March 19, 2021 - Brief Briefing

Dubai Open: Harris, Karatsev continue upsets to set up final clash

6:44 PM ET Associated Press Lloyd Harris continued his run of upsets at the Dubai Championships by beating the third-seeded Denis Shapovalov 6-7 (5),...

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Sports

2021 NBA trade deadline: Latest buzz, news and reports

Mar 12, 2021 The 2021 NBA trade deadline is on March 25 and teams will have to decide whether they are buyers or sellers...

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Environment

New Solar Farm Piles Even More Green Onto Green Energy

Green energy just keeps getting greener and greener. In the latest development, the biggest agrivoltaic research project in the US is taking shape in...

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New Army special operations Ranger Regiment to take on ‘high threat’ missions overseas

A new Ranger Regiment is being set up to complement the expertise of the SAS and take on “high threat” missions overseas. Under the...

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Entertainment

Tesla secures order for world’s first 8,000-ton casting machine to build Cybertruck pickup truck

Tesla has secured an order for the world’s first 8,000-ton casting machine, which is expected to be key to produce the Cybertruck pickup truck....

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Environment

Cloud-based tech is being used at a major German port to boost efficiency in shipping

The Schwedenkai in Kiel, Germany. Kerrick | iStock Unreleased | Getty Images A major port in northern Germany is using technology from Siemens to...

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Sports

Four more lawsuits filed vs. Watson; total to 7

11:36 AM ET HOUSTON — Four more civil lawsuits have been filed against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, alleging similar inappropriate conduct and sexual...

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World

Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A human tide of refugees – with little to keep them alive

The Tsehaye Elementary School in Shire, Ethiopia, offers some sort of sanctuary, a place of refuge for people on the run. But there is...

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Technology

Chinese military reportedly restricts use of Tesla cars among personnel

A Model Y vehicle displayed at a Tesla flagship store on Jan. 4, 2021 in Shanghai, China. Gao Yuwen | Visual China Group |...

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Environment

“Empowered By Light” Recycles Old EV Batteries For Microgrid Applications

I saw a tweet by Leilani Münter in my feed recently that was rather inspiring. Leilani shared that she loved the latest Light Empowered...

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Technology

Apple’s privacy change is poised to increase the power of its App Store

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 20: Apple CEO Tim Cook greets customers at the grand reopening of Apple’s flagship Apple Fifth Avenue retail...

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Entertainment

Glastonbury organisers hope to stage concert at Worthy Farm in September

Proposals have been submitted for a concert at the Glastonbury festival site this autumn. The news comes after it was announced in January that...

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Joe Biden ‘just fine’ after falling up stairs while boarding Air Force One

Joe Biden is “just fine” after he fell up a flight of stairs as he boarded his presidential plane on Friday. The US president,...

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World

‘Can you hear how she’s screaming?’ As Russia decriminalises domestic violence, women continue to die

She had just come to collect her things. It was January 2020. Vera Pekhteleva, a 23-year-old university student, had told her boyfriend their...

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Environment

Conjuring Cutting-Edge Conductivity: DOE & NREL Launch CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize

From trains that crisscross the country to the chargers that power your electric car, cables play an essential role in moving electricity — and...

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Business

British Airways and Mirror publisher become latest to signal home working switch

British Airways and the newspaper group behind the Daily Mirror have become the latest big companies to signal a major switch to working from...

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World

Science behind Pfizer vaccine can be used to give people cancer jabs ‘within a couple of years’

The co-creator of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine has said the technology behind it could soon be used to fight cancer too. While the vaccine has...

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Science

ISRO, NIT Rourkela Sign MoU to Set Up Space Technology Incubation Centre

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and National Institute of Technology(NIT), Rourkela have signed an MoU for setting up a Space Technology Incubation Centre(S-TIC). The...

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Politics

Fans could be back in ‘significant numbers’ this summer with help of COVID certificates

Football fans could be allowed to pack into stadiums in “significant numbers” this summer with the help of COVID certificates, the culture secretary has...

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Entertainment