Luxury goods group LVMH and singer Rihanna have agreed to shut down her Fenty fashion label after less than two years in production. However, the Savage X Fenty lingerie line…
Green Future:Denmark to build energy island in North Sea
A project to build a giant island providing enough energy for three million households has been given the green light by Denmark’s politicians. The world’s first energy island will be…
Crunch: Heineken cuts 8,000 jobs due to low sales
Heineken has announced plans to cut nearly 10% of its workforce after a sharp drop in sales due to the coronavirus pandemic. It said 8,000 jobs would go, some of…
Bumper Harvest: Record Income for Twitter in 2020
Twitter has posted record revenues for the last quarter of 2020, capping off what its chief executive said was “an extraordinary year” for the platform. The social messaging platform said…
Space Race: UAE targets Mars
The new space race is a mixture of technology companies and governments. Elon Musk through SpaceX has been working on sending people to Mars. In 2015 Amazon’s billionaire CEO Jeff…
Bitcoin: Elon Factor pushes Bitcoin to record high
Bitcoin has hit record highs for a second day after Elon Musk’s car company Tesla said it had bought about $1.5bn (£1.1bn) of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin rose above $48,000 (£34,820)…
Covid: Tanzania rejects vaccine
“If the white man was able to come up with vaccinations, he should have found a vaccination for Aids, cancer and TB by now,” said the President of Tanzania Mr…
Covid: South Korea starts tests for pet cats and dogs
Pet cats and dogs in the capital city of South Korea will be tested for Covid-19 if they show symptoms, the Seoul metropolitan government has said. It comes a few…
USA: Hacker tries to poison water supply
A computer hacker gained access to the water system of a city in Florida and tried to pump in a “dangerous” amount of a chemical, officials say. The hacker briefly…
The Elon Factor: Bitcoin spikes as Tesla buys $1.5bn of the currency
Tesla has reported it bought about $1.5bn (£1.1bn) of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in January and expects to start accepting it as payment in future. The news caused the price of…