Airbus has flown a solar-powered aircraft on two 18-day trips, and says the Zephyr could soon spend six months in the air at a time. The skinny plane, which resembles an unmanned glider although it has two small propellers, has had two test flights in civilian airspace. It operates in the stratosphere, higher than planes
Month: October 2021
Nintendo has officially rolled out its new model of Nintendo Switch, the handheld games console that doubles up as a traditional TV plug in. The Switch OLED, as the name suggests, features a whole new OLED screen, brighter, bigger, and clearer than the original model that launched in 2017. Since 2017, sales of the Switch
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
A massive solar flare is due to hit Earth today, authorities are warning – potentially disrupting power grids and bringing the Northern Lights as far south as New York. The flare – officially known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) – was observed on Saturday on the side of the sun directly facing our planet
Online fashion retailer ASOS has warned profits could fall by as much as 40% as it counts the cost of supply chain strains and Brexit duties – and said it was parting company with its boss. Shares plunged as much as 15% in early trading as the group pencilled in slowing sales growth ahead, after
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,
A Chinese defector has revealed to Sky News how Uyghur detainees are transported in their hundreds on packed prison trains, along with details of torture and deaths inside re-education centres in Xinjiang. The man, who says he served as a police officer in Xinjiang and asked only to be identified by the name Jiang, told
George Clooney has told Sky News he’s “hopeful” but “not all that optimistic” that meaningful change will come out of COP26, the UN’s climate change conference, at the end of the month. While the American actor, director and environmentalist acknowledges the US’s failings when it comes to environmental policy, he also says he’s not confident
The Metropolitan Police are taking no further action after reviewing allegations connected to Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein. The force had assessed a document released in August 2021 as part of Virginia Giuffre‘s US lawsuit against the Duke of York. Ms Guiffre is suing him for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager
The president of Taiwan has vowed to do her “utmost” to defend her country from Chinese claims on its territory. Following increasing tensions with Beijing, Tsai Ing-wen said defences would be bolstered to “demonstrate our determination to defend ourselves”. Although the island has ruled itself since it split from the Communist-ruled mainland in 1949, following
A US navy engineer who is alleged to have hidden a memory card loaded with classified files in a peanut butter sandwich before leaving it at a “dead drop” location, has been charged with selling secrets about nuclear submarines. Jonathan Toebbe is alleged with trying to pass information about the design of American nuclear-powered submarines
Captain Kirk’s real-life trip into space has been delayed. William Shatner – best known for playing the Star Trek stalwart – was due to be beamed up on Tuesday in Jeff Bezos‘s NS-18 spacecraft. But the Amazon founder’s space company – Blue Origin – has delayed for 24 hours because of “forecasted winds”. Image: Shatner
A three-year-old boy who went missing for four days after chasing a family dog has been found alive in a wooded area. Christopher Ramirez, from Texas, was found on Saturday following a tip-off and was being taken to a hospital for evaluation, Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell said. He said the boy appeared to be
Facebook plans to reduce the presence of politics on people’s feeds after it lifted “exceptional” safety measures implemented for last year’s US election, Nick Clegg has said. The former UK deputy prime minister, now vice president for global affairs and communications at Facebook, said users had expressed a desire to see “more friends, less politics”.
Boris Johnson’s decision to take a holiday following the Conservative Party conference has been defended by a senior cabinet minister. The Prime Minister is reported to have flown to Marbella in southern Spain with his wife, Carrie Johnson, and their son, Wilfred. According to the Mail on Sunday, Mr Johnson and his family jetted abroad
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