Elon Musk has completed his $44bn takeover of Twitter after months of toing and froing over the deal. His first move was to fire the social media company’s top leadership which he accused of misleading him over the number of spam accounts on the platform. Musk sacked chief executive Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned
A former US spy has pleaded guilty to causing the death of Harry Dunn by careless driving, following a three-year campaign for justice by the teenager’s family. Anne Sacoolas, 45, was appearing at the Old Bailey in London. She entered the plea via video-link from Washington. Harry’s parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, held their
Jeremy Hunt has revealed he is reversing “almost all” of the tax cuts announced in his predecessor’s mini-budget and is scaling back support for energy bills. In an emergency statement, the chancellor said a 1p cut to income tax will be delayed “indefinitely” until the UK’s finances improve instead of being introduced in April 2023
Members of K-pop band BTS are to fulfil their requirement to do military service in South Korea, their representatives say. Label Big Hit Music said members of BTS are “honoured to serve” their country. The band – RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook – will reconvene “around 2025” following their service commitment,
Financial markets have reacted positively to the new chancellor’s cull of more costly measures in his predecessor’s disastrous mini-budget. Jeremy Hunt revealed in a televised statement that he would no longer be proceeding with almost all the controversial package, including the reduction in the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 19% from next
Russia’s nuclear weapons threat in Ukraine appears to have made Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline even more determined to win. One soldier told Sky News “I am ready to die. If it happens, it happens” while out on patrol with his comrades in Donetsk. For the latest developments in Ukraine: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog #ukraine #vladimirputin #nuclearwar #ukraine
In a new video posted to social media, newly mobilized Russian soldiers are complaining about their lack of training before being sent to the war with Ukraine. #CNN #News
Mercedes-Benz has flooded the newswire today, sharing multiple press releases surrounding its EV technology. Today’s news includes more granular details relating to its upcoming EQE SUV, as well as first images and specs for the Mercedes-AMG EQE SUV that will soon join it. There is A LOT to unfold here, so let’s hop right in..
In this article HMC 7267.T-JP 6758.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Yasuhide Mizuno, the chairman and CEO of Sony Honda Mobility Inc., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 13, 2022. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Sony-Honda joint venture focused on electric vehicles plans to begin deliveries to
7:16 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Team Penske has a shot at two major championships this year — Joey Logano became the first driver to qualify for NASCAR’s title-deciding finale with a win Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “We’re racing for a championship! Let’s go!” Logano screamed to the crowd. “All
A firefighter who was nine months pregnant and involved in a car accident has been hailed a “true public servant” after she put herself aside and stepped in to help others in the smash. Megan Warfield, a firefighter in the US state of Maryland, was just a week away from her due date when she
Labour has called for Liz Truss to face parliament today after three Tory MPs broke ranks to demand that she quits. The prime minister is facing calls to resign from within her own party just six weeks after entering Number 10, following the economic turmoil in the wake of the mini-budget. Tory MPs Crispin Blunt,
Whodunnit movie Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has closed this year’s London Film Festival with stars telling Sky News how pleased they are the industry is back in full swing following the pandemic. The follow-up to the 2019 hit Knives Out sees Daniel Craig reprising his role as detective Benoit Blanc. “It’s just wonderful
In this article DIS UPS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Research isn’t exact, but recent polling shows that as many as half of Americans under the age of 40 have a tattoo, and that has implications for the job market. Hinterhaus Productions | Stone | Getty Images The growing battle to attract and retain
Conservative MPs have started to publicly call for Liz Truss to go as they do not believe she can survive the current political and economic crisis. Crispin Blunt, former chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, was the first Tory MP to put his head above the parapet since Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked as chancellor
A man who fled Russia to escape the military draft says it has become a “police state” and claims most people now feel negatively about the war in Ukraine. Twenty recruitment offices have been attacked in protest over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilisation. Sky’s International Correspondent Alex Rossi reports from Moscow. #skynews #ukraine #russia
CNN’s Bill Weir reports from a solar-powered Florida town that endured Hurricane Ian with no loss of power and minimal damage. #cnn #news
Just last month Liz Truss told Britons they could “ride out the storm” in her first speech as prime minister – now she has been warned “the game is up” as rumours swirl of plots to oust her. Tory MPs have started to publicly call for Ms Truss to step down, while former chancellor George
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Russia is a dominant player in the global nuclear market. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russia’s nuclear fuel industry remains conspicuously untouched by European sanctions more than seven months into the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine — much to the dismay of Kyiv officials and environmental campaigners. Despite eight rounds of sanctions, targeted