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Elon Musk

World's first fully self-driving car will be ready this year, Elon Musk claims

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said the electric car maker will have fully self-driving vehicles on the road by the end of the year.During an earnings call with investors on Wednesday, the serial entrepreneur revealed that he is already testing an updated version of the firm's Autopilot software on his…

bubmagJuly 23, 2020

Brexit Negotiator

UK and EU research leaders urge Brexit negotiators to compromise on Horizon Europe agreement

In a joint statement, over 100 organisations and individuals representing the research community across the UK and Europe have set out how negotiators could secure an agreement on UK participation in the EU’s major research framework programme. As negotiators continue the fifth round of discussions on the post-Brexit EU-UK relationship…

bubmagJuly 23, 2020

Electric Car

Tesla reports $104m profit in second quarter of 2020 as 'ridiculous' market valuation soars

Tesla has posted a second-quarter profit for its fourth quarter in a row, with a net profit of US$104 million (approximately £81.9 million) in the three months to June.The electric car company, led by entrepreneur Elon Musk, now boasts a market value of around US$300 billion, making it the world’s…

bubmagJuly 23, 2020

Belfast

Flybe failure: six vacant Belfast City-Great Britain routes taken over by Aer Lingus

Twenty weeks to the day after Flybe collapsed, the airport worst hit by the collapse has announced that six vacant routes are to be filled by the autumn. Britain’s biggest regional airline failed in the early hours of 5 March 2020, as the coronavirus crisis was starting to affect aviation.…

bubmagJuly 23, 2020

Tories and Labour

A year of Boris: how Johnson managed his first 12 months in the job

Boris Johnson will celebrate the end of his first year as prime minister in Orkney, a part of the UK in which one storm is gathering as another appears to have passed.It has been more than a month since the island’s last positive test for Covid-19, its ninth in total,…

bubmagJuly 23, 2020

Black Thursday

News24.com | Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa picks fight with tycoon over economy crash

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa is at odds with a business tycoon who could help Zimbabwe. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration on June 27 restricted almost all mobile-money transactions. The battle pits Mnangagwa, who came to power in a November 2017 coup, against Strive Masiyiwa, the businessman who founded and controls Econet.…

bubmagJuly 23, 2020

Belfast

Belfast City Airport: Six new UK routes announced

Aer Lingus and Stobart Air are to operate six new routes from Belfast City Airport.They will fly to Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, East Midlands, Leeds-Bradford and Exeter.The new services will start on a phased basis from August.Belfast City's chief executive Brian Ambrose said the airport is "delighted Aer Lingus is to…

bubmagJuly 23, 2020

Brexit Negotiator

Brexit trade deal 'unlikely', Michel Barnier warns Boris Johnson

A Brexit trade deal is now looking "unlikely" because of British intransigence on key issues, the EU's chief negotiator has warned.Speaking on Thursday after a round of negotiations in London Michel Barnier said told reporters that "the time for answers is quickly running out"."By its current refusal to commit to…

bubmagJuly 23, 2020

Homeless

Home Office breaking law by leaving destitute asylum seekers homeless

Asylum seekers are becoming homeless because the Home Office is unlawfully failing to provide them with accommodation.Under asylum law, the Home Office is required to grant housing and support to asylum seekers who are waiting on their claims, or whose claims have been refused but who aren’t able to leave…

bubmagJuly 23, 2020

Panda

Columbus Zoo searching for missing red panda

POWELL, Ohio (AP) - Staff at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium were searching dense vegetation within the complex for a red panda that disappeared from its habitat. The small nocturnal mammal, which is about the size of a raccoon, was last seen in her Asia Quest habitat on Tuesday evening.…

bubmagJuly 23, 2020

World's first fully self-driving car will be ready this year, Elon Musk claims

UK and EU research leaders urge Brexit negotiators to compromise on Horizon Europe agreement

Tesla reports $104m profit in second quarter of 2020 as 'ridiculous' market valuation soars

Flybe failure: six vacant Belfast City-Great Britain routes taken over by Aer Lingus

A year of Boris: how Johnson managed his first 12 months in the job

News24.com | Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa picks fight with tycoon over economy crash

Belfast City Airport: Six new UK routes announced

Brexit trade deal 'unlikely', Michel Barnier warns Boris Johnson

Home Office breaking law by leaving destitute asylum seekers homeless

Columbus Zoo searching for missing red panda

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