Wincing with each agonised step, and looking as though he might topple over at any moment, the sight of him hobbling on to the stage was pitiful to behold. Hunched over a walking cane and clad in a commodious black outfit that barely concealed the excess pounds, he was unrecognisable as the pop star whose … Read more
Jordan Jones wowed the American Idol judges Sunday with his cover of Lovesong by The Cure, then asked if he could bring his girlfriend into the room. ‘She’s probably the greatest person that has ever been made,’ the 26-year-old lounge pianist from Scottsdale, Arizona, told Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan. When Leaiara Gavern … Read more
Virgin Galactic is asking potential customers to pay a £1,000 deposit to join a pool of ‘qualified prospects’ for space travel ahead of the launch of new ticket sales. They will charge more than £200,000 a pop for the tickets when they go on sale, but say that won’t be until the first of the … Read more
China could retaliate against America for its treatment of Huawei in a number of devastating ways – the most likely would be to targeting US companies that do business in the region, such as Apple. Greater China ranks third among the regions that generate the most revenue for the company, behind the US and Europe. … Read more
NASA has launched a public competition to design a sensor that will guide a future rover across rough terrain and inhospitable environment on Venus. The sensor will need to be able to withstand heat capable of ‘turning lead into a puddle’ and pressure high enough to ‘crush a submarine’, the space agency said. It will … Read more
‘Boopz? It’s a food crime!’: Britons vent their disgust at Heinz over its plan to combine beans and spaghetti hoops in the same can – as firm launches Twitter vote to make it happen Heinz has asked customers whether they should combine two popular products They will use the portmanteau Boopz to describe the new … Read more