Shell recently reported its highest-ever annual profit of nearly $40 billion. Paul Ellis | Afp | Getty Images Shell‘s directors are being personally sued for allegedly failing to adequately manage the risks associated with the climate emergency in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that could have widespread implications for how other companies plan to cut emissions. Environmental
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JB Straubel sits down with CNBC’s Phil LeBeau at Redwood Materials. Redwood Materials has attained a $2 billion loan commitment from the Department of Energy, the agency announced on Thursday via its loan programs office. The battery-recycling startup will use the funding to build and expand its battery recycling facility outside of Reno, Nevada. The
The US Department of Transportation said on Thursday it is investigating Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink over the potentially illegal movement of hazardous pathogens. A Department of Transportation spokesperson told Reuters about the probe after the Physicians Committee of Responsible Medicine (PCRM), an animal-welfare advocacy group, wrote to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg earlier on Thursday
Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has announced she is standing down as an MP at the next general election, blaming the “sheer stupidity” of her colleagues who “got rid of Boris Johnson”. The Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire fought back tears as she delivered the news on her TalkTV show, saying the decision had followed
The first images of Nicola Bulley on the day she vanished have been shared by her family, as a desperate search for the missing dog walker continues. The mother-of-two was last seen on 27 January, walking her dog Willow in Lancashire, and police are working on the theory she fell into the River Wyre. New
CNN correspondent Selina Wang asks Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning about the government’s claims that the balloon shot down by the U.S. was a weather balloon and not a spy balloon. See the exchange. #shorts #cnn #news
Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have been restored after he was banned in the wake of the deadly Capitol riot two years ago. Users of the social media sites can again see the former US president’s pages, with the last post on his Facebook made on 6 January 2021, when he wrote: “I am
Burt Bacharach, one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century, has died aged 94. The US musician composed more than 500 songs during his career and was behind hits such as I Say A Little Prayer, Walk On By, Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head, and Do You Know The Way To San Jose. Bacharach
5:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent For all the talk of fabulous tactics and that fiery desire to win, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola believes it’s an ability to “smell” what’s going on with his teams that is his greatest asset as a football manager. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) During news conferences,
Takeaway delivery platform Deliveroo has announced it is to cut roughly 350 jobs, equivalent to about 9% of the company workforce. Roles across the global Deliveroo business will be impacted, founder and chief executive Will Shu told staff, but it is understood that UK employees will be worst hit by the losses. The majority of
More than 20,500 people are now confirmed to have died in a devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday. The total number who are recorded as having been killed is at least 20,511, including 17,134 in Turkey and 3,377 in the neighbouring war-ravaged country. Both nations were hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake
“The majority of smugglers lose their money on gambling, drugs and discos.” Those are the words of someone involved in cross-Channel people smuggling. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, they lifted the lid on how people make it to Britain on small boats. In just a few days, the government is set to publish
The search for missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley has been moved to the coastline nearly two weeks after her disappearance. Two boats with specialist police teams have been searching in the sea at Morecambe Bay, before heading upstream on either side of the River Wyre. The 45-year-old went missing while walking her dog in St Michael’s
The soaring cost of childcare in the UK is revealed in new figures today, suggesting nurseries will raise fees by £1,000 this year. A survey of 1,156 providers by the Early Years Alliance found nine out of 10 expect to increase fees, typically in April, and by an average of 8% – higher than in
Tens of thousands of rail workers may return to picket lines after their union rejected revised pay offers to avert more walkouts. The RMT union had been deliberating over a 5% pay rise, backdated to January last year, along with a 4% hike for 2023. Train operators and Network Rail called it their “best and
Tesla’s former head of AI, Andrej Karpathy, announced that he is joining OpenAI, an AI startup originally co-founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Karpathy joined Tesla more than five years ago as a neural net and computer vision expert. He joined as Tesla was transitioning from using Mobileye’s technology for driver-assist features to its own
In this article HOOD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The board of directors of Robinhood has approved a plan to buy up to 55 million shares bought by Sam Bankman-Fried last year. The ex-CEO of the now bankrupt crypto exchange FTX originally purchased his
The company behind many popular consumer brands including Marmite and Magnum ice creams has said it expects price growth to ease later this year but not find a reverse gear. As the cost of living crisis continues to harm household spending power, Unilever forecast a €1.5bn (£1.3bn) impact from inflation during the first half of
SpaceX plans to fire up all 33 engines powering its massive Starship launch system ahead of its first orbital launch, a key milestone in the company’s efforts to reach the moon and Mars. The so-called static fire is scheduled for Thursday, Gwynne Shotwell, the company’s president and chief operating officer, said Wednesday at an industry
A forensic search and rescue expert has questioned whether Nicola Bulley’s phone could have been left as a decoy. Peter Faulding said he would be looking closely at the phone evidence and was “surprised” Nicola had not been found in the river, if high frequency sonar was being used. He said it was “quite a