re-recorded version of her 2008 album also won’t be submitted for CMA Awards; Swift’s team is instead focusing on evermore during award season By Evan Minsker July 20, 2021 Facebook Twitter Taylor Swift (JMEnternational/JMEnternational for BRIT Awards/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Taylor Swift
Before Michelle Arevalo co-founded IMPAQTO, the first certified B Corporation in Ecuador, the concept of impact entrepreneurship was foreign to the Latin American country. Eight years later, what was once a start-up for people looking to set up businesses with a conscience has evolved into a hub for socially dynamic companies from across the Andean
Jeff Bezos is all set to blast off aboard his aerospace company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle for a suborbital flight today (July 20). The space flight will comprise a history-making all-civilian crew. The launch of the 11-minute journey to space is planned from a desert site in West Texas, US. If all goes
Spoilers for Never Have I Ever season 2 ahead. Perhaps it would be best if Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) had a little impulse control, but goodness, is it fun to watch the fallout from her choices! Never Have I Ever‘s second season, now streaming on Netflix, opens with the main character’s mother, Nalini, catching her