Sometimes you want a fast car for going out. Sometimes you want a big car for showing off. But sometimes, just sometimes, you need something totally different for standing out. And I think this 12-seater electric car-shaped thing might be just the ticket. It’s certainly deserving of this week’s entry in the Awesomely Weird Alibaba
It’s been a big few weeks for electric bicycles in the military, with the latest tactical e-bike news coming from down under. Australian soldiers are now testing the use of high-powered electric bicycles for military roles, focusing on stealthy scouting missions. Scouts from the Light Horse Regiment with Queensland Mounted Infantry are now testing out
In this article BMW3-FF Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on October 12, 2021 in London, England. Simone Joyner | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images British rock band Coldplay has announced dates for a world tour in 2022, with the band planning to integrate a range of sustainable features
The growing supply of environmental, social and governance-related exchange-traded funds won’t be enough to meaningfully mitigate broad issues such as climate change, Van Eck Associates’ CEO says. “ESG is good as a coherent investment approach on a fund-by-fund basis to make a difference and it’s good signaling, but to put it in perspective, it’s not
Soldiers around the world often perform martial arts shows for their national leaders. But these North Korean soldiers took it to another level in front of their leader, Kim Jong Un. A warning, these stunts are extreme from the start – and might bring tears to your eyes. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more
MP Claudia Webbe has been found guilty of harassment. The independent Leicester East politician was accused of making silent phone calls to her partner’s friend and threatening to send naked pictures of her to her family. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews
Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein and John Dean reacts to a Senate probe that reveals evidence that former President Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election. #CarlBernstein #AC360 #CNN
Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue has ruled that Gabby Petito’s cause of death was strangulation and the manner of death was homicide. #CNN #News
2020 MacBook Air with M1 chip Todd Haselton | CNBC Apple is holding a launch event on Monday to announce new products, like a redesigned MacBook Pro. Apple has a chance to drive continued momentum to its Macs ahead of the holiday shopping season, especially since it’s expected to announce more computers that run on
Oh the irony, it burns! Solar power is supposed to open the door on a new era in which humans and their ecosystems exist in harmony, but for now the record is still stuck on fossil energy. Oil, gas, and coal producers continue to dig up carbon from underground and disburse it about the surface,
In this article DIS NFLX Scene from “Squid Game” by Netflix Source: Netflix In the streaming wars, one company’s hit is another company’s failure. Netflix‘s “Squid Game” is an exception. Netflix has its biggest hit ever with “Squid Game,” the gory dystopian South Korean series that has taken the world by storm. More than 111
The backlog of cargo ships at the busiest port complex in the US – images of which have come to define the global supply chain crisis – is unlikely to return to normal before next summer. The executive director of the Port of Long Beach in California says plans to switch to 24/7 operations, pushed
Leading politicians and local figures are among those who have left moving tributes to Sir David Amess, following the death of the 69-year-old. Those paying their respects to the Southend West MP at the scene of his killing include Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle,
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has lost her latest appeal against her sentence in Iran, meaning she could be sent back to prison “at any time”, her MP has said. Labour’s Tulip Siddiq said the British-Iranian dual national’s sentence of one year plus a one-year travel ban has been “upheld with no court hearing”. The Hampstead and Kilburn
Adele’s album 21 is the best-selling record by a woman in the UK. As part of National Album Day, BBC Radio 2 calculated the biggest-selling LPs released by female artists. The singer-songwriter’s second album topped more than five million sales, according to the Official Charts Company. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video
Matthew Moulding, the boss of the online beauty, nutrition and technology services group THG, is to surrender his golden share in the company in an attempt to restore the City’s confidence after a torrid fortnight. Sky News has learnt that the owner of The Hut Group, which floated just over a year ago, will announce
Priti Patel says it is “right and proper” that MPs are accessible to members of the public following Sir David Amess’ killing – and stressed that politicians’ safety and an open democracy “can absolutely be balanced”. The home secretary’s comments came as a spokesperson for the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) confirmed every parliamentarian will
