Apple reported blowout earnings on Wednesday. Even during a global pandemic, every single product line was up, leading to the company’s first quarter with over $100 billion in sales. But Apple is still best known for the iPhone, which accounted for nearly 59% of the company’s revenue during the holiday quarter. The iPhone is booming,
Boris Johnson is flying into a storm of protest with a visit to Scotland that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon claims is not an essential journey. The prime minister is heading to Scotland on a one-day trip aimed at highlighting the value of the United Kingdom in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The PM’s controversial visit is
UK car production slumped to its lowest level since 1984 last year as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted factories and depressed demand, industry figures show. Brexit uncertainty was also partly to blame as the number of vehicles manufactured in Britain fell by 29.3% to 920,928, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). SMMT
The discord between the EU and drug manufacturer AstraZeneca remains despite a meeting between senior figures on Wednesday, with politicians demanding a plan from the company on how they will provide the promised number of coronavirus vaccine doses. European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides said after the meeting that the bloc “regret the continued lack
For the last four years the most important voice in America was largely absent from the discussion of how to tackle climate change. The new president of the United States has signalled he will not be silent on the “existential threat” facing the world. He has issued executive orders to cut oil, gas and coal
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HAIM appeared on the latest episode of Hrishikesh Hirway’s Song Exploder podcast. The Los Angeles band was joined by producers Ariel Rechtshaid and Rostam to discuss the genesis of their 2019 single “Summer Girl,” from last year’s Women in Music Pt. III. Listen to the full episode below. In the episode, the sisters talk about
Focus Features will release Participant’s documentary Final Account which is directed and produced by the late Luke Holland, setting a date of May 21. Focus has global rights outside of Israel. Universal International will distribute the feature abroad. The announcement comes today on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Filmed over ten years, Final Account is a portrait of the
Billionaire tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya told CNBC Wednesday that he closed out his position in GameStop, one day after joining the trading frenzy around the videogame retailer. He also defended the power of individual investors to compete with Wall Street hedge funds. The CEO of Social Capital and former Facebook executive tweeted Tuesday that he
Schools in England will not reopen after the February half-term, the prime minister has confirmed. Addressing MPs in the Commons, Boris Johnson said there is not enough data to justify all pupils returning to the classroom. Instead, the prime minister said it was the government’s ambition for them to return from 8 March. Live COVID
The 737 MAX has been cleared to resume passenger flights in Europe in a boost for Boeing as it prepares to reveal, what is expected to be, a record annual loss for the company. The US plane maker has been locked in crisis mode since the flagship of its fleet of planes was grounded globally
Masked men have broken into the Moscow flat of detained Vladmir Putin critic Alexei Navalny, according to one of his allies. Ivan Zhdanov, head of Mr Navalny‘s anti-corruption foundations, said that they broke down the door of his apartment on Wednesday afternoon and searched it. Mr Zhdanov added that Mr Navalny’s brother, Oleg, was in
Prosecutors say they will not be overwhelmed by the number of cases being pursued over the US Capitol riots – despite the FBI identifying more than 400 suspects. More than 150 people have so far been charged after Donald Trump‘s supporters stormed the Capitol on 6 January, leaving five people dead. Investigators are also continuing
The London Resort is being built in Kent with plans to open in 2024. However, that plan may now be in jeopardy thanks to an arachnid called the Distinguished Jumping Spider. According to the Mirror, this particular spider is critically endangered, and is only found in one other place in Britain. As such, there is
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk unveils a new all-wheel-drive version of the Model S car in Hawthorne, California October 9, 2014. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemed to rally behind GameStop‘s epic surge, tweeting out a link to the Reddit board that’s largely hyped the stock. Shares of GameStop were up more
Labour is calling for “wartime juries” – by slashing the number of jurors from 12 to seven – in order to help clear a Crown Court backlog of 54,000 cases. All four justice chief inspectors recently expressed their “grave concern” about the impact of the backlog on the criminal justice system in England and Wales.