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Fed eyes faster recovery for US economy from COVID crisis

The US central bank has raised expectations of a faster recovery from the coronavirus crisis, signalling it will allow the economy to run hot...

Environment

Rooftop Solar in California is Ready to Take the Next Step

Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists.By Mohit Chhabra and Julia de Lamare California leads the nation in fighting climate change because of state policies that...

Technology

Kevin Mayer talks about his disappointing departures at Disney and TikTok, and the long decline of pay TV

Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer & International division of The Walt Disney Company Kevin Mayer took part today in the Disney+ Showcase at Disney’s D23 EXPO...

Sports

Jeff Passan predicts the 2021 MLB season from every possible angle

7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” With...

UK to face ‘significant reduction’ in COVID vaccine supplies from 29 March

The UK is going to face a “significant reduction” in vaccine supplies from 29 March onwards, according to a letter from NHS England. The...

Environment

Join The CleanTechnica Community — Officially!

Dear Readers, This community we call CleanTechnica is an important one to all who make it possible, and we know it’s important to all...

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Eddie Izzard: ‘I’m a trans superhero – but if I’d lived in Nazi Germany I’d have been murdered for it’

Eddie Izzard has been speaking openly about her gender fluidity for years, but the comedian and actor’s latest role has bought home how lucky...

Politics

Hancock says vaccine rollout a ‘huge team effort’ after Cummings calls his department a ‘smoking ruin’

The health secretary has played down criticism from Dominic Cummings, who described the Department of Health and Social Care as a “smoking ruin” in...

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Patsy does a Piers: EastEnders star shuts down GMB interview due to ‘addict’ tag

Patsy Palmer has shut down an interview with Good Morning Britain after being billed as going from “addict to wellness guru”. The former EastEnders...

World

Foreign sec calls EU threat to block vaccine exports to UK and others ‘brinkmanship’

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has threatened to block vaccine exports to the UK and other countries with markedly higher rollouts of...

Demi Lovato says she was raped at 15 by someone she knew while working for Disney Channel

Demi Lovato says she was raped when she was just 15 and working for the Disney Channel in the late 2000s. Speaking in her...

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Line Of Duty returns: We didn’t float up the Lagan in a bubble – here’s everything you need to know

For the DIR, for the next few weeks we’re only interested in one thing here and one thing only – and that’s catching bent...

Business

Ministers to ban ‘rewards for failure’ in governance crackdown

New rules to end ‘rewards for failure’ in boardrooms are to be unveiled by ministers this week with the release of a long-awaited white...

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Quick Charge Podcast: March 16, 2021

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

Volkswagen CEO says he wants to ‘get close and then overtake’ Tesla

The underbody of an ID.3 electric vehicle is assembled at a Volkswagen facility in Dresden, Germany, on January 29, 2021. Matthias Rietschel | picture...

World

Uighurs: MPs ‘appalled’ firms can’t guarantee supply chains free of forced labour in China

Companies in the UK “still cannot guarantee that their supply chains are free from forced labour” from the Uighur people in Xinjiang in China,...

Shootings at Atlanta Asian massage parlours leave eight dead

Eight people have been killed in shootings at massage parlours in and around Atlanta, Georgia. A 21-year-old man suspected of carrying out all three...

Football’s sex abuse scandal: Review to be published into game’s ‘darkest secret’

An independent review into historical sexual abuse is set to be published by the Football Association (FA) later. Conducted by Clive Sheldon QC, it...

Technology

Palantir CEO rips Wall Street as having a ‘destructive’ and ‘corrosive’ short-term focus

Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp sharply criticized Wall Street on Tuesday, saying there’s too much emphasis on near-term gains at the expense of developing...

Sports

Banned trainer’s stable has winner at Cheltenham

5:45 PM ET Associated Press CHELTENHAM, England — A horse from the yard of banned trainer Gordon Elliott won a race on the opening...