July 4, 2023
Twitter began to restrict how many tweets its users could read
Elon Musk tweeted that unverified users could read 1,000 tweets, and verified users 10,000 per day. People began to share screengrabs of messages that they'd "exceeded" their daily allowance of tweets. Elon Musk was doing something that seems…
July 4, 2023
Actor behaved like a ‘predator’, accuser says
Kevin Spacey was a "predator" who would attack one of his accusers when the two were left alone together, a court in London has heard. The trial of the actor heard testimony from one of the four men who accuse him of sexual assaults committed in the…
July 4, 2023
Ex-Liverpool midfielder named manager of Saudi Pro League Al-Ettifaq
Former England and Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard has been named manager of Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq. The 43-year-old had said in June he had been invited over to the country to "look at a potential offer" but that he would not be taking…
July 4, 2023
Energy firms warned against paying dividends
Energy suppliers have been warned they should retain profits rather than pay out returns to shareholders, to ensure firms can weather future price shocks. Regulator Ofgem said firms "must learn the lessons of the energy crisis", adding "a return to…
July 4, 2023
TCI Sports Commission hosts 2023 National Sport Governing Bodies Annual General Meeting
National Sports Governing Body (NGB) executives in the Turks and Caicos Islands gathered at the Gustavus Lightbourne Sports Complex on June 15 for the National Sport Governing Body Annual General Meeting. NGB executives and TCI Sports Commission met…
July 4, 2023
‘Generations Of Haitians’ At Risk
In Port-au-Prince on Saturday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed solidarity with the Haitian people “facing a terrible and mutually reinforcing cycle of… crises”, and urged the deployment of an international force to assist the…
July 4, 2023
Thousands flee refugee camp after Israel carries out deadly raid on Palestinian city of Jenin
Thousands of people have fled a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after Israel launched a deadly military operation on Monday. At least 10 people have been killed and dozens wounded in the Palestinian city of Jenin after Israel carried out a…
July 1, 2023
Aston Martin’s first electric car will be an SUV in 2025
Aston Martin has revealed the first steps on its journey towards an electric future, with the British brand offering a fully electrified option for every core model in its line-up by 2030. Before this however, Aston's first EV will break cover in…
July 1, 2023
Virgin Galactic completes its first commercial flight into space
Galactic 01 carried a crew of six on its roughly 90-minute flight to the edge of space. A rocket was released from a plane at around 50,000ft, its engine then ignited and sent it on a near-vertical climb to around 50 miles above the Earth. The crew…
July 1, 2023
Travis Scott will not face criminal charges over deadly crowd crush at festival
The rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges over a deadly crowd crush during his concert, a Texas grand jury has decided. Scott, 32, was performing at the Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas, in 2021, when 10 people were killed in…