The journey north up the Swat Valley in Pakistan is a lesson in just how overwhelming the power of a natural disaster like this can be. Whole villages are swept away, towns are cut in half, a hydroelectric power station is overwhelmed and smashed and roads and bridges along the way are destroyed. Like
Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and LeBron James are among the stars to pay tribute to Serena Williams after she lost what could be her final match at the US Open. Williams, 40, had said she plans to “evolve away from tennis” and “grow her family” before losing to Ajla Tomljanovic in New York on Friday.
Ford has poured all of its efforts into converting its fleet to electric, and it’s paying off big time. America’s best-selling automaker continues seeing strong demand for its EV models as sales grew another 307% in August. For over a century, Ford has been leading the US auto industry to new heights. Henry Ford revolutionized
It was a very busy week here at the CNBC Investing Club — no major shakeups to the portfolio, but we still made lots of trades to take advantage of this turbulent market. Bottom line The lingering effects of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech last Friday, Aug. 26, gave us an opportunity
Have you ever wondered what a black hole sounds like? New audio released by NASA reveals the sound created by the cosmic phenomena. Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York, joins New Day to discuss. #CNN #News
Serena Williams has crashed out of the US Open, in what may have been the final singles campaign of her career. The 40-year-old recently announced her plans to retire, declaring she was “evolving away from tennis” and looking to “grow her family”. Williams had sailed through to the third round after stunning second seed Anett
Bus journeys in England will be capped at £2 between January and March next year to help people deal with the rising cost of living. The Department for Transport said the plan could see some passengers save more than £3 per single bus ticket. The average fare for a three-mile journey is around £2.80, the
Jane Fonda has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and has started chemotherapy. The actress and 1980s aerobics guru-turned-activist shared the news on her Instagram account, saying she feels “very lucky” because the cancer is “very treatable”. Fonda, 84, said she wanted to make people aware that many Americans “don’t have access to quality health care”
Skyroot Aerospace on Friday revealed that it had raised $51 millon (roughly Rs. 400 crore) from a Singapore-based investor, according to a report. The startup will reportedly use the funding to build the country’s first private space launch vehicles (SLV), and accelerate the firm’s plans to launch heavy payloads into low-Earth orbit. It is looking to start commercial
NASA is ready for its second attempt at launching the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on September 3. On August 29, when Artemis I was initially supposed to embark on its journey to the Moon and back, the launch controllers were unable to cool down the four RS-25 rocket engines, according to NASA.
CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams explains how the storage of 25 ‘top secret’ and other ‘secret’ documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago could threaten US national security. #CNN #News
The Azusa, California-based motorcycle dealer CSC Motorcycles has just unveiled its latest electric motorcycle: the CSC RX1E. The bike takes a similar stance to the company’s gas-powered RX4 and RX3 adventure bikes but swaps the fuel-injected combustion engine for a liquid-cooled electric motor. That mid-mounted electric motor puts out 8 kW of continuous-rated power and
The initial price cap on Russian oil will be set “at a level based on a range of technical inputs.” Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Group of Seven wealthy nations on Friday agreed on a plan to implement a price-capping mechanism on Russian oil exports, seeking to curtail the Kremlin’s ability to fund
Thousands of beds in shelters and new supported living accommodation in England will be provided as part of a strategy to end rough sleeping. An extra 14,000 emergency beds for rough sleepers and 3,000 support staff roles will be created this year as part of a three-year £500m plan, according to the Department for Levelling
Honor CEO George Zhao launched the company’s Honor 70 smartphone in Europe during a virtual presentation at the IFA trade show in Berlin, Germany. Honor, which was spun off from Chinese technology giant Huawei in 2020, is trying to boost its market share outside of China. Honor Honor, the smart devices company spun off from
11:01 AM ET NEW YORK — Away from the spotlight of the box office night matches, Andy Murray is greeted with reverence and a hint of nostalgia whenever his name is read out. But this isn’t a farewell tour for the 2012 US Open winner. With a metal hip and near misses with retirement in
Voting in the Conservative leadership contest has ended, with the party’s next leader to be announced on Monday. After a long and bitter summer of campaigning, there is nothing more Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak can do to try and win the keys to Number 10. The winner of the race, and subsequently the next
Western officials have said they “hope and expect” Ukrainian forces to achieve success in a landmark offensive started this week against Russian-held territory in the south of Ukraine. The officials described the operation into the Kherson region, to the west of the Dnipro river, as “sensibly limited” and an “important” attacking moment for Ukraine after
FBI agents found empty folders marked with classified banners when they searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home last month, according to the US Justice Department. The details were revealed in a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the department. It describes in general terms the contents of 33 boxes taken from the
Muse has made history with their ninth LP Will Of The People, marking the UK’s first number 1 album to incorporate NFT technology. The limited edition “digital pressing” has been made in collaboration with Warner Music UK and Serenade, an eco-friendly music web3 marketplace. It is the first full-length record containing NFT (non-fungible token) elements