A major global shipping company has blamed a backlog of containers at UK ports for a decision to divert vessels elsewhere, threatening delays to deliveries as the pre-Christmas trade rush gets underway. Maersk said it was re-routing one 80,000-tonne container ship per week from Felixstowe, the UK’s largest commercial port, to unload elsewhere in Europe.
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In a TV first, the UK’s biggest soaps and continuing dramas are set to feature crossover storylines to highlight the issue of climate change. Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks are joining forces for the first time, along with Doctors, Casualty, and Holby City, to take part in the landmark media event. TV bosses say
Jeff Bezos-founded Blue Origin is set to take William Shatner of Star Trek fame to space and back safely on October 13. Though the launch was pushed back by a day due to anticipated winds in Texas, it isn’t holding Shatner’s fans back from gearing up for the liftoff. Late last week, a user tweeted
A large 6.4 magnitude earthquake has hit the Greek holiday island of Crete and a tsunami warning has been issued. The quake struck the east coast of the island at a depth of 10km under the village of Palekastro, according to the US Geological Survey. The village is 84km from Agios Nikolaos which is a
California will ban “small off-road engines” (SORE) primarily used in gas-powered lawn equipment like leaf blowers and lawnmowers, in a law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom this weekend. The bill, AB 1346, directs California’s Air Resources Board to draw up regulations which will go into place by 2024. It bans the sale of new SOREs,
Electricity pylons and chimneys at the Tata Power Co. Trombay Thermal Power Station in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images China is not the only Asian giant grappling with an energy crunch — India is also teetering on the edge of a power crisis. Most of India’s coal-fired
Republican Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin issued orders to broaden Gov. Brad Little’s executive order on vaccine passports and authorized sending National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border while Little was out of state. CNN’s Dan Simon reports. #DanSimon #CNN #News
In this article 708-HK People walk by an unopened shop for Evergrande’s electric cars during the last day of the National Day and Golden Week holidays on October 7, 2021 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Evergrande, China’s largest property developer, is facing a liquidity crisis with total debts of around $300 billion. The problems faced
A minister has refused to apologise for the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after a highly-critical report by MPs said thousands of lives were lost due to delays and mistakes by both ministers and their scientific advisers. “We followed, throughout, the scientific advice. We got the vaccine deployed extremely quickly, we protected our NHS
Inside a huge crater in Israel’s sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing space suits ventures forth on a mission to simulate conditions on Mars. The Austrian Space Forum has set up a pretend Martian base with the Israeli space agency at Makhtesh Ramon, a 1,600 feet (500m) deep, 25 miles (40km) wide crater. The six
The number of job vacancies hit a record high of 1.1 million in the three months to September, as the post-pandemic labour market continued to recover. The Office for National Statistics said the number of job vacancies increased by 318,000, with all industry sectors above or equal to the levels seen between January to March
8:03 PM ET International tennis stars have been urged to get vaccinated if they are serious about playing in next year’s Australian Open. “If I was an ATP or WTA player, I’d be getting vaccinated,” Victoria’s sports minister Martin Pakula told Melbourne radio station SEN on Monday. “That will give them the best opportunity to
At least two people have been killed in a plane crash near San Diego, California. Two homes were engulfed in flames and another ten damaged after the aircraft went down in a densely populated suburban area in Santee. There were at least two people injured and several vehicles, including a UPS delivery truck, were set
World leaders must deliver on their promises to limit global warming to 1.5C at COP26, the UN climate conference’s president will warn. Alok Sharma will make a speech in the French capital today in which he will call on countries to honour the Paris Agreement, which was signed six years ago and saw most nations
Thousands of lives were lost due to delays and mistakes made at the start of the COVID pandemic by both ministers and their scientific advisers according to a highly critical report by MPs. A pandemic plan based too much on influenza and “groupthink” among public health officials meant early opportunities to delay the spread of
Former President Donald Trump has been knocked off Forbes Magazine’s latest list of 400 richest people in America, an exclusive group he has been a part of for more than two decades. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza discusses Trump’s history of lying about his net worth and what this new
Now that fall is in full swing, it’s likely that you’ll have to work on trimming some shrubs or trees. This hedge trimmer from BLACK+DECKER makes quick work of those chores without requiring any gas or oil. It’s on sale for $38 from its normal $47 going rate, making now a great time to invest.
