Lebanon’s government has resigned amid mounting anger over the explosion on Tuesday that devastated parts of Beirut and left more than 200 people dead. The announcement was made in a national TV address by Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday evening. Many people have accused...
An ex-engineer for Google’s self-driving car unit has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for trade secret theft shortly before he joined Uber. US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said Anthony Levandowski had carried out the “biggest trade secret crime I have...
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have described the rumbles, heat and jolts of returning from space in the Crew Dragon spacecraft on Sunday. Behnken vividly described the clouds rushing by the window and jolts that were like being “hit in the back of the...
The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Kimberlee Perry, founder of trampoline fitness company Bounce. “You need to connect with other people, it makes you feel good,” says Kimberlee Perry. Before coronavirus hit,...
The Nobel Peace Prize winner and prominent Northern Ireland politician John Hume has died aged 83. He died in the early hours of Monday at Owen Mor nursing home in Londonderry. One of the highest-profile politicians in Northern Ireland for more than 30 years, he...
A Conservative MP has been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of rape. The Sunday Times reported that the allegations against the former minister were made by an ex-parliamentary employee. The Met Police said the allegations relate to four separate incidents alleged to have...
A man living in Bognor Regis – on the UK south coast – is one of three individuals charged over a major Twitter hack, according to the US Department of Justice. Californian authorities filed felony charges against Mason Sheppard, 19. The UK’s National Crime Agency...
Amazon is ramping up its online grocery service with the aim of serving millions of shoppers across the UK by the end of 2020. Online food sales have almost doubled during the pandemic with grocers struggling to keep up with demand. Amazon is now after...
Outliers have a tendency to give the masses the wrong ideas. When we hear stories about a seven-year-old who can speak 14 different languages, or see a video of someone with a photographic memory repeating back every single person’s name in a fifty person auditorium,...
When Brandon Humberston’s weekly unemployment benefits finally kicked in after months of waiting, the $750 (£586) cheque was a “godsend”. Suddenly the 19-year-old, who worked as a cook at Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle until the pandemic cost him his job, could pay rent and buy...
“I’ve heard that men are like fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it’s up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.”
