The UK has recorded its higher-ever number of coronavirus cases, with 78,610 registered in the latest 24-hour period. England’s chief medical officer warned of worse to come as the Omicron variant continues to spread at an “absolutely phenomenal pace” across the country. Speaking at a Downing Street news conference, Professor Chris Whitty said daily COVID-19
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Apple store employees wearing masks talk to a customer through an open door at the Oculus shopping center amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 21, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 334,000 lives with over 5.1 million cases. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Apple temporarily
Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. The 45-year-old former Minneapolis police officer is currently serving a state jail term of 22-and-a-half years for killing Mr Floyd in May 2020. Chauvin was convicted in April this year of murder and manslaughter charges in Minnesota after he knelt
President Joe Biden has visited Kentucky to see the devastation left by the tornado that ripped through the town of Mayfield. The recent storm that hit Midwest America has been described as “one of largest tornado outbreaks in US history”. Eighty-eight people were killed when more than 30 tornadoes tore through Kentucky and seven other
The central bank of the United States has signalled it could raise interest rates three times next year. In an abrupt policy shift, the Federal Reserve has said will quicken the pace at which it withdraws support for the post-pandemic US economy as inflation surges. It announced on Wednesday it will shrink its monthly bond
A new Swedish electric dirt bike company known as Stark Future has just unveiled the most groundbreaking electric dirt bike to shake up the industry in years. The Stark Varg combines extreme power and torque with a design that should have it competing with and beating gas-powered bikes on just about everything but price. Developed
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin sits in his office in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence during a bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping (on the video screen) via a video call. Mikhail Metzel | TASS | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their second dedicated video call of the
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Large numbers of COVID patients ending up in hospital is a “nailed on prospect” as the Omicron variant spreads at an “absolutely phenomenal pace” across the country, England’s chief medical officer has warned. Professor Chris Whitty, speaking at a Downing Street news conference, warned the UK was facing “a really serious threat” from the new
A full invasion of Ukraine by Russia would spread conflict around Europe and could even trigger World War Three, a Ukrainian government minister has warned. Yuliia Laputina, the minister for veterans affairs – who previously served as a top officer in Ukraine’s equivalent of MI5 – told Sky News that her country was ready to
10:22 AM GMT England will host the All Blacks at Twickenham in November 2022 as part of a four-Test programme which includes world champions South Africa. Eddie Jones’ England last played the All Blacks in the semifinal of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. It proved to be one of England’s greatest ever performances as they
Katie Price has avoided jail after flipping her car in a crash and admitting drink-driving while disqualified. The 43-year-old former glamour model has been handed a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for a year, as well as a two-year driving ban. Price told officers after the collision, which happened near to her home in Sussex in
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during a Reuters interview at the Department of Commerce in Washington, September 23, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she is committed to the administration’s goal of universal broadband by 2030, but cautioned that distributing funds from the new infrastructure law to meet that deadline
Sir Keir Starmer questioned whether Boris Johnson was too “weak” to lead the country after a significant number of his own backbench Conservative MPs voted against plan to introduce a COVID pass for some events. Reading out comments from Conservative MPs including former chief whip Mark Harper and Philip Davies, the Labour leader accused the
Donald Trump Jr texted the White House chief of staff during the Capitol riot, telling him his father had to “condemn this s*** ASAP”, a committee has said. Details of the message were revealed by the panel investigating the storming of the building by Trump supporters earlier this year. The 6 January committee said the
Comedian Jethro has died after contracting COVID-19, his manager has said. A statement on his Facebook page said the 72-year-old comedian, from Cornwall, died on Tuesday. “It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the passing of the well known and popular Cornish comedian Jethro,” the statement said. I remember when I first started showing
A bouncer who murdered her partner’s child, toddler Star Hobson, has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 25 years. Star’s mother Frankie Smith was handed a jail term of eight years after she was convicted of causing or allowing her daughter’s death. After the couple, from Keighley in West Yorkshire,
US space agency NASA is now carrying out tests on the crucial hardware that will bring rock and sediment samples from Mars to Earth for closer study. NASA is already collecting those samples using its Perseverance rover and taking images with a tiny helicopter named Ingenuity. Both these machines were launched on the Red Planet
Inflation surged to 5.1% last month, hitting a fresh decade high as the cost of living squeeze on households intensified. The consumer prices index (CPI) measure of inflation in November was up from 4.2% in October and well ahead of expectations that it would hit 4.7%. It has not been higher since September 2011. It