February 19, 2022 - Brief Briefing

Two injured as helicopter crashes into ocean just feet away from Miami Beach swimmers

A helicopter has crashed into the ocean waters off Miami Beach just feet away from crowds of swimmers. Police said two people in the...

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Politics

Ending COVID restrictions requires big psychological leap – and some of us may never return to normal

The plan to end all legal COVID restrictions marks a key moment for everyone in England – but for Boris Johnson’s premiership too. It...

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Man ‘put his life on the line’ to rescue two screaming children from burning building

A good Samaritan who heard screams from a burning building, jumped through a window and rescued two children. Police in Arizona said the anonymous...

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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: Why does this electric garbage truck look so cool?!

After I had such a good time pretending to operate my own private fire service with the mini electric fire truck I found last...

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Environment

‘Everything is on the table,’ EU chief says of Russian energy sanctions as Ukraine tensions escalate

EU Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen holds a press conference ahead the G20 and the COP26 (Glasgow Conference) in the Berlaymont, the EU...

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People in England will no longer have to self-isolate after testing positive by end of next week

People in England will no longer have to self-isolate after testing positive for coronavirus by the end of next week, Downing Street has said....

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Technology

Supply chain disruptions and senior scams challenged medical alert companies to meet AT&T’s 3G shutdown deadline

In this article T AndreyPopov | iStock | Getty Images As many Americans begin to adopt newer and faster 5G wireless service, an earlier-generation...

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Thousands still without power as Storm Eunice clean-up could cost ‘over £350m’

The clean-up from Storm Eunice could cost more than £350m, it has been warned and thousands are still facing disruption from one of the...

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Technology

Amazon’s sprawling grocery business has become an ‘expensive hobby’ with a cloudy future

In this article AMZN In this Feb. 21, 2020 photo, Dilip Kumar, vice president of physical retail and technology for Amazon, poses for a...

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World

As warnings of a Russian-Ukrainian war grow, the fear is also felt in neighbouring Poland

As warnings of war in Ukraine grow louder, the fear and tension felt in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv are also felt in neighbouring Poland...

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Science

NASA Shows How Flames Appear and Behave in Microgravity

We know how flames behave on Earth, thanks to our use of fire for thousands of years. But how it would behave in microgravity...

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Science

New Species of Armless Dinosaurs That Roamed America, Africa, and Asia Discovered

Researchers have discovered a partially complete skull of new dinosaur species in Argentina that they say could be a close relative of an armless...

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Science

NASA’s Perseverance Completes One Year on Mars: Here Are the Rover’s Top Achievements

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is celebrating the completion of its one-year stay on the Red Planet by learning to run on its rocky surface. The roughly 1,025-kg...

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Business

Spurned Morrisons suitor Fortress plots £5bn takeover of petrol stations giant MFG

An American investment giant is plotting a £5bn takeover of Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Britain’s biggest independent operator of petrol forecourts. Sky News has...

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Game of Thrones writer teams up with Marvel for comic book series

The writer of the hit TV series Game of Thrones is teaming up with Marvel to produce a new series of comic books. George...

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3 things I learned road tripping across 12 states in our Tesla Model 3

We got our Tesla Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive, estimated range of 267 miles, in June 2021. Last autumn, we took it on its first...

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Environment

Texas led the country in new renewable energy projects last year

Transmission towers are shown on June 15, 2021 in Houston, Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which controls approximately 90% of the...

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Technology