An ESS Inc battery. Photo courtesy ESS Inc ESS is trying to solve a critical problem with renewable energy: How to store energy from wind and solar installations when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. The company’s proposed solution is a long-duration energy storage batteries made of iron, salt and water, which
Dave Grohl is one of the world’s best-known rock stars, but his journey to fame and fortune wasn’t always easy. The Foo Fighters frontman has revealed that his father didn’t approve of him joining a rock band – and a rift formed between the pair. Writing in his new memoir, the 52-year-old said: “My mother
The Amazon headquarters sits virtually empty on March 10, 2020 in downtown Seattle, Washington. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon recommended all employees in its Seattle office to work from home, leaving much of downtown nearly void of people. John Moore | Getty Images Amazon is giving its employees more flexibility to work from
The latest incarnation of Superman will come out as bisexual in a new comic book. Jon Kent – the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane – has followed in his father’s footsteps and, as well as saving the world, also fallen for a reporter. The storyline was announced on National Coming Out Day, an
The family of a care worker who could have been saved following the Manchester Arena bombing has refused to accept an apology from the senior paramedic on the night of the attack. The family of John Atkinson, 28, from Bury, Greater Manchester, said “mistake after mistake was made, and precious time was allowed to ebb
Singapore now has robots on its streets to carry out safety-related surveillance of citizens. The patrol robots, named Xavier, have been programmed to roam around the streets of Singapore and detect “undesirable social behaviour.” The robots move amidst people on regular pathways. They have been fitted with seven cameras to detect any anomaly in proper
Big Ideas live will explore the challenges facing the economy as we come out of the pandemic. It will look at how business can fire up the UK, but also at the challenges they face in doing so. What are the jobs which will be created, post pandemic, and where in the country? And with
Earthquakes have hit two different parts of the US in two days, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). On Monday morning, Alaska, suffered a 6.9 magnitude earthquake around 70 miles (114km) east of the small city of Chignik, which has a population of about 100 people. The US Tsunami Warning System did not
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched Indian Space Association (ISpA), an industry body aspiring to be the voice of the country’s space sector, and underlined his dispensation”s commitment to reforms, saying the country never had a more decisive government. PM Modi cited the government’s success in privatising loss-making public airline Air India to assert that
CNN’s Anderson Cooper takes a closer look at the ongoing efforts by former President Donald Trump and some Republicans to undermine the results of the 2020 election. #CNN #News
Gogoro announced plans to expand its battery-swapping system into China earlier this year. Now the company is making good on those promises, and its partners are already rolling out new electric two-wheelers to fit Gogoro’s batteries. Gogoro is the leading electric scooter company in its native Taiwan, but the company’s swappable batteries are perhaps the
With just weeks to go until COP26 takes place in the Scottish city of Glasgow, discussions about sustainability, the environment and net-zero goals are at the forefront of many people’s minds. The stakes are high for the climate change summit, which will be hosted by the U.K. In a speech at the U.N. General Assembly
A minister has denied that the business secretary lied when he said there were talks ongoing in government about help for manufacturers and energy firms. Appearing on Sky News, Home Office minister Damian Hinds was asked if Kwasi Kwarteng had lied when he made the claim about his team being in discussions with the Treasury,
In this article BABA 700-HK 3690-HK GUANGZHOU, China — Meituan shares surged over 7% on Monday, leading China technology stocks higher, after the food delivery giant was slapped with a fine as a result of an antitrust probe. On Friday, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said Meituan abused its dominant position in the
10:41 PM ET PANAMA CITY, Panama — A team can repeat its mistakes so many times before it gets punished. So it proved for the United States men’s national team in its 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Panama. In its first four games, the U.S. had managed to avoid defeat. But even as it
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually launch the Indian Space Association (ISpA) at 11 am on Monday. He will also interact with representatives of the space industry on the occasion. Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister on Sunday wrote, “At 11am tomorrow, 11th October, I will join the programme to launch the Indian Space Association. I