The Bank of England has predicted that the economy will “recover rapidly” this year – as it left interest rates on hold at 0.1%. Latest forecasts from the Bank suggest that after taking a steep downturn during the current period of lockdowns, the roll-out of vaccines and scaling back of restrictions will boost growth for
There was no accidental leakage of disease from a Chinese laboratory with a history of studying coronaviruses, an international team investigating the origins of COVID-19 has been told. The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) was on Wednesday visited by World Health Organisation (WHO) experts who are looking for clues as to how the COVID-19 pandemic
The US is withdrawing operational support from Saudi Arabia’s forces in Yemen, which President Joe Biden hopes will help bring an end to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Mr Biden pledged during his presidential election campaign that his administration would resolve the long-running conflict between the Saudi-backed government and Iranian-aligned Houthi movement diplomatically.
One of the tweets going around included the use of the N-word, while another made a derogatory comment about Muslims. A spokesman for Chris Pratt told TMZ that the actor never posted those tweets, which were dated in 2012 and 2013. What’s more, a senior executive at Twitter itself appeared to back up the claim
Did Herrmann and Cruz make the right move to escape? On Chicago Fire Season 9 Episode 5, drama ensued when the two found themselves trapped in a nightmare ordeal. Meanwhile, Firehouse 51 was called to a dangerous blaze inside a 10-story storage unit. Elsewhere, Boden announced some big changes to the firehouse, but not everyone
After years of speculation that it will eventually get into the auto business with its own vehicle, Apple is close to finalizing a deal with Hyundai-Kia to manufacture an Apple-branded autonomous electric vehicle at the Kia assembly plant in West Point, Georgia according to multiple sources who briefed CNBC on the plan. The so-called “Apple
England’s economy will be unlocked gradually after schools hopefully return at the start of March, the vaccines minister has told Sky News. Nadhim Zahawi gave an insight into what Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s promised roadmap out of lockdown, earmarked to be announced on 22 February, will look like. He confirmed the government intends to start
Shell has reported a $19.9bn (£14.4bn) loss for 2020 after an “extraordinary year” in which oil and gas prices have slumped amid the coronavirus pandemic. The energy giant tumbled into the red, compared with a profit of $15.3bn (£11.1bn) in 2019, as it took billions of dollars worth of accounting charges against the value of
The lawyer representing hundreds of families still grieving after the Beirut explosion has told Sky News that the British authorities may hold the key to providing them with answers and justice. It is six months since one of the largest ever non-nuclear explosions ripped through the port in the Lebanese capital. More than 200 people
The woman accused of killing Harry Dunn was employed by an intelligence agency in the US at the time of his death, a court has heard. Anne Sacoolas was leaving RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August 2019 when she was involved in a crash with 19-year-old Harry, who was on his motorbike. She had been
James Marsters — best known for his role in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” — is about to be single again … his wife has filed for divorce. According to court records … the actor’s wife, Patricia Jasmin Rahman, filed divorce docs Wednesday in L.A. County Court. Their split comes 10 years after the couple tied
A parent at Westwood High School in Austin, Texas is attempting to remove Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi from the school’s reading list. His grievance was dismissed at the first two levels within the The Round Rock Independant School District (RRISD). However, at the encouragement of some Trustee
So far this week, Elon Musk‘s Tesla had to recall 135,000 vehicles because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded they “will inevitably fail,” while his SpaceX Mars rocket prototype crash landed in a fiery explosion. In further ‘what could possibly go wrong?’ news, Musk announced that his company Neuralink is hoping to implant brain
A Maine company that’s developing a rocket to propel small satellites into space passed its first major test on Sunday. Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace launched a 20-foot (6-metre) prototype rocket, hitting an altitude of a little more than 4,000 feet (1,219 metres) in a first run designed to test the rocket’s propulsion and control systems. It
Mark Zuckerberg (R) is about to surpass Jeff Bezos as the world’s fifth richest man. Getty Images When Amazon’s Jeff Bezos steps down as CEO later this year, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will be the last founding CEO left at any of the big tech companies. Apple transitioned from founder Steve Jobs to Tim Cook in
The coronavirus infection rate in the UK is “still alarmingly high”, the prime minister has said, but England’s chief medical officer has suggested we are past the current peak. Boris Johnson told a Downing Street news briefing that while there were “signs of hope”, as he hailed the UK passing the milestone of having administered