Aston Martin has said it is considering multiple funding options following reports that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund was lining up a possible investment worth hundreds of millions of pounds. Responding to the reports, the luxury carmaker said that it was keeping all “funding options under review,” amid uncertainty around the company’s future. Aston Martin’s
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There’s fighting everywhere in Lysychansk city, the last Ukrainian holdout in the east. The artillery sounds never stop as the city is pounded by the Russians. The city goes to sleep with the constant rumble of war. We can hear it above ground from the basement where we’ve spent the night sheltering with families. And
Drako Motors announced its next vehicle: the Drako Dragon, a new hypercar in an SUV format that can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds and still deliver on luxury. Our first introduction to Drako was back in 2019 when the company unveiled the Drako GTE, a limited-production all-electric supercar with insane specs.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal is seen at FBI headquarters. Yuri Gripas | Reuters WASHINGTON — The FBI on Thursday added Dr. Ruja Ignatova, the self-proclaimed ‘Cryptoqueen,’ to its list of Ten Most Wanted fugitives, and is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to her arrest. Ignatova, the founder of a cryptocurrency called OneCoin that
11:22 AM ET Sir Jackie Stewart stood on a platform overlooking the entrance of Miami International Autodrome’s Turn 6. You know the one. The broad lefthander that swept around a flotilla of yachts that weren’t floating at all, anchored in fake water in a football stadium parking lot that, oh yeah, also featured a tiny
One of Britain’s leading electric vehicle infrastructure companies is in talks about securing a substantial new round of funding from an arm of M&G, the FTSE-100 asset manager. Sky News has learnt that Gridserve is in advanced discussions with Infracapital about a deal that would provide it with significant firepower to accelerate its rollout of
CNN’s Ben Wedeman gets a look at US weaponry on the front lines of Ukraine’s fight against Russia. #CNN #News
It was billed as transformative and historic and did not fail to deliver. It took a war but NATO has been galvanised into the biggest changes in decades. Jolted by the brazen, unprovoked attack on Ukraine, the alliance has upgraded itself in a meticulously stage-managed summit. The spectre of a divided summit overshadowed by Turkish objections
A 14-year-old sentenced to life in prison for murdering five-year-old Logan Mwangi has been named as Craig Mulligan. It is common for children in criminal cases not to be named, but a judge at Cardiff Crown Court has decided to lift an anonymity order in this instance. Earlier, Mulligan, along with Logan’s mother and stepfather,
A judge has stopped the US state of Kentucky from imposing an almost complete ban on abortion. A law enacted there in 2019 proposed stopping virtually all terminations in the event that Roe v Wade – which gave women constitutional rights to end a pregnancy – was overturned. The US Supreme Court voted to do
The Minions have captured the imaginations – and hearts – of film fans since first arriving on the big screen in Despicable Me back in 2010. Several movies, and vast amounts of merchandise later, this has become the highest-grossing animated franchise in the world – and now, for the first time, we are being told
Lily Allen has spoken out about having an abortion – saying women should not need to have to “justify” a pregnancy termination with “exceptional reasons”. The British singer – who appeared on stage with teen star Olivia Rodrigo as a surprise guest at Glastonbury to perform her hit song F*** You, in response to the
The solar system is unlikely to lose stability for the next 1,00,000 years, according to a new study. While outer space may be filled with mysterious and sometimes violent interstellar phenomena that could have an impact on the Earth and the solar system it resides in, the orbits of bodies in the solar system are
The UK government will spend 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2030, Boris Johnson has announced, as NATO’s secretary general warned that the alliance must stand up to Vladimir Putin. Speaking from the NATO conference in Madrid, the prime minister told broadcasters that “we need to invest for the long-term in vital capabilities like future
Travis Barker’s daughter has thanked his fans for their “prayers and love” as it was reported in the US that the star is expected to “be okay” following his admission to hospital. The 46-year-old Blink-182 drummer, who recently married Kourtney Kardashian, was pictured being carried into Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles on a stretcher
Marine fast charging network Aqua superPower has expanded overseas into the US, beginning operations of its first marine fast charger in Lake Tahoe, California. The new Aqua high power DC charger at Tahoe City Marina is the first of a planned network of smart marine chargers to be rolled out along the lakeshore to support
