Category: Technology, Culture, Food, World
The underwater ‘kites’ generating electricity as they move
Tim Ecott Business reporter, Tórshavn Minesto The energy-generating kites “fly” under the water, tethered to the seabed A pair of sleek, winged machines are “flying”…
‘The world’s longest and most spectacular hijacking’
Bangor Daily News Airline official Norman Kaye looks out at hijacked TWA85 at Bangor airport, Maine At the high point of the 1960s spate of…
Trump says Zelensky to sign ‘very big agreement’ in US on Friday – live updates
No security guarantees in initial agreement, Zelensky sayspublished at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 13:29 GMTBreaking James WaterhouseUkraine correspondent in Kyiv Image source, Reuters President Zelensky…
Clare Smyth talks long hours and chopping onions with blogger Rosie Bensberg
MARTIN EBERLEN Rosie Bensberg is a 23-year-old food blogger from Oxford who’s gone from learning to cook carbonara with her dad to graduating with a…
Could English wine conquer the world?
Daniel Thomas Business reporter BBC Lucy Fernandez from Toronto says she wouldn’t buy Chapel Down’s white wine France, Italy and Spain are some of the…
How the new coronavirus will finally get a proper name
Jasmine Taylor-Coleman BBC News Reuters Volunteers disinfect a railway station in Hunan province, China It has infected thousands of people, closed borders and put parts…
Dairy giant Arla says driver crisis hitting milk supply
Arla Foods Dairy giant Arla, which supplies milk to all major UK supermarkets, has said a lorry driver shortage has forced it to cut back…
DUP calls passport plan ‘a distraction dish’
BBC A Covid vaccine passport QR code for domestic use in Northern Ireland can be downloaded through the COVIDCert NI app The Covid-19 passport plan…
UK pig exports ‘facing a crisis’
BBC There are currently about 100,000 pigs stuck on UK farms, according to the National Pig Association A “perfect storm” of Covid impacts and post-Brexit…
Government accused of ‘rowing back’ on workers’ rights
Getty Images Employers’ groups and trade unions have expressed concern at the lack of an Employment Bill in the Queen’s Speech. Prime Minister Boris Johnson…