A sewage treatment plant. The idea of reusing organic matter or waste in industrial processes and other initiatives is not a new one, and the last few years have seen a number of interesting projects take shape. Thomas Imo | Photothek | Getty Images An Australian plant that converts human waste into fertilizer and energy
The Conservative Party’s chief whip is investigating reports that a Tory MP watched pornography on his phone in the Commons chamber. The party’s whips office said “the chief whip is looking into this matter” in a statement released on Wednesday. “This behaviour is wholly unacceptable and action will be taken.” It is believed the accusation
Three days before Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, the world’s richest man tweeted a photo of Bill Gates and used a crude sexual term to make fun of his belly. Playful, aggressive and often juvenile, Musk’s past tweets show how he has used social media to craft his public image as a brash billionaire
In this article FB Mark Zuckerberg told the world last October that he was rebranding Facebook to Meta as the company pushes toward the metaverse. Facebook | via Reuters Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is set to report first-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Here are the key numbers: Earnings per share:
Police officers who visited Amber Heard following an incident of alleged abuse by Johnny Depp that came just days before she filed for a restraining order have told a jury they saw no evidence of injuries or property damage. A staff member who worked in the Los Angeles building where Depp and Heard lived in
If you’re anything like us, you may well have taken one brief glimpse of the weather forecast for the next couple of weeks and decided that autumn, is, in fact, not for you. Neither is winter, for that matter. Does anyone know where the button to skip forward to spring is? After spending two summers
Neon said Wednesday that it has acquired North American rights to The Royal Hotel, the social thriller that marks the next film from The Assistant writer-director Kitty Green. Her Assistant star Julia Garner will topline the pic alongside Jessica Henwick. Hugo Weaving also stars. The pic, which will start shooting this summer in Australia, hails
It’ll be a shorter-than-planned reign for The Little Prince on Broadway. Producers said today that the show based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novella will end its limited engagement May 8 at Shubert’s Broadway Theatre — more than three months ahead of its planned August 14 closing. Combining dance, aerial acrobatics, video and music, The Little Prince endured a
EXCLUSIVE: ITV Studios America has announced several changes in the executive suite. Anuj Goyal has been upped to vice president of business and legal affairs while Neil Forcadela is now a VP of production finance. Robert Sorkin has also joined the company as VP, business development and strategy. The change come as ITV Studios America
News Jens Lekman Announces Partially Remade Versions of Oh You’re So Silent Jens and Night Falls Over Kortedala The two albums, which both have new titles, feature both original source material and entirely new recordings. Hear the new version of “Maple Leaves.” By Evan Minsker April 27, 2022 Facebook Twitter Jens Lekman, photo by Ellika
“Queen K,” a luxury yacht owned by Oleg Deripaska, one of a number of Russian oligarchs who reportedly had to terminate private jet leases with Credit Suisse amid previous U.S. sanctions. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Credit Suisse told CNBC Wednesday that U.S. authorities will “absolutely not” find any evidence of wrongdoing
Annual MOT checks could be scrapped under government plans to ease the cost of living for households across the country, Sky News understands. On Tuesday, Boris Johnson held a cabinet meeting in which he asked his top team to come with “innovative” ideas to help ease the pressure on household finances which do not require
Days after a SpaceX Dragon capsule crewed by wealthy adventurers splashed down off Florida’s coast, another launched Wednesday, this time for a NASA mission to the International Space Station. The Crew-4 mission blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 3:52 am (0752 GMT, or 1:22pm IST), carrying Americans Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica
In this article AAPL Michaela Rehle | Reuters Apple opened its “Self Service Repair” online store on Wednesday as the right to repair movement has put pressure on U.S. regulators to give consumers more control over their products. The new program, first announced in November, will offer customers more than 200 parts and tools customers
Police interview footage shows the moment Alec Baldwin put his hand over his mouth and sat in silence after being told Halyna Hutchins had died after being shot on the set of Rust. The cinematographer died after a prop gun held by Baldwin was discharged during rehearsals for the western film in New Mexico in
Bridesmaid gifts are the part of the wedding that you never thought would leave you stumped and yet, here you are panic scrolling for thoughtful, personalised, not-too-cheesy and within budget bridesmaid gift ideas for your loved ones. What an unexpected palaver. Lucky for you, we know how hard planning your wedding can be – what
If you follow Kelly Jensen’s weekly Censorship News Roundup, you’ll likely recognize the Llano County library board. They’ve been mentioned in several roundups for “auditing” the library of controversial books, removing In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak from the shelves among other titles, closing their library board meetings to the public, and firing the
AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron said an earlier gig as chief executive of the Philadelphia 76ers got him active on social media, tweeting with his hometown NBA team’s fan base. The experience proved key navigating a dramatic transformation in the theater chain’s shareholder base from mostly institutions to about 4 million private individuals. Until early
Allow Usher, the central – only? – character of Michael R. Jackson’s scathingly funny and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop, to introduce himself. He is, he tells us, “a young overweight-to-obese homosexual and/or gay and/or queer, cisgender male, able-bodied university-and-graduate-school educated, musical theater writing, Disney ushering, broke-ass middle-class politically homeless normie leftist Black American
SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Episode 614 of This Is Is, “The Night Before the Wedding” The conclusion of a two-parter, tonight’s episode of This Is Us was supposed to reveal who Kevin spent the night before Kate’s wedding after the end of last week’s episode, “The Day of the Wedding,” teased him