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UK records 141,472 new COVID cases and further 97 virus-related deaths

The UK has recorded 141,472 new COVID-19 cases and a further 97 deaths in the latest 24-hour period. The latest government figures compare to...

World

Djokovic vs Australia: What both sides say in the tennis star’s deportation legal battle

Both sides in the fight over whether Novak Djokovic should be allowed to enter Australia have now set out the arguments they plan to...

World

Djokovic not told ‘so-called medical exemption’ would be accepted – government says

The Australian government did not tell Novak Djokovic that his “so-called medical exemption” would allow him to enter the country to compete in the...

Politics

Cutting isolation would help and ‘we can show the world how to transition from pandemic to endemic’ – minister

A cabinet minister has said he is in favour of reducing the coronavirus isolation period from seven days to five – provided the move...

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Quick Charge Podcast: January 8, 2022

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and...

Environment

Hydrogen power is gaining momentum, but critics say it’s neither efficient nor green enough

The Linde AG logo on a liquid hydrogen tanker truck taking a fuel delivery at the Linde hydrogen plant in Leuna, Germany, on Tuesday,...

Chinese man brutally attacked in anti-Asian hate crime dies in hospital eight months later

A Chinese man who was brutally attacked while collecting cans in New York City has died of his injuries eight months later. Yao Pan...

Sports

Baffert-trained Under the Stars wins Santa Ynez

8:43 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Under the Stars won the $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes by three-quarters of a length Saturday at...

Technology

This Tesla owner says he mines up to $800 a month in cryptocurrency with his car

In this article TSLA Tesla owner Siraj Raval uses his Model 3 to mine for cryptocurrencies. Siraj Raval Siraj Raval has tried just about...

‘I never saw her again’: Susan Sullivan’s family reflect on her COVID death as UK hits 150,000 deaths

The scale of loss to COVID-19 is so vast, barely a community in the country can have been spared. In north London, John and...

Technology

After a rocky 2021, Uber may be a top pick in the new year, analysts say

In this article UBER Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at a product launch event in San Francisco, California on September 26, 2019. Philip Pacheco...

Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman, who co-wrote The Way We Were, dies aged 93

Oscar-winning composer Marilyn Bergman has died at her home in Los Angeles at age of 93. The lyricist, who teamed with her husband Alan...

‘A terrible toll’: UK passes 150,000 COVID-related deaths since start of pandemic

The UK has recorded more than 150,000 COVID-related deaths since the start of the pandemic after the latest daily figures showed 313 further fatalities....

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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $2,500 Chinese farm truck

Electric farm trucks are awesome – I actually bought one from China to use as a utility vehicle around my parents’ sprawling property. But...

Environment

Iranian immigrant lost $53,000 in crypto hack, says he faces ruin if BitMart doesn’t pay him back

Sarayut Thaneerat | Moment | Getty Images Victims of the $200 million BitMart hack say that five weeks have passed since the crypto exchange...

Technology

You can now legally bet on sports from your phone in New York, just in time for the NFL regular-season finale

In this article CZR RSI DKNG Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers looks to pass during a game against the Seattle Seahawks...

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Denise Van Outen splits from fiance after seven-year relationship

TV presenter Denise Van Outen has revealed that she made the “difficult decision” to split from her fiance Eddie Boxshall, after a seven-year-long relationship....

Technology

Taking a driverless Waymo in Phoenix over the holidays was fun but unsettling

Jennifer Elias | CNBC Like many travelers over the holidays, I got stuck last week in my effort to get back home. I live...

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‘Please be at peace’: Sinead O’Connor pays tribute to teenage son who has died after going missing

The 17-year-old son of Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has died a day after he went missing. O’Connor paid tribute to her son Shane in...

World

At least 56 killed in Tigray airstrike on camp for internally displaced, air workers say

At least 56 people have been killed in an air strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray,...