Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died on Friday at the age of 84, according to the presidency, more than two years after stepping down in the face of mass protests and the army. Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria’s independence war, ruled the North African country for two decades before stepping down in April 2019 following […]
The SpaceX Inspiration4 mission’s four newly minted citizen astronauts were set to splashdown in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida on Saturday, after a three-day voyage for the first all-civilian crew ever sent into Earth orbit. The SpaceX Crew Dragon ship conducted two rocket “burns” on Friday to lower its altitude and align the […]
Volkswagen has launched the ID. Life, a small, boxy electric SUV suited for city driving. Currently, it’s only a cute concept car, but VW wants to put something similar into production around 2025. The ID is priced at youthful, first-time automobile purchasers. At current exchange rates, life will cost around €20,000, or just under $24,000. […]
A former Soviet chess master is suing Netflix over a line in last year’s popular series “The Queen’s Gambit,” in which fictional characters claimed that this real-life female chess master “never faced men.” The $5 million defamation lawsuit was filed in the Central District of California on Thursday by Nona Gaprindashvili, chess master from Georgia […]
Following the discovery of an irregularity; the France international underwent a minor operation and will now rest for 10 to two weeks. Coman came on as a late substitute in Tuesday’s 3-0 Champions League victory over Barcelona. Head coach Julian Nagelsmann said: “He had a slightly irregular heartbeat; a minor heart irregularity. We did a […]
Emirates, the world’s largest long-haul airline, plans to hire 3,000 cabin crew and 500 airport services staff in the next six months in order to increase operations in response to recovering travel demand. The positions will be based in Dubai and will have direct customer contact, the airline said on Thursday. For “friendly, energetic and […]
Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) plans to build a 1,800-kilometer high-speed rail network that will be integrated throughout the country. The high-speed rail network; dubbed Suez Canal on tracks; will link the Red Sea and the Mediterranean for the safe transport of people and goods. Trains will be able to travel at a top […]
The Red List restricts entry to the United Kingdom to people who are British or Irish citizens or have legal residency in the country. The nationals must take a Covid-19 test and complete a passenger locator form before traveling to England. They must also book a quarantine hotel package that includes two Covid-19 tests. When […]
According to a sequence of tweets from Alexey Navalny’s team on Friday; a voting software developed by allies of the renowned Kremlin critic was pulled from Google and Apple’s online stores in Russia just as polls opened for parliamentary elections. As part of his campaign to keep the imprisoned dissident company; Ivan Zhdanov shared an […]
In the state of Michigan, a father sued his daughter’s school district for $1 million after the instructor shaved her head. According to the Detroit Free Press, Jimmy Hoffmeyer has filed a lawsuit against Mount Pleasant Public Schools (MPPS), a teacher’s assistant, and a librarian, alleging that the incident violated his daughter’s constitutional rights. Hoffmeyer […]
