Tourism hotspot Dubai has been recognised with a number of top honours at the World Spa Awards. The emirate itself, which has grown to become a leader in the global wellness industry in recent years, was honoured with trophies for Middle East’s Best Spa Destination and World’s Best Spa Destination. Both prizes were in honour […]
Zoe Ball has lost 364,000 weekly listeners from her Radio 2 breakfast show, the latest industry figures reveal. The presenter took over from Chris Evans in January, after he left the station to join Virgin Radio. Ball lost 780,000 listeners in the second quarter of this year. And new figures from industry body Rajar show […]
BERLIN/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Wednesday it had achieved a breakthrough in computing research by using a quantum computer to solve in minutes a complex problem that would take today’s most powerful supercomputer thousands of years to crack. Google researchers expect that quantum computers within a few years will fuel […]
A U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry devolved into chaos on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting Democratic efforts to impeach him over dealings with Ukraine, stormed into a high-security hearing room and delayed testimony by a witness. Advertising Read more The more than two dozen Republican […]
A group of U.S. Democratic and Republican senators have asked the State Department to expedite a travel visa for a commander of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) so that he could brief lawmakers in Washington about the situation in Syria. In an October 23 letter, Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Marsha Blackburn and Democrats Chris […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators and the nation’s top envoy to the Western Balkans criticized the European Union for failing to start membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia, saying it opens the door for greater Russian influence. “We provide an option for the Balkans to look West, not to look back towards Russia and the […]
By Adam Vaughan What happens to the UK’s targets on air pollution following Brexit?Jeff Overs/BBC News & Current Affairs via Getty Images The UK government’s plans for environment laws after Brexit are still not fit for purpose in parts, and there remain questions over the independence of a new environmental watchdog, MPs warn today. The […]
The decision by the US House of Representatives to pass legislation tightening up the scrutiny of Hong Kong’s autonomy from mainland China could mark a significant inflection point in the continuing impasse between the protestors there and the authorities in Beijing. The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, which passed through Congress […]
A Syrian Kurdish boy who was severely burned during the Turkish incursion was evacuated Tuesday from Iraqi Kurdistan to France for medical treatment amid accusations that Turkey used chemical weapons in a Syrian border region. Advertising Read more Strapped to a stretcher, his body secured in protective covering, the young boy emerged from an ambulance […]
The Russian office of environmental activist group Greenpeace on October 23 voiced concern that Russia has again begun accepting uranium tails, a by-product of enriching uranium, from abroad. Citing German government documents, Greenpeace and anti-nuclear group Ekozashchita (Ecodefense) said the nuclear waste, coming from enrichment company Urenco at its Gronau German facility, poses a risk […]