BusinessTaiwanese microchip manufacturer TSMC blames struggle to build Phoenix plant on skilled labor shortage but workers cite disorganization and safety concerns
Posed in front of an American flag and a large banner reading “A Future Made in America Phoenix, AZ,” Joe Biden told a crowd of assembled workers, supporters and media last December: “American manufacturing is back, folks.”
Eight months on, the Phoenix microchip plant – the centerpiece of Biden’s $52.
The ObserverGolfInterviewTommy Fleetwood: ‘It was a big loss … mum supported me when I was playing badly’Ewan MurrayThe golfer reflects on the emotional backdrop of bereavement to a long-awaited victory and talks of major and Ryder Cup hopes
The tears could easily have been mistaken for ones of joy. The three years between Tommy Fleetwood’s victory at the Nedbank Challenge of 2019 and repeat glory in November failed to return a victory.
Germany This article is more than 9 years oldUS student is rescued from giant vagina sculpture in GermanyThis article is more than 9 years oldMore than 20 firefighters free exchange student from the artwork Chacán-Pi (Making Love) by Fernando de la Jara in TübingenIn the space of 24 hours last week, two spectacular rescue operations were carried out in southern Germany.
Both involved men who had become trapped deep inside cave-like structures, and a large team working to set them free.
Paris Olympic Games 2024 This article is more than 1 month oldWorld surfing body joins local opposition to controversial new Olympics tower in TahitiThis article is more than 1 month oldISA says it has suggested more environmentally friendly solutions for judging the surf competition in Teahupo’o, known for its natural beauty Surfing’s world governing body has said it opposes construction of a controversial new judges’ tower for the 2024 Olympics event in Tahiti which has sparked a backlash from locals and environmentalists over fears it could irreparably damage the local coral reef.
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George Galloway This article is more than 10 years oldGeorge Galloway refuses to debate with Israeli student at OxfordThis article is more than 10 years oldRespect MP accused of racism after walking out of West Bank debate at university, saying: 'I don't debate with Israelis'George Galloway has been accused of racism after walking out of a debate at Oxford University after discovering that his opponent was an Israeli citizen.
The Respect party MP for Bradford West – a vocal critic of Israel and its treatment of Palestinian people – had been taking part in the debate at Christ Church college, speaking for the motion that "
Learn to play tennisFitnessHow to grip a tennis racketA variety of grips are required, often within a single pointAdjusting the grip you take on a tennis racket is a way of altering the angle of the racket face as it meets the ball. Most of the time, as you trade forehands from the back of the court, you will have your own standard grip based on your strengths and weaknesses. This should change to a different, flatter grip for serves, volleys, smashes and slices.
Top 10sBooksFrom Shakespeare to Shelley, Edith Wharton to VS Naipaul … literature’s greats have biographies to match The idea of writing about authors is, for me, irresistible, and I’ve just published my seventh. It was about Gore Vidal and I have often recalled Vidal’s wise suggestion (made 30 years ago) that I should write about major figures, as important lives make for Important Lives.
Needless to say, anyone involved in this business becomes a student of Great Lives, and I’ve spent decades reading and rereading my favourite examples in the genre.
Top 10sBooksFrom Virginia Woolf to Primo Levi, authors are drawn to capturing scientists’ obsessive quest for knowledge
Science, as much as art, is an act of imagination, the pursuit of something new. While novels about scientists often play with this likeness, there are also scientists who write with the ambition and empathy of novelists. Scientists in literature appear in all sorts of guises: as megalomaniacs, heroes, obsessives. It is this last figure – the obsessive – the character who will not stop – that interests me most.
Crime This article is more than 10 months oldTwo men receive suspended sentences over Emily Lewis speedboat death This article is more than 10 months oldFamily criticise boat’s skipper Michael Lawrence and company owner Michael Howley over crash that killed teenager
The family of a 15-year-old girl who was killed in a speedboat crash have described the moment her life support system was turned off and criticised the skipper as a “coward” as he was given a suspended jail sentence.