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Uber said Tuesday it reached an agreement to acquire Drizly for about $1.1 billion in stock and cash in Uber’s latest acquisition. Uber said Tuesday it has reached an agreement to acquire the alcohol delivery service platform Drizly for about $1.1 billion in stock and cash, further expanding the ride-share company’s services. Once the transaction is completed, Drizly will be integrated with Uber’s food delivery platform, Uber Eats, and also maintain a separate Drizly app. “By bringing Drizly into the Uber family, we can accelerate that trajectory by exposing Drizly to the Uber audience and expanding its geographic presence into…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is to step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant that he started in his garage nearly 30 years ago. He will become executive chairman, a move he said would give him “time and energy” to focus on his other ventures. Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest man, (although jeff Besoz net worth has been superseded by Elon Musk briefly) will be replaced by Andy Jassy, who currently leads Amazon’s cloud computing business. https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/1356744311644319747 “Being the CEO of Amazon is a deep responsibility, and it’s consuming. When you have a responsibility like that, it’s hard…

Alcohol deaths hit record high during Covid-19 pandemic Alcohol-related deaths hit a record new high during the first nine months of 2020, provisional figures for England and Wales show. Between January and September, 5,460 deaths were registered with this cause – up 16% on the same months in 2019. It is the biggest toll recorded since records began in 2001.  The high rates spanned the period during and after the first Covid lockdown, the Office for National Statistics figures show. It reached a peak of 12.8 deaths per 100,000 people in the first three months of 2020 and remained at…

New Adidas Originals shoes ZX 5000 Torsion are made of yellow kevlar, a retro rebuilt. adidas original shoes Adidas launched the ZX series in 1984, and the German activewear giant’s retro Originals branch has kept its first-ever running-focused sneaker alive in its A-ZX range, most recently via the new ZX 5000 Torsion. The jaw-dropping sneaker comes loaded with multiple custom lace options—pictured below in a yellow-specked black material that matches the heel counter’s windows—torsion lace jewels, and bright yellow sock liners. The updated silhouettes feature an entirely radical yellow Kevlar upper sat atop a matching yellow midsole. It looks spectacular. The…

Nigel Slater’s recipe for beetroot remoulade with blood orange Chef and food writer Nigel Slater offers up a recipe for a colourful, zesty supper that’s quick to prepare The recipe Make a dressing by slicing a blood orange in half and squeezing the juice into a bowl. Add the juice of half a lemon. Stir in 1 tsp of capers. Season with black pepper, then pour in 3 tbsp of olive oil and a little salt. Your dressing should be clean tasting, sharp and slightly salty. Remove the peel from 3 medium-sized blood oranges. Cut each fruit into about 6…

Captain Sir Tom Moore dies aged 100 Captain Sir Tom Moore has died with coronavirus. UPDATED: Number 10 to lower flag to half mast Number 10 Downing Street will lower the flag to half mast in tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore, the BBC’s political correspondent Iain Watson reports Captain Tom raised almost £33m for NHS charities, was taken to Bedford Hospital after requiring help with his breathing on Sunday. His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said the family had “spent hours chatting to him” after he caught pneumonia. Last week he tested positive for Covid-19. Buckingham Palace said the Queen…

Marilyn Manson says Evan Rachel Wood’s abuse allegations are ‘horrible distortions of reality’ Marilyn Manson has spoken out against recent allegations of abuse by his former fiancee Evan Rachel Wood, saying the claims are “horrible distortions of reality”. The musician has been dropped by his record label and cut from two TV shows following the claims made by the actress.  Actress Wood, 33, accused Manson, 52, of “grooming” her when she was a teenager and said he “horrifically abused” her for years. Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, has now responded with a statement posted on social media. “Obviously,…

Tuesday’s Briefing VIDEO: Covid-19 BLITZ – Angelina Jolie talks divorce – UK fashion industry’s warning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfAAtKiHuBE Covid-19: Test blitz to ‘find every case’ of South African variant Turkey arrests dozens of students at peaceful protest over LGBT rights Portugal to receive planeload of German doctors, hospital beds & ventilators to counter dire Covid-19 surge Lebanon hits Daesh terror cell in border town Iran’s Zarif proposes coordinated return to nuclear deal with US Dozens leave Republican Party, calling it a ‘Trump cult’ Republicans Hold ‘Useful’ Meeting with Biden on New Virus Relief Aid Brexit: UK fashion industry warns it faces…

Daily News Briefing Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfAAtKiHuBE&t=17s&ab_channel=WTXNewsTeam The top stories Covid-19: Test blitz to ‘find every case’ of South African variantBBC News says a door-to-door testing blitz is getting under way in a bid to find “every single case” of the South African coronavirus variant in England.On-the-spot doorstep tests, home testing kits and mobile testing units will be deployed to try to reach 80,000 people in eight specific areas.It follows fears that the more infectious version may be spreading in communities in England.The health secretary said he wanted to “come down hard” on the variant.Read on………………..Turkey arrests dozens of students at peaceful…

Italy restaurants open as Italy eases restrictions as the country tries to return to some form of normality as restaurants and museums are allowed to reopen. Some regions – including Rome and Venice – have been downgraded from orange to “lower risk” yellow zones. As many European countries begin toughening up COVID-19 restrictions, Italy has started relaxing them. https://twitter.com/MindFly_67/status/1347896329532551168 The relaxation of the rules on Monday followed a warning from the World Health Organisation and other experts that it may be too soon. italy Coronavirus ‘Soft-Opening’ However, the easing of restrictions hasn’t pleased many business owners. Some of them have…