This photo taken on October 24, 2021 shows coal being loaded on a cargo ship in Jiujiang, in China’s central Jiangxi province. STR | AFP | Getty Images Russia’s coal shipments to China have been rising even though overall shipments to China have declined, new data from S&P Global Market Intelligence showed. Russian seaborne coal
NATO will significantly increase the number of forces on high alert to over 300,000 from 40,000 as part of the biggest overhaul of the alliance’s defences since the Cold War. With Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine changing the security environment across Europe, the head of the alliance also confirmed that allies will expand troop deployments
The FBI seized the phone of former President Trump’s election attorney John Eastman. Former FBI Deputy Director and CNN Senior Law Enforcement Analyst Andrew McCabe explains why federal agents took the extraordinary step of grabbing Eastman’s phone as he left a restaurant. #CNN #News
More than 450 Ukrainian soldiers have received training in the UK on a range of weapons such as the multiple-launch rocket system – seen as vital in the fight against Russia. Their urgent need to learn in the midst of war meant slow and steady teaching techniques used by British trainers for their soldiers in
The man suspected to have been driving the truck in which dozens of migrants died during a people smuggling attempt in Texas pretended to be a survivor to try to avoid arrest. Homero Zamorano Jr, 45, was arrested near the scene after he was found hiding in a bush, according to federal prosecutors. The head
4:59 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cain Velasquez, the former UFC heavyweight champion accused of trying to kill the man he claims molested his 4-year-old son, is suing the man and his family who own a day care where the alleged molestation occurred. Velasquez was arrested in San Jose, California, last February
NASA administrator Bill Nelson said on Wednesday that the agency will reveal the “deepest image of our universe that has ever been taken” on July 12, thanks to the newly operational James Webb Space Telescope. “If you think about that, this is farther than humanity has ever looked before,” Nelson said during a press briefing
Warner Bros. has defended JK Rowling, contradicting a decision to ban Sky News from asking questions about the Harry Potter author at an event at Warner Studios Tour last week. In the run-up to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 25th Anniversary celebrations at the weekend, Sky News was invited to interview Tom Felton for
Buckingham Palace is facing questions about why it won’t reveal more about the findings of an investigation into bullying allegations made against the Duchess of Sussex. The palace has confirmed a private investigation into complaints that Meghan had bullied members of staff had concluded, claims she has always denied. It confirmed the review had looked
Thames Water is to tap shareholders for £1.5bn of new equity in an effort to accelerate its transformation plan, months after it was hit by the latest in a string of regulatory fines. Sky News has learnt that Britain’s biggest water utility is expected to announce on Thursday that its existing investors have agreed to
In this article LGF.A Liberty Media’s John Malone Michael Kovac | Getty Images Starz wasn’t John Malone’s most successful investment. But it may be his most symbolic. The media mogul once controlled Starz as an independent company. In 2016, he merged it with Lionsgate, another company he owned a piece of at the time. A
Stockholm-based wind farm and solar developer OX2 has applied for a permit to build a massive 5.5 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. If approved, it will be the largest single offshore wind farm in the world. World’s largest single offshore wind farm Ørsted’s Hornsea in the North Sea has 7.5 GW
A pedestrian uses an umbrella to get some relief from the sun as she walks past a sign displaying the temperature on June 20, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. Ralph Freso | Getty Images Summer’s here, and it’s a hot one. Forecasts from the Farmers’ Almanac, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and The Weather Company
Gordon Brown has claimed that Britain is “at war with America over Ireland” – amid opposition from US politicians over plans to tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol. The former prime minister told Sky News’s Beth Rigby Interviews that there was no chance of the UK signing a trade deal with the world’s biggest economy
CNN’s Jim Acosta talks to “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” contributor Jordan Klepper about the MAGA rally he attended in Mississippi where Klepper talked to Trump supporters about Jan. 6 and the Congressional hearing. #CNN #News
In this article SNAP A man uses the SnapChat app on an Apple iPad Mini. studioEAST | Getty Images Snap announced Wednesday it’s rolling out a $3.99/month subscription plan for Snapchat that unlocks exclusive and pre-release features. It’s called Snapchat+. The announcement comes after Snapchat gave a disappointing sales outlook for the current quarter when
10:59 AM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The CJ Cup is on the move again in America, this year shifting across the country from Las Vegas to South Carolina. The PGA Tour said a limited-field CJ Cup, which left Jeju Island in South Korea when the COVID-19 pandemic restricted travel, will be