Electric cars are increasingly taking to our roads but many people still have reservations. Common worries include the price of the vehicles, where you can charge, charging times and the wider environmental costs of manufacturing them. Reality Check looks at how valid these concerns are. Motion graphics by Jacqueline Galvin Presented by Ben Butcher Edited […]
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New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia recorded his 3,000th career strikeout on Tuesday night as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher John Ryan Murphy swung through a change-up to end the second inning. Sabathia becomes just the 17th member ― and only the third lefty ― in the exclusive 3,000K club, which will help build his case for
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Ms. Harris’s campaign has also raised eyebrows for a reluctance to engage presidential forums related to black voters. Ms. Harris, for instance, has yet to agree to attend the Black Economic Alliance’s presidential forum on black wealth in South Carolina, though Mr. Booker and other presidential contenders have said yes. She The People, the black
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That is beginning to change. The United States has enshrined the tech industry’s position in the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement, which provides for open access to government data, protections for company source codes and algorithms and a prohibition on customs duties on data, among other provisions. The agreement will serve as a jumping-off point for American
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The Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed Tuesday that a popular weed killer is safe for people, as legal claims mount from Americans who blame the herbicide for their cancer. The EPA’s draft conclusion Tuesday came in a periodic review of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. The agency found that it posed “no risks of concern”
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Image copyright Press handout Image caption Clockwise from top left The four artists competing for this year’s Turner Prize have been announced with investigative art, works blurring fact and fiction and explorations of oppression dominating the shortlist. The nominees are Jordanian Lawrence Abu Hamdan, London-based Helen Cammock and Tai Shani and Colombian Oscar Murillo. Their
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Image copyright Getty Images The failed bid to merge with rival Asda cost Sainsbury’s £46m, the supermarket giant has said. In April, a proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda was blocked by the UK’s competition watchdog over fears it would raise prices for consumers. Sainsbury’s said that like-for-like sales growth slowed in the fourth quarter,
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Venezuela’s embattled president Nicolás Maduro cut a defiant figure in a speech which addressed the country’s ongoing crisis. It comes after opposition leader Juan Guaidó called on the military to help him end Mr Maduro’s rule and protesters took to the streets in the capital Caracas in support of Mr Guaidó. But military leaders instead
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U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is pledging to expedite the removal of weapons-grade plutonium secretly hauled to Nevada last year as the state and Trump administration remain locked in a court battle about whether the shipment was legal. The Energy Department intends to start removing the highly radioactive material in 2021 and finish by the
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee plans to let legislation to allow sports betting become law without his signature, putting a state that has largely shied from expanding gambling in position to become the first to offer an online-only sportsbook. The bill is headed to the Republican governor after close votes in the GOP-supermajority Senate and House
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