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In this article CORZ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Core Scientific’s 104 megawatt Bitcoin mining data center in Marble, North Carolina Carey McKelvey Core Scientific, one of the largest publicly traded crypto mining companies in the U.S., is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas early Wednesday morning, according to a person familiar
In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT New England Patriots tight end Hunter Henry (85) celebrates his touchdown run against the Cleveland Browns during the third quarter at FirstEnergy Stadium, Oct. 16, 2022. Scott Galvin | USA Today Sports | Reuters The National Football League is finalizing a deal for the rights
Government borrowing reached the highest amount for November since records began in 1993, official data shows. Last month, net public sector borrowing – excluding public sector banks – totalled £22bn, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure was up by £13.9bn compared to November 2021 and nearly £9bn higher than
Elon Musk has said he will resign as CEO of Twitter “as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job”. The Twitter boss said following that he would “just run the software and servers teams”. It comes after Musk launched a poll asking users for their verdict on his tenure, saying he
Responding to Rishi Sunak’s plan to tackle illegal immigration, Sir Keir Starmer said “time and time again this government has not provided serious solutions” and accused Mr Sunak of putting forward an “unworkable gimmick”. He called on the prime minister to clear the immigration backlog of 150,000 cases by the end of next year. #skynews
Did you say “park” or “bark”? Dog behind the wheel causes fender bender. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports. #CNN #News
The days of kids sitting at the bus stop breathing toxic fumes may soon come to an end with new incentives that make electric school buses nearly free for school districts to obtain. Why zero-emission school buses need to be prioritized School buses pick up over 25 million children yearly, covering around 5.7 billion miles.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan gives remarks at an event on new national clean air standards for heavy-duty trucks near the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters on December 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Biden administration on Tuesday announced stricter standards on smog-forming emissions from trucks, vans
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is on his way to the US where he will have a summit with President Joe Biden. The highly sensitive trip marks the first time the Ukrainian president has left Ukraine since Russia invaded on 24 February. Writing on Twitter, Mr Zelenskyy said he was heading to the US to
An open-air bus parade for Argentina’s World Cup heroes had to be called off part-way through to protect the safety of millions of fans who had poured onto the streets of Buenos Aires. Argentina captain Lionel Messi and his fellow teammates instead boarded helicopters for a flyover of the capital, which the government billed as
7:00 AM ET It’s not an exaggeration to suggest we are in a golden era of shortstops. This past season, 12 shortstops reached at least 4.0 WAR via the Baseball-Reference measurement of the metric, one more than in 2021 and matching 2019 for the most ever. Before 2018, there had never been even 10 shortstops
The London-listed advertising technology company whose directors include Rebekah Brooks, the boss of The Sun newspaper’s publisher, has kicked off talks that could lead to it being sold. Sky News has learnt that Tremor International, whose shares have halved in the last 12 months, is working with bankers at Goldman Sachs to solicit takeover interest.
Thousands of ambulance workers in England and Wales are going on strike today – with NHS leaders warning that they cannot guarantee the safety of patients. Speaking to Sky News, Health Secretary Steve Barclay said the system would be “under severe pressure” due to the strike, and urged Britons to use “common sense in terms
When looking back at the year gone by, it is rather hard to know where to start. The death of a monarch, war in mainland Europe, the shortest running prime minister of all time. It has been an extraordinary 12 months of news, especially for the economy. Rather than running through the whole thing in
Female students have been banned from universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect, the Taliban has said. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry, instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students until further notice in accordance with a cabinet decision. The United States and Britain have both
Dec 20, 2022 Augusta National Golf Club announced Tuesday that any golfer who qualified for the Masters tournament based on its previous criteria will be invited to play in 2023, including 16 players who are currently competing in the LIV Golf League. Six past Masters champions are part of the group that defected from the
Elon Musk Twitter page seen on mobile with his poll to step down as head of Twitter Yui Mok | Pa Images | Getty Images Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk is searching for a new chief executive of the company, sources told CNBC’s David Faber. Musk, who acquired the company for $44 billion in
Rishi Sunak has repeatedly refused to say whether the UK would have to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to deliver his government’s plan for removing asylum seekers who arrive illegally. Making his debut appearance at the Commons Liaison Committee, the prime minister was asked by the SNP’s Joanna Cheery whether the UK
At least two people have been injured and tens of thousands of homes and businesses left without power after a strong earthquake hit northern California. The “insane” 6.4-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday at 2.34am local time (10.34am UK time), with its epicentre just off the coast and about 10 miles (16.km) deep, but there was