Artemis, the London-based fund manager, is slashing the value of its stake in a revolutionary aerospace company which has set its sights on pioneering hypersonic travel. Sky News has learnt that Artemis, which holds a 2.3% stake in Reaction Engines, intends to write down the value of its holding by as much as 90%. An
An official at a military cemetery was “abruptly pushed aside” during an altercation with Donald Trump’s staff during a wreath-laying ceremony, but the matter is considered closed, a US Army spokesperson has said. A statement said the employee at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, was trying to make sure those participating in the ceremony were following
The US election is fast approaching and voters across the nation’s 50 states will be preparing to head to the polls. It’s been another presidential race full of dramatic twists and turns, with just a few months to go before election day on Tuesday 5 November. The US is guaranteed a new president, but understanding
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 28, 2024, 09:14 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Fans were spotted lining up outside Dodger Stadium as early as 9 a.m. PT on
Older people are having to fill out a 243-question form to access pension credit and winter fuel payments – a task that will be “daunting” for some, charities have said. The government has launched a campaign urging eligible people to apply for pension credit after Rachel Reeves announced last month that the winter payments would
The suspects in the foiled terror plot to attack Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts in Vienna intended to kill “tens of thousands” of people, the US’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said. The agency said that intelligence it discovered disrupted the plans – which allegedly were linked to Islamic State – and led to arrests made
Records are made to be broken, right? Try telling that to Wilt Chamberlain and Cy Young. “Wilt the Stilt” averaged an NBA-record 50.4 points per game in 1961-1962, a season in which he also set a single-game scoring mark with 100 points. No one has come close to either record in the six decades since.
Recent research reveals that human brains can survive for an astonishingly long time, with some specimens enduring for up to 12,000 years. Alexandra L. Morton-Hayward, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Oxford, led a study that uncovered over 4,400 instances of preserved human brains across various archaeological sites. This finding challenges the notion that
Astronomers have achieved a significant breakthrough with new high-resolution images of Polaris, also known as the North Star. Using the CHARA Array located on Mount Wilson in California, researchers have captured unprecedented details of the star’s surface. This is the first time scientists have been able to observe features such as large bright and dark
Workers inspect the Repository in ONKALO, a deep geological disposal underground facility, designed to safely store nuclear waste, on May 2, 2023, on the island of Eurajoki, western Finland. Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty Images Finland is on the cusp of burying spent nuclear fuel in the world’s first geological tomb, where it will
NASA’s Perseverance rover has embarked on a critical phase of its mission on Mars, beginning its challenging ascent towards the summit of Jezero Crater. This marks a new chapter in the rover’s exploration, which has been ongoing since 2021. After spending three and half years studying the crater’s floor—a region that was once submerged under
Toyota hybrids are a hot commodity right now, and we haven’t seen any newsworthy holiday discount deals from Toyota in years. That said, the bZ4X EV might be the best deal in Toyota’s Labor Day lineup. Jameson Dow and Peter Johnson first covered the massive discounts dealers are putting on the Toyota bZ4X (and its
The government will not defend the legal challenges brought against plans to develop the UK’s largest untapped oil and gas field and a second North Sea site. Rosebank, 80 miles west of Shetland, contains around 300 million barrels of oil and is the UK’s last major undeveloped oil site. It is twice the size of
Oasis have announced three extra concert dates in the UK for their reunion tour next year. The band said they were adding the extra concerts due to “unprecedented demand” following registration for a ticket pre-sale. The new dates are: 16 July in Heaton Park, Manchester; 30 July, Wembley, London; 12 August, Edinburgh. Noel and Liam
Samsung Electronics’ fourth-generation high bandwidth memory or HBM3 chips have been cleared by Nvidia for use in its processors for the first time, three people briefed on the matter said. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech and chip-related stocks in Asia fell on Thursday, after U.S. chip darling Nvidia reported its second-quarter results
Smoking could be banned in pub gardens, outdoor restaurants and outside stadiums, according to reports. The measures are currently being considered by ministers according to The Sun newspaper. Smokers would also been prohibited from lighting up outside sport venues, nightclubs and in small parks, the newspaper said – citing “secret Whitehall papers”. Read more:How would
“Woeful budgeting” by the Home Office has led to years of overspend on asylum, a watchdog has claimed. For the past three years, the department has set £110m aside for asylum operations. But a new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the actual spend had averaged £2.6bn a year in that time.
A young woman with a bright yellow balloon in her mouth giggles as a police car pulls up beside her. Next to her in the Fiat 500, her friend inhales gas from a blue balloon. Both women are visibly high and still giggling as two officers jump out of their car. Their mission: a targeted
Thousands of Paralympic athletes paraded down the Champs-Elysees in Paris to mark the opening ceremony of the 2024 games. The games will see more than 4,000 athletes compete in 22 sports. Here are some of the best images from the opening ceremony. Image: Aircraft of the Patrouille de France fly over Paris. Pic: AP Image:
In this article XEL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Power lines and transmission towers near the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 19. 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence could strain the U.S. electric grid, as power demand from