At first glance, there is nothing altogether unusual about the train. Sitting on the platform at Spandau station in the suburbs of Berlin, it looks much the same as every other one. But do not be fooled, for this train, manufactured by French group Alstom, is very special indeed. It runs not on electricity or
Nancy Pelosi is making her first comments after the brutal attack her husband Paul Pelosi received in their home in San Francisco. “Yesterday morning, a violent man broke into our family home, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul,” read the letter Pelosi wrote to her colleagues. “Our children, our grandchildren and
Stratolaunch’s “The Roc” performed test flight number 8 on Friday, Oct 28, 2022, at Mojave airport. This was the first test flight with the Talon-A separation Test vehicle. Stratolaunch’s “The Roc” performs test flight 8 Friday. Mojave airport CA/USA, Oct 28,2022. This was the first test flight with the Talon-A separation Test vehicle. (Photo by
US house speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she and her family are “heartbroken and traumatised” after a “violent man” broke into her San Francisco home and attacked her husband. Paul Pelosi, 82, is recovering from a skull fracture after he was struck with a hammer by an intruder on Friday. The Democrat broke her silence
Labour is urging the government to publish its assessments of Suella Braverman’s security breach following her controversial reappointment as home secretary just six days after she was forced out. New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure over reinstating Ms Braverman as home secretary after a former party chair claimed she had committed “multiple
Cloud computing was the lifeline that kept many companies running during the pandemic. But it was a classic case of medicine that comes with serious side effects. Having anywhere, anytime access to data and apps gives companies tremendous flexibility in a fast-changing world, plus the means to scale and customize IT at will. The cloud
Hot DAMN. When it comes to iconic artists like Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton… nobody can really do ’em the kind of justice they deserve. Many can come close, many can do a damn good job, but there’s usually just something missing… Enter Chris Stapleton. Chris could sing the phone book and turn it into an
I recently spent an entire month in Edinburgh, Scotland. I had the absolute pleasure of being cast in a gender-swapped, American folk musical retelling of Pride and Prejudice called Prejudice and Pride. I played Luke Charlton, a pastiche of Charlotte Lucas. After three weeks playing in Kansas City, the show went to play at the
Too Little, Too Late “I want to apologize because God has showed me by what Adidas is doing, by what the media is doing, I know what it feels to have a knee on my neck right now,” rapper told paparazzi Kanye West spoke with paparazzi on Friday night, where he said he did not
Halloween Tragedy in Seoul Another 150 people were injured in the capital’s Itaewon district, according to officials At least 149 people died and another 150 were injured during a crowd surge on Saturday night in Seoul, South Korea’s Itaewon district, the city’s fire department said. As The New York Times reports, the popular nightlife area
Rihanna is officially back in the music scene … releasing ‘Lift Me Up’ for the latest ‘Black Panther’ movie — her first solo drop in about 6 years. While it’s not a dance track like many fans had expected, RiRi harmonizes over a slow beat … before singing “Lift me up, hold me down, keep
Realme 10 5G, which has been tipped to make its debut in November this year as the Chinese tech giant’s variant successor to the vanilla Realme 10, has now reportedly been spotted on the China Compulsory Certification (3C) website with the model number RMX3663. The listing suggests that the latest smartphone’s launch is imminent, while
Octopus Energy has sealed its deal to buy Bulb, a collapsed energy rival that has been funded by billions of pounds in government support for nearly a year. Octopus said it is taking on Bulb’s 1.5 million customers “bringing an end to taxpayer losses and uncertainty for Bulb customers and employees”. It added: “Octopus is
General Motors is suspending its advertising on Twitter, saying it needs time to evaluate the service’s new direction in the wake of Elon Musk’s purchase. The Detroit automaker revealed its plans to CNBC on Friday, saying it was ‘pausing” advertising, but would continue its interaction with customers on the platform. “We are engaging with Twitter to
With the contentious issues of automated cargo handling, wages and benefits, few thought this year’s contract talks between dockworkers and employers would be quick or easy. But it now appears it could be several more months before a contract is signed as negotiations have paused over a jurisdictional dispute at a terminal in the Port
Joe Biden has described the violent assault on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband as “despicable” – as San Francisco’s police chief has said it was “not a random attack”. Paul Pelosi, 82, is recovering from a skull fracture after he was attacked by an intruder with a hammer on Friday. The intruder – David
The UK is now spending more of its aid budget at home than in poorer countries, development experts have said. That is because a large proportion of the pot – some £3bn – is being spent on housing refugees, mainly from Ukraine, according to the Centre for Global Development (CGD). The UK aid budget is
Communication services provider Twilio this week disclosed that it experienced another “brief security incident” in June 2022 perpetrated by the same threat actor behind the August hack that resulted in unauthorized access of customer information. The security event occurred on June 29, 2022, the company said in an updated advisory shared this week, as part
Talk about one helluva group. We all know Mike Harmeier as the mastermind and front man for Mike and the Moonpies. Harmeier is one of the best singers/songwriters in the independent country music realm, and Mike and the Moonpies have been killing the game for over a decade now, including their 2021 One to Grow On album,
The dangerous thing about this iteration of the book banning brigade is that they are using strategies and resources that weren’t around in decades earlier. While book banners in the 1990s and the 2020s both equate queer books/kids/teachers/etc. with pedophilia, they are finding this (mis)information and spreading it faster than they ever could in years