When John Barber developed the first gas turbine in 1791, he probably didn’t expect his invention to be transformative. By 1886, after nearly a century of innovation, Karl Benz began…
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Rishi Sunak blames U.S. trade deal failure on pandemic and war in Ukraine | Political News
Rishi Sunak has refused to accept the government’s failure to reach a trade deal with the US as a “broken word” and blamed the “changing situation” on the pandemic and…
Revolt by GOP hardliners keeps U.S. House closed until next week | US News
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the U.S. House of Representatives postponed all votes until next week. His announcement came after a revolt from the right wing of his own Republican…
WhatsApp adds Twitter-like functionality to follow with new ‘channel’ feature | Tech News
WhatsApp is adding a Twitter-like feature to follow accounts outside of your personal contacts. The new features will be in a new section of the app called “Updates,” separate from…
Smoke in New York: Jodie Comer suspends Broadway show due to breathing difficulties | The Art News
Jodie Comer was forced to cancel a matinee show during a Broadway show after she struggled to breathe due to air pollution from Canadian wildfires. The one-man series Apparently was…
Skin cancer: Smartphone camera lens tech could be used to diagnose thousands of patients | UK News
Tens of thousands of skin cancer patients could be diagnosed faster thanks to new smartphone cameras. The lens — 50p in size — can connect to a smartphone and take…
‘Remarkable’ discovery of 6,000-year-old wood carvings in UK | UK News
A stumbled piece of carved wood is more than 6,000 years old, making it the oldest of its kind in Britain, experts say. These decorative markers were made by Late…
Rishi Sunak’s Washington trip is a chance to make America’s ‘special relationship’ meaningful again | US News
This is a provocative question. Has the much-vaunted term “special relationship” become a cliché? Anglo-American phrases are heavily guarded, especially on the British side. Expect to hear it repeated many…
Boeing indicted for fraud, stolen tool design and leaked fluid | Tech News
The world’s largest aerospace company has been accused of “blatant theft and misuse” of intellectual property that caused a leak on the International Space Station and endangered the lives of…
Crocodile found to have impregnated itself in first known ‘virgin birth’ | Alternative News
A crocodile in Costa Rica has impregnated itself in the first recorded instance of a “virgin birth” in a reptile species. The crocodile was kept in captivity at the zoo…