Image copyright Rolls-Royce Mini nuclear reactors could be generating power in the UK by the end of the decade. Manufacturer Rolls-Royce has told the BBC’s Today programme that it plans to install and operate factory-built power stations by 2029. Mini nuclear stations can be mass manufactured and delivered in chunks on the back of a […]
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BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at some of the week’s best technology stories including: Saudi Arabia has been accused of hacking the phone of Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos – the kingdom’s US embassy has denied the story Researchers at Stanford University have built a robot bird using real pigeon feathers. The team believe their
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John Isner and Stan Wawrinka have had very different career successes January 24, 2020, 9:20 AM 3 min read MELBOURNE, Australia — A quick look at the Australian Open: LOOKAHEAD TO SATURDAY They were born a month apart, two 34-year-olds who, as they would say in Australia, are as different as chalk and cheese. John
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Senator Chris Van Hollen released documents on Thursday showing that the White House ultimately declined to respond to a watchdog’s request for details.Credit…Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times When a federal watchdog pressed the administration for details on the decision to withhold security aid to Ukraine, the White House ultimately declined to respond, according to documents
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Shares are mostly higher in quiet Asian trading as China closes down for its week-long Lunar New Year festival By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer January 24, 2020, 7:31 AM 4 min read BANGKOK — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival
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Netflix has a high turnover rate for its movie library. Some movies, like the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, seem to be caught in an endless cycle of leaving and returning to the service. (The second and third “LOTR” films are currently on Netflix, but the first is not.) And with the Netflix home screen
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The “Late Night” host roasted senators at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in his Thursday night segment for their decorum (or lack thereof) over the first three days of the trial. Under rules imposed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, senators had limited options to be distracted in the chamber: No
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Image copyright Tatiana Cardeal/Oxfam Brasil Image caption Fruit picker Carmen Priscilla says she has to live on just $1,175 (£901) per year After a decade working on a fruit farm, Lucas da Silva says he couldn’t take it any more. “I felt that I was working like a slave,” says the 25-year-old. Mr da Silva
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Shares are mostly higher in quiet Asian trading as China closes down for its week-long Lunar New Year festival By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer January 24, 2020, 7:31 AM 4 min read BANGKOK — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival
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MELBOURNE, Australia — It was bittersweet, Caroline. Tears flowed after 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki’s professional career ended with a third-round loss Friday at Melbourne Park. Wozniacki — “I’m not a crier,” she insisted — got emotional in her courtside chair after being beaten 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 by Ons Jabeur. The familiar Neil Diamond
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