Oracle confirms being picked by Bytedance to be app’s partner
BBC US tech firm Oracle has confirmed that TikTok’s owner has formally proposed it become a “trusted technology partner” to the video-sharing app. Full details of the tie-up have yet to be disclosed, but the aim is to avoid President Trump’s threat to shut down the Chinese-owned service in the US. Mr Trump has cited […]
US lawmakers race to secure last-minute deal to keep government running – live updates
Musk spreads falsehoods among flurry of tweets about previous billpublished at 01:03 Greenwich Mean Time 01:03 GMT Jake Horton & Mike WendlingBBC Verify Image source, Reuters Elon Musk went on a tear on Wednesday, tweeting dozens of times about the earlier – now scuppered – proposed spending bill. The Tesla and SpaceX boss is a […]
Seoul power: Asia’s unlikely expat haven
Getty Images While not an obvious choice for the jet-setting expat, South Korea’s high-energy capital has a lot to offer foreign professionals, writes Jason Strother. There’s a certain energy to Seoul. Legend has it that the city was selected as the Chosun Dynasty’s capital in the late 14th Century due to the natural vitality emitted […]
Elon Musk makes another space tourism promise
Getty Images SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket made its first flight in February Elon Musk’s space company says it has signed up the first private passenger to fly around the moon on its huge Big Falcon Rocket (BFR). SpaceX said the announcement for the BFR was an important step toward everyday access to space. No details […]
The rebirth of America’s forgotten tea
Matt Stirn Today, small-scale yaupon growers are promoting sustainability and the beverage’s indigenous roots (Credit: Matt Stirn) It is North America’s only known native caffeinated plant and once threatened the British East India Company. So why has the world forgotten about it? What if you were surrounded by tea and didn’t know it? In an […]
The Old War Office reveals secrets as it becomes a luxury London hotel
BBC The Old War Office was built using 25 million bricks and 26,000 tonnes of Portland stone For nearly 120 years the grand arched door of an enormous opulent building in London’s Whitehall remained firmly shut to the public. Known as the Old War Office, it was a place of work for some of the […]
Can it save us from another lockdown?
Getty Images Mass testing is being touted as a way of getting us much closer to a normal life and even of avoiding lockdowns in the future. Testing everyone – even those without symptoms – can be an incredibly powerful tool for rooting out the virus. Boris Johnson has promised a “massive expansion” in such […]
12 of the most striking images of 2024
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) From the awe-inspiring photo of a surfer in Tahiti to the iconic shot of US president-elect Trump captured after an assassination attempt, these are 12 of the most eye-catching images of the last year. Reuters (Credit: Reuters) 1. Solar eclipse, Bloomington, Indiana, US An airplane bisects a total solar eclipse […]
Africa’s surreal ‘Mountains of the Moon’
Misugo/Getty The Rwenzori Mountains National Park has Unesco listing as an area of exceptional natural beauty (Credit: Misugo/Getty) After devastating floods, mountain guides in western Uganda have begun rebuilding the lost trails, carving 22km of new routes through one of Africa’s most beautiful alpine areas. Even from our 3,000m altitude, the Nyamwamba River in western […]
Women’s Ashes: England captain Heather Knight says bowlers will have to work hard for victory
But she says that her team should look to India’s Test match in Australia last September for inspiration. “Jhulan Goswami in particular was outstanding – the way she bowled, how she was disciplined with her length and found a little bit of movement to challenge the Aussie batters around that off-stump line. So we’ve talked […]