EU diplomats have admitted the UK is “seriously prepared” as the clock counts down to Brexit with talks intensifying in an attempt to thrash out a transtion deal. Speaking at the Institute of Directors in London today, Junior Brexit Minister Robin Walker said: “We recognise how important it is to […]
Daily Archives: March 12, 2018
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Two David Silva strikes were enough for Pep Guardiola’s league leaders to continue their sprint to the title. City can win the league if they win their next two games. And on tonight’s performance that should be job done before mid-April. City dominated from the off, with Silva rounding off […]
Pitcture have emerged on the social media showing the devestation left by a huge tornado after it ripped through Caserta this eveing. Buses were left overturned and a powerstation was reportedly damaged in the storm. Other pictures show signs toppling including one from Burger King on cars while rubble from […]
Battle Royale fans have been given their first look at what the future holds. The Fortnite Mobile Sign Up pages are now live and to celebrate, Epic Games have released a new trailer. This provided a quick glimpse at some in-game footage, captured on iPhone X. In it, it was easy to […]
Federer has won three of the last four Grand Slams he has entered. The Swiss legend last month became the oldest man to be world No 1, five years after he last held the accolade. He landed his men’s record 20th Slam in January by winning the Australian Open for […]
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas capital was on edge Monday after a spate of package bombings left two Austin residents dead and two others badly wounded. The latest victim was a 75-year-old woman who was in critical but stable condition with “life threatening injuries” after the package she found outside […]
Brief pauses in production are not unprecedented in the automotive industry, so a recent four-day halt in Tesla’s Model 3 line shouldn’t scare the pants off anyone. Tesla idled production at its Model 3 assembly facility in Fremont, California for four days in February. According to Tesla, which confirmed the […]
In 2014, Honda built a hopped-up lawnmower that achieved a world-record top speed run of 116.57 mph. Now, it appears Honda’s marketing budget has loosened up, because it’s back with something even more ludicrous. The record-breaking iteration of the Mean Mower (yes, that’s its name) used the 109-horsepower engine from […]
Future of NASA: Who Will Take Over After Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot Retires? More NASA’s acting administrator Robert Lightfoot announced Monday that he will retire from the agency on April 30. Lightfoot has held the position of acting director since January 20, 2017, when the former administrator, Charles F. Bolden, […]
The Saints find themselves in real trouble of relegation following a dreadful run of results of late. Saturday’s 3-0 hammering away to Newcastle left Southampton fans pleading with the board to take action. And it appears the club have taken notice, relieving the Argentinian of his duties before this week’s […]
(DES MOINES, Iowa) — The majority leader of the Iowa Senate resigned Monday after a website published video and photos showing the married lawmaker kissing a statehouse lobbyist. Bill Dix submitted a one-sentence resignation letter several hours after the liberal website Iowa Starting Line published its report about the Shell […]
Get the Think newsletter. SUBSCRIBE On International Women’s Day (March 8), the National Rifle Association (NRA) released a video featuring spokeswoman Dana Loesch railing against supporters of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. These activists, she claimed, tell women they can do whatever they want and yet also tell them they […]
Get the Think newsletter. SUBSCRIBE On International Women’s Day (March 8), the National Rifle Association (NRA) released a video featuring spokeswoman Dana Loesch railing against supporters of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. These activists, she claimed, tell women they can do whatever they want and yet also tell them they […]
President Trump’s acceptance of a summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un last week was a huge surprise for much of official Washington. It was almost as if Mr. Trump had decided to become a Democrat, or give up golf. After all, Trump has derided Kim as “Little Rocket Man.” He’s […]
OK, sure, fine, maybe he’s not *solely* to blame for all of this, but honestly who else has let fear drive him as much as Stark? In “Age of Ultron” it was his fear that he wasn’t doing enough to protect the Earth that lead to the creation of a […]
The deal has apparently been brokered by South Korean leader Moon Jae-in and Seoul’s lead envoy, National Security Advisor Chung Eui-Yong, who met with Xi in Beijing for 35 minutes in an apparent bid to assuage his worries. At the same time, another delegation headed to Tokyo to meet Japanese […]
The EU Financial Stability Commissioner called on the remaining 27 member states to increase efforts to integrate a single market for capital before Brexit becomes official. Brussels is seeking to boost investment flows with the creation of a capital markets union that would eliminate barriers to fund sales and harmonise […]
If there were any doubt about the state of the ground for the Cheltenham Festival, it was erased by the GoingStick reading of 5.3 taken on Monday afternoon. That is the lowest published reading at the track for five years, suggesting the surface will be even more testing than usual […]