Boris Johnson has laid flowers at the scene of the fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess in Essex – an attack which police believe could be linked to Islamist extremism. The prime minister along with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Home Secretary Priti Patel visited Belfairs Methodist
While NASA is sending a spacecraft to Jupiter’s asteroids in an unprecedented mission to unravel the mystery of solar system’s origin, a physicist has said that a meteorite, that crash-landed in a home in Canada this month, can offer similar results. Peter G. Brown, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Western
5:17 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Nikoloz Basilashvili outlasted No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 Friday to move into the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open with the biggest win of his career. Basilashvili next plays either No. 3 Alexander Zverev or American Taylor Fritz, who met in a later
Space has always intrigued humans. While many exploration missions have hitherto focussed on our neighbours like the Moon and Mars, US space agency NASA is taking the game a notch higher with its latest launch. NASA is daring to send one of its spacecraft to a place in the dark alleys of the outer solar
Murdered MP Sir David Amess had recently written about the risk of attacks on parliamentarians, admitting “it could happen to any of us”. His book, Ayes & Ears: A Survivor’s Guide to Westminster, was published in November and was nominated for the Parliamentary Book Awards. The fatal stabbing of Sir David on Friday afternoon during
Amanda Kolker. Photo by Amy Griffin, NREL From Iceland to Alaska to France, NREL geoscientist Amanda Kolker has studied geothermal energy all around the world. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in geology, Kolker went to study volcano and glacier interactions in Iceland but was quickly distracted by Iceland’s vast geothermal energy systems. As an earth scientist,
The US has promised condolence payments to the relatives of 10 civilians killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan. The victims, including seven children and an Afghan aid worker, were killed on 29 August in a strike the US said was aimed at a suicide bomber. But Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said on Thursday
The Power Squeeze That Inspired Me Last month, I bought a house. I could have afforded something a lot nicer, but I didn’t feel like being in debt up to my eyeballs. So, I bought a doublewide manufactured home that needed some repairs that I could do. After the purchase and getting the basic things
The fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess in Essex has been declared as a terrorist incident, police say. Sir David, who represented Southend West in Essex, was stabbed on Friday afternoon during a surgery at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea. A 25-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder, and
Former US president Bill Clinton has remained in hospital for a second day, where he has reportedly been recovering from a urological infection. The 75-year-old was visited by his wife, Hillary Clinton, at the University of California Irvine Medical Center. He went to the hospital on Thursday after suffering from fatigue and has received both
Jaws is one of the cinematic greats. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 shark attack flick received wide critical acclaim upon its release, winning praise for its storytelling, visual effects and the actors’ performances. And while things looked great on the screen, behind the scenes, the lead actors were trapped in an infamous feud – the subject of
If the trainee truckers the haulage industry so desperately needs could change direction as fast and frequently as government ministers they would sail through the HGV test. The latest U-turn, executed to address the supply chain crisis, comes from the Department for Transport, and even by the standards of recent weeks it is a screecher.
It was November 2009 when climate scientist Professor Phil Jones found himself making international headlines. The abuse and even death threats did not take long to follow. Thousands of emails and documents had been hacked from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU), their contents carefully selected and publicly presented in blogs by climate
At least 15 people have been killed in an explosion at a mosque in southern Afghanistan. The blast happened in the Kandahar region during Friday prayers at a Shia mosque, with 31 believed to be wounded, officials say. The interior minister’s spokesman, Qari Saeed Khosti, said authorities were collecting details of the explosion, which occurred
CNN’s Sara Murray outlines new details from a Senate report that shine a light on the role Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) played in spreading election lies. #CNN #News
Tesla has now officially launched its insurance product using “real-time driving behavior”. The product is only available in Texas for now. The automaker has already introduced its own insurance product in California, but it doesn’t utilize real-time driving data and its “safety score”. At Tesla’s shareholders meeting last week, CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla