British Airways and the newspaper group behind the Daily Mirror have become the latest big companies to signal a major switch to working from home. BA said it was considering selling its headquarters near Heathrow because the shift means it may not need so much office space. Reach, the company behind the national Mirror and
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The co-creator of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine has said the technology behind it could soon be used to fight cancer too. While the vaccine has been bankrolled by the American pharmaceutical giant, the science itself is the work of BioNTech, a German company founded by married couple and dedicated physicians Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci. Dr
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and National Institute of Technology(NIT), Rourkela have signed an MoU for setting up a Space Technology Incubation Centre(S-TIC). The MoU was signed Thursday after ISRO agreed to set up a Space Technology Incubation Centre(S-TIC) at NIT Rourkela. This collaboration with ISRO will open up new opportunities for research and development
Football fans could be allowed to pack into stadiums in “significant numbers” this summer with the help of COVID certificates, the culture secretary has told Sky News. Oliver Dowden set out the government’s aim to “get as many people back as we possibly can and get back to the things we really love as a
Lucid’s astute forum members have uncovered news the automaker may or may not want the public to see yet. Patent images of Lucid Motors’ upcoming Gravity SUV were uncovered in a filing with the EUIPO. The Gravity is not a production EV yet, but its patent images closely mimic the concept Lucid has teased. The
Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images News | Getty Images BP said Thursday it was working on plans for a major facility which could generate as much as 1 gigawatt of “blue hydrogen” by 2030. So-called blue hydrogen refers to hydrogen produced using natural gas, with the CO2 emissions generated during the process captured and stored.
There will be no Zoom calls at the Oscars, organisers have said, telling nominees they will accept any awards won by artists who don’t make it to the ceremony, while hoodies are definitely out. In a letter sent to nominees and published by US showbiz website Deadline, the show’s producers said: “For those of you
Sky News can reveal further details contained in a report that found Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon misled parliament. Holyrood’s harassment committee also concluded that it finds it “hard to believe” she didn’t know of concerns around Alex Salmond’s behaviour before November 2017. And committee members have included a passage in their report to say
The government has sold a £1.1bn chunk of NatWest taking its holding in the state-backed bank to less than 60%. NatWest, then known as Royal Bank of Scotland, was saved by taxpayers in a £45.5bn rescue deal during the financial crisis more than a decade ago. The latest deal reduces the Treasury’s holding in the
Aerospace firms on Thursday credited NASA with a successful test of engines on a Boeing-built rocket for Artemis missions that aim to return US astronauts to the moon by 2024, more than half a century since the last lunar walk. NASA simulated a launch by firing the engines of the core stage of the Space Launch
US and Chinese officials have clashed during their first face-to-face meeting since Joe Biden became president. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi shared with reporters their sharply different views of each other and the world at the beginning of the two-day talks in Alaska. Relations between
Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs looks to pass over Shaquil Barrett #58 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second quarter against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium on February 07, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. Patrick Smith | Getty Images The National Football League has finalized
Even on a grey, drizzly day, the town hall of the third arrondissement in Paris is a fine building. Built in the 1860s, it sits in the heart of a busy district. And as we visit, it is bustling. Yes, there are people here to talk about parking permits or bus timetables. But go up
Racism is persistent and pervasive in America’s history and present, but what about its future? US correspondent Cordelia Lynch reflects on whether the US has reached a true turning point, with promises of institutional reform starting to come into effect, and the upcoming trial of Derek Chauvin throwing George Floyd‘s tragic killing into the spotlight
This May will be, for millions of voters across England, Scotland and Wales, the first opportunity to give their verdict on Sir Keir Starmer and his relaunched Labour Party. But less than two months out, he finds himself going into this mega set of elections with some of his worst polling since he won the
Police in Los Angeles have launched an investigation into an allegation of rape made against Hollywood actor Armie Hammer. The US star has denied any wrongdoing. The confirmation from detectives came moments after a 24-year-old woman appeared at a news conference and alleged she had been raped and assaulted by the star in 2017. The
Lordstown Motor, an electric pickup truck startup that became a billion-dollar company after going public, is seeing its hype train slow down after a prototype caught on fire and its vast order book is called into question. The company was founded out of a deal to take over GM’s Lordstown factory just a few years
Amazon’s new delivery van Amazon Amazon is now testing its electric delivery vans in San Francisco, the company announced Thursday. It’s the latest expansion in California of Amazon’s custom electric vehicles developed in partnership with start-up Rivian Automotive, which has raised about $8 billion since 2019 from investors. Amazon announced last month it had begun
President Joe Biden says his administration will meet his goal of giving 100 million vaccine shots on Friday – six weeks ahead of schedule. “I’m proud to announce that tomorrow, 58 days into our administration, we will have met our goal,” he said. The president’s original target had been to reach that milestone at 100
Paris is among 16 regions of France facing new lockdowns from midnight tomorrow, the country’s prime minister Jean Castex has announced. He said the nation was in a third wave because of coronavirus variants. Schools will remain open under the latest measures, but all non-essential shops will be required to close. The lockdown will last