K-pop superstars Blackpink have emerged as the latest force in the global fight against climate change. The all-female group, who have billions of fans around the world, have decided to speak out just months before a major conference on climate change will be held in Britain. The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has written to
Month: February 2021
According to Saudi prosecutors, Khashoggi was forcibly restrained after a struggle and injected with a large amount of a drug, resulting in an overdose that led to his death. His body was then dismembered and handed over to a local “collaborator” outside the consulate, prosecutors said. The remains were never found.
The Cairngorms’ landscape has been recreated in Minecraft to help young people understand how to run a national park. The virtual world, in which players can build anything using blocks, covers all 1,700 square miles of the park. The settlements have been stripped out and members of the Cairngorms Youth Action Team are being asked
Utah Jazz fans: Close your eyes. Hear the music. Remember this moment. The best thing about peaking? You don’t know when it’ll end. You don’t know what the top feels like yet — just that every game takes you closer to it. The increasing accuracy of every Donovan Mitchell pull-up and Mike Conley pocket-pass feels
“To support our automotive manufacturing industry and boost its competitiveness, Labour has called for ambitious investment in electric vehicle technology, including the electric battery supply chain, through a £30bn green economic recovery. This investment would mean manufacturers have the long-term confidence they need to build new electric models in the UK.”
On hearing the interview in December, the retired doctor emailed the programme immediately, and said: “If he or especially family and friends feel his voice has altered over any time, more than three to four weeks, he should see his GP for an ENT referral so that a specialist can look at his vocal cords,
Ms Sturgeon replied: “Jackie Baillie is accepting at face value Alex Salmond’s account of all of this. I do not accept his account of much of this, which is why when I sit before the committee I will go through in detail what happened and what did not happen, and I think that is the
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted on Thursday that “no child should be left behind as a result of learning lost during the pandemic”, which was why government had devised a “fair and flexible system” that would ensure all young people “can progress to the next stage of their education or career”.
In the US, more than 50 million people experienced hunger in 2020, up from 35 million the year before. The Biden administration is taking steps to address the food crisis but that will take time. Meanwhile, communities have filled the gap, by coming up with novel ways to feed those in need. Video by Zoe
The move, estimated to boost the wages of some 27 million people, is among the most controversial elements of the plan. Republicans say it will cost jobs, pointing to a study by the Congressional Budget Office which said the move could put 1.4 million positions at risk. The CBO also said the increase could lift
Under the terms of the Brexit trade deal, it is possible for batteries made in the European Union (EU) to be installed in UK-assembled vehicles for export back to the EU (where most are sold). But industry experts say the economics don’t make sense as the batteries are heavy and hard to transport as they
The three men stood off to the side, a few paces back from the throng. The only thing to see was people trying to see. The ground surrounding the 18th green of Augusta National was packed by maybe 10,000 craning necks, everyone hoping to get a glimpse of Tiger Woods, who was in the middle
Shadow fire minister Sarah Jones said: “It is shameful that they have voted against implementing vital fire safety measures called for by the Grenfell Inquiry, and it is an insult to people across the country that this government voted down protections for leaseholders from fire safety costs that they did not cause.”
After Life and The Office creator Ricky Gervais has said he thinks some people get “cancelled” online for the wrong reasons. “No-one really cares about the argument any more or the principle, they just care about who’s saying it,” he said. He told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake that he feels it’s easier to
“Lest anyone should be confused, when people are participating virtually then they are appearing in this chamber, the chamber of the House of Commons, and therefore it is absolutely imperative that everybody taking part in these debates should be dressed in the way that they would be in the House of Commons.”
The body which advises the government on Covid-19 vaccines says everyone registered as having a learning disability is now eligible to get a jab. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation made the change after pressure from a number of public figures, including the Radio 2 presenter, Jo Whiley. Her disabled sister had to go
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