ISRO announced on Thursday that the payload capability of India’s heaviest LVM3 rocket has been enhanced by up to 450kg with a successful engine test. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation, the CE20 cryogenic engine indigenously developed for Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) was subjected to a successful hot test at an uprated thrust level
A man has been sentenced to a further 15 years in prison – in addition to the 18 he has already served – for setting his partner on fire and causing her death 21 years later. Steven Craig, 58, covered Jacqueline Kirk in petrol and set her alight in a car park in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
More than 100,000 soldiers have been killed or wounded on each side of the Ukraine-Russia war, America’s top general has estimated. General Mark Milley also said as many as 40,000 Ukrainian civilians had most likely been killed, but added the two armies have “probably” suffered a similar level of causalities. Speaking to the Economic Club
Bitcoin hovered just above a two-year low overnight and other cryptocurrencies suffered heavy losses as FTX teetered on the brink of collapse. It had emerged on Wednesday that the Binance exchange had walked away from a non-binding bailout offer of smaller rival FTX – once the sector’s fourth-largest exchange. Binance said: “As a result of
Jennifer Aniston has revealed she tried to get pregnant through IVF and said she has “zero regrets”. The Friends actress said “the baby-making road” was “challenging” in an interview with Allure magazine. The 53-year-old discussed the effect media scrutiny has had on her over the years and described her late 30s and 40s as “really
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Binance is backing out of its plans to acquire FTX, the company said Wednesday, leaving Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire on the verge of collapse. The reversal comes one day after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced that the world’s largest cryptocurrency firm had reached a non-binding deal to buy FTX’s non-U.S. businesses for an undisclosed amount, rescuing the
The Princess of Wales was cheered by crowds as she braved the rain to meet players at the Rugby League World Cup quarter-final between England and Papua New Guinea. #Shorts #PrincessOfWales #RugbyLeague
The United Nations Security Council is the most significant part of the UN. CNN Senior UN Correspondent Richard Roth explains.
Is Rishi Sunak’s baptism of fire as prime minister evidence that politicians who’ve been Leader of the Opposition make the best PMs? Some MPs claim Mr Sunak’s early blunders – the disastrous appointment of Sir Gavin Williamson to the cabinet table and his COP27 U-turn, for example – reveal not only a lack of experience
In this article TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Twitter profile page belonging to Elon Musk is seen on an Apple iPhone mobile phone. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images When Elon Musk said last week that Twitter has experienced a “massive drop in revenue” under his recent tutelage, he blamed the decline
Britain is in the grip of a mental health crisis that is causing workers to drop out of the labour market and fuelling staff shortages. The number of people neither working nor seeking work has ballooned since the pandemic to almost nine million. Figures analysed by Sky News show that this is being driven by
Joe Biden has described the midterm results so far as a “good day for democracy” and a “good day for America”. Speaking at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, the president said the results, although still unclear, represent a “clear and unmistakable message to preserve our democracy”. “The American people have spoken and shown that
This may well be the beginning of the end of Donald Trump. The story of the night is his reverse Midas touch. Nearly every candidate he touched seems to have done worse than those he did not pick. The man who lost the last election and the popular vote in both the last two elections
Tesla and Zoom have announced that they are officially teaming up to bring video conferencing inside Tesla vehicles. Over the last few years, Tesla has invested heavily in features that are aimed to be useful for the in-car experience when its vehicles become self-driving. I am talking about in-car video games and Tesla Theater, which
A lithium-ion battery photographed at a Volkswagen facility in Germany. Lithium-ion batteries are crucial components in electric vehicles. Jan Woitas | Picture Alliance | Getty Images LONDON — A facility described as the U.K.’s “first large-scale lithium refinery” will be located in the north of England, with those behind the project hoping its output will
The lying in state of the monarch has now come to a close. Chrissy Heerey was the final person in the queue which, at its peak, stretched for miles across London
Russia launched a barrage of missile strikes at Ukrainian cities as it ramped up its attacks on infrastructure facilities across the country. Despite the attacks and Putin’s warning of more airstrikes, Ukrainians who spoke with CNN’s Nic Robertson say they plan on staying and are “ready for this.” #cnn #News
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg told the world last October that he was rebranding Facebook to Meta as the company pushes toward the metaverse. Facebook | via Reuters Meta is laying off 13% of its staff, or more than 11,000 employees, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter
The political thinking behind Sunak’s five pledges Sam Coates Deputy political editor @SamCoatesSky Rishi Sunak announced his five pledges in January 2023 in order to show a decisive change of approach from the chaos of the Boris Johnson and Liz Truss premierships. The pledges, overseen by campaign chief Isaac Levido, were designed to show the