Automakers are racing to produce electric vehicles, yet few firms currently know how to recycle old EV batteries. Experts at the Argonne National Laboratory, a US Department of Energy science and engineering research center in Lemont, Illinois, are inviting the public to listen in as experts explore the challenges – and solutions – of recycling lithium-ion batteries. How
Current gasoline prices are shown in Garden Grove, California, March 29, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Gasoline is nearing an average $5 per gallon across the U.S., but while consumers are feeling the pain, prices are not yet at a level that would tip the economy into a recession, economists said. Where that breaking point
9:20 AM ET The second edition of the CONCACAF Nations League began in June 2022. Here’s a guide for all you need to know about the competition. JUMP TO: Format | Groups | Fixtures | Dates for USMNT and Mexico | Final Four | Promotion/Relegation | CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifying What is the CONCACAF Nations
Canada is poised to become the first country in the world to require a health warning be printed on every cigarette. It follows the inclusion of graphic photo warnings on tobacco products’ packaging – a policy that started an international trend when it was introduced two decades ago. The UK introduced the same in 2008.
Tim Cook speaks onstage at the TIME100 Summit 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Jemal Countess | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images U.S. lawmakers should advance privacy legislation currently being debated “as soon as possible,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a letter to Congress on Friday. Cook sent the letter a day after
In this article TSLA Elon Musk, during an event at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Bloomberg /Getty Tesla just filed its annual proxy statement with the SEC and revealed it plans a three-for-one stock split, and that board member Larry Ellison does not plan to stand for re-election. Shares
Justin Bieber has revealed he has been struck by a rare virus that caused half of his face to be temporarily paralysed. The Canadian singer was recently forced to cancel dates in North America. In a video on Instagram, Bieber, 28, revealed he has been diagnosed with a rare syndrome called Ramsay Hunt, which left
Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco at the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. David A. Grogan | CNBC Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has just waded into one of the most politically contentious debates in the country. In an all-hands meeting with employees, Robbins called for new gun laws, including additional background checks, in response
Donald Trump has rebuked his daughter and former White House aide Ivanka after she rejected the former president’s claim of fraud at the 2020 US election. Mr Trump said his daughter was not involved in looking at election results and “had long since checked out”. The comments were made in the aftermath of a hearing
Prince Charles is said to have privately called the UK government’s plans to send some illegal migrants to Rwanda “appalling”. The first deportations under the contentious deal are expected to happen next week after the High Court ruled on Friday that a flight taking asylum seekers to the east African country can go ahead. They
Defence and Security Analyst Professor Michael Clarke says that Russian forces are “pinned in place” in the besieged city of Severodonetsk. He says that the Russians are obsessed with the city over its “symbolic” importance, so Ukrainian forces are taking advantage of that and continuing the battle to protect two key cities further west. #UkraineWar
CNN’s Carl Bernstein and John Dean discuss what evidence the January 6th committee may have to link former President Donald Trump to a coup attempt on January 6th and why Americans should keep their on on Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY). #donlemontonight #carlbernstein #johndean #cnn
Los Angeles-based micromobility company Bird is looking to trim down, at the cost of hundreds of jobs. The shared electric scooter company has reportedly let go 23% of its employees in its latest round of layoffs. Particularly hard hit was Bird’s consumer product division, which expanded to include electric bikes and electric scooters that were
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has ruled out the prospect of a Russian gas ban in the European Union’s next package of sanctions, saying it would be “impossible.” Landlocked Hungary is overwhelmingly dependent on Russian hydrocarbons. Szijjarto’s comments come as President Vladimir Putin says he believes the West will not be able to wean itself
The Sun is riddled with mystery. People on Earth are about 150 million kilometres away from the Sun and only have a limited view of the star. Add to that the fact that the Sun’s surface is scorching hot, and it’s constantly ejecting particles at a speed of around 1 million miles per hour. So,
As Westminster lurches to the end of the worst week so far for the prime minister, there is only one clear winner evident as the fog of war subsides. It’s not Sir Keir Starmer – Labour folk are fretting about their lack of impact at the moment. Nor is it the 148 Tory rebels who
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has defended his company’s business model and the controversial “buy now, pay later” industry. Klarna lets consumers buy things that they might not necessarily be able to afford at that moment in time. Its 150 million customers pay a relatively small amount up front and pay back the rest later. In
Scientists have discovered the building ingredients of life on an asteroid in space for the first time. More than 20 amino acids have been identified on the space rock Ryugu, which is more than 200 million miles from Earth. Scientists studied materials taken from the asteroid by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 probe,
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has raised the issue of two British men sentenced to death by a Russian-backed court with her Ukrainian counterpart. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was said to be “appalled” by the sentences handed to Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and has ordered ministers to do “everything in their power” to secure their
Lenders to Matalan, one of Britain’s biggest budget retailers, are preparing for crunch talks about the chain’s future financing against a backdrop of soaring inflation and deepening economic gloom. Sky News has learnt that Matalan’s senior bondholders are lining up Perella Weinberg Partners to advise them on their options with a £350m repayment due to