Tesla electric vehicles (EV) in front of the company’s store in Colma, California, US, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A California administrative law judge recently ruled recently that Tesla’s marketing around its “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” systems was deceptive and that the company should face a suspension…
Pritti MistryBusiness reporter Getty Images The backlog of driving tests grew after the covid-19 lockdown Learner drivers face months of delays booking practical tests because a backlog will not be cleared until November 2027, a watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) said there was a backlog of 1.1 million tests that were not…
Jim Ratcliffe’s chemicals company Ineos has been granted £120m of government funding to help save the UK’s last ethylene plant at Grangemouth, in a deal expected to protect more than 500 jobs. The investment in the Scottish plant was necessary to preserve a vital part of the country’s chemicals infrastructure, the UK government said. The…
BLOs and BLAs assess the activities scrutinising the newly published SIR list at Ganabhaban, in Kolkata on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Election Commission of India (ECI) has flagged over 1.36 crore voters through progeny mapping in West Bengal after the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of the…
A proclamation signed by President Trump widened his administration’s ongoing travel restrictions on Tuesday to include 2026 World Cup participants Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal. The two African nations were added to the travel ban list with what the White House statement said were “partial restrictions and entry limitations,” currently the least restrictive category among the…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 2nd over: Australia 7-0 (Head 2, Weatherald 4) Talking of being out of your element, there’s something that doesn’t feel right about Alastair Cook on the telly not the radio, but in the meantime, Carse is opening from the other end….
Thomas Stoltz Harvey pictured in 1994 holding part of Einstein’s brain which he’d kept with him for decades (Michael Brennan/Getty Images) Albert Einstein died on 18 April 1955, aged 76. His death marked the end of one of the most influential scientific lives in history. It also marked the beginning of a long, unsettled afterlife…
Downing Street insists the $40bn Tech Prosperity Deal between the US and UK that is on hold is not permanently stalled. The BBC reported on Tuesday evening that the prime minister’s office claimed that the UK remains in “active conversations with US counterparts at all levels of government” about the wide-ranging deal for the technology…
Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. showed signs of unraveling just moments after President Donald Trump aired fresh grievances about the flagship newsmagazine 60 Minutes. Just hours after Trump’s latest lashed out at CBS News, accusing the Paramount-owned network of treating him “far worse” since its new ownership took over earlier this year, Jared Kushner…
Two gunmen shot and killed 15 people at a Hanukkah event on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday. The suburb has been a “sanctuary” for the community since the end of the Second World War, one Jewish Australian told the BBC. As mourners visited the area to pay their respects, one woman said the attack was…