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Image copyright uMhlathuze Municipality Image caption This is not how the couple had hoped their day would end Married life got off to an unexpected start for a pair of newlyweds in South Africa when police showed up to the party.They had received a tip-off that the wedding in KwaZulu-Natal was happening on Sunday despite…
Racing Point are set to be renamed Aston Martin from next yearRacing Point and Williams have put a number of staff on furlough and given their drivers a pay cut as a result of the coronavirus crisis.Their move follows a similar step by McLaren last week.Williams said in a statement that “a number of employees”…
(CNN) Not even a nationwide lockdown could stop England’s Instagrammers from flocking to a former limestone quarry in Harpur Hill, whose bright blue waters have earned it the nickname, “Blue Lagoon.” So police did what they had to do to stop visitors from c…
BMW i8 BMW After six years, BMW will end production of its i8 hybrid sports car in April.The i8 arrived 2014, and BMW went on to sell more than 20,000 units. According to BMW, that makes the i8 the most popular sports car of its kind. The i8 isn’t your typical hybrid, sporting butterfly doors, 374…
Rolls-Royce said it would shut down its factory in the UK for two weeks.That shutdown will be followed by a planned two-week idling.This week, Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler as well as Ford, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the PSA Group, Renault, Ferrari, and Ducati have all announced new shutdowns or continuations of existing closures.Visit Business Insider’s homepage for…
By Angela Ukomadu and Alexis AkwagyiramLAGOS (Reuters) – Lagos, Africa’s largest city of at least 20 million people, ground to a halt on Tuesday as it and the Nigerian capital Abuja entered a two-week lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus.Lagos’ usual unending cacophony and interminable “go slows” or traffic jams were gone. Streets…
Amid the hourly updates on the new coronavirus, a single, calming fact stands out: a particle of happy news, hanging in a cloud of dread. The germ that causes Covid-19 may be responsible for a terrifying public-health disaster, but hallelujah, thank the lord, at least it isn’t airborne.This message is now dogma for news outlets…
Can you see the novel coronavirus from space? You can, as it happens—if you know where to look. Since January, the Colorado-based space technology company Maxar has been taking low Earth orbit satellite photographs of Covid-19 hotspots in places like China, Italy, and America. The company’s four imaging satellites take the highest-resolution commercially available photographs,…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday the police will enforce social distancing on subways. Some trains have been crowded, commuters said, as essential workers are still forced to travel to their jobs. Many lines have seen service cuts beyond planned due to limited availability of train crews, the MTA said. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for…
At the foothills of a grand mountain range in the Sion region of Switzerland is Ralph Germann’s latest residential project, the ROFR house. The contemporary home’s linear design is inspired by its incredible natural surroundings. The architects imagined the structure to be a wall that acts as a barrier to protect the slopes looming above…
