At least four people have been killed after a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic. Twenty-three people were injured in the incident that happened late on Wednesday night in the city of Pardubice – 62 miles (100km) east of Prague. Interior minister Vit Rakusan said the high-speed passenger train
As silence falls over the beaches of Normandy, the leaders gathered to mark this important anniversary will recognise the grim irony that hangs in the air. An occasion that recalls the horrors of war will take place as conflict rages in Europe and beyond. Its why words will be chosen carefully in public and why,
Royalty and world leaders will gather with veterans in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The King and Queen will pay tribute to fallen soldiers at the UK’s national commemoration event at the British Normandy Memorial, in Ver-sur-Mer. They will be joined by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour leader Sir Keir
Associated Press Jun 5, 2024, 01:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Mirra Andreeva, an unseeded 17-year-old from Russia, surprised No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 at the French Open on Wednesday to become the youngest Grand Slam semifinalist since Martina Hingis at age 16 in 1997. “I tried to play
A large cargo ship lost control of its engines and went nearly full throttle through a South Carolina harbour prompting the closure of one of the busiest bridges in the state. Harbour pilots were able to help the nearly 1,000ft (300m) long ship, which was going almost 20 mph (32 kph), get under the Ravenel
ESPN News Services Jun 5, 2024, 06:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Alexander Zverev beat Alex de Minaur 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Wednesday night to reach the French Open semifinals for the fourth year in a row. Zverev extended his current winning streak to 11 matches, including a title on clay at
Vladimir Putin has warned he could provide long-range weapons to nations to strike Western targets in response to NATO allies allowing Ukraine to use their arms to attack Russian territory. The Russian president also re-issued Moscow’s readiness to use nuclear weapons if it sees a threat to its sovereignty. During an audience with international journalists
Storm trackers in Texas have recovered a massive pineapple-sized hail stone that could be a new state record. Val and Amy Castor, veteran storm chasers with Oklahoma City television station KWTV, discovered a piece of hail nearly 18cm long at the weekend. They made the discovery near Vigo Park while they were chasing a major
D-Day has been re-created in literature, TV, film – and even video games – across the last eight decades. The largest amphibious invasion in history – when Allied forces landed on the coast in northern France on 6 June 1944 – was an event that changed the course of history. So, it’s no surprise it’s
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang delivers his keystone speech ahead of Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 2, 2024. Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty Images Nvidia shares closed up 5% to $1,224.40 on Wednesday, giving the company a market cap above $3 trillion for the
It’s a meeting that’s so top secret that those attending – at a secret location – are ordered to surrender their mobile phone and any other electronic devices when they arrive. They’re given numbered copies of the agenda, thick bundles which are then collected from them at the end of the meeting. Security is extremely
Residents in Hackney have been urged to remain indoors and shut their windows after a fire sent clouds of black smoke into the sky. More than a dozen fire engines and around 100 firefighters attended the scene after reports of “significant amounts of smoke” coming from a four-storey block of flats in Dalston, north east
Rishi Sunak has pledged to cut rail fares for veterans and “enshrine their rights in law” in an election offering on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The prime minister has announced a raft of measures aimed at making the UK “the best place in the world” to have served in the armed forces. This includes
A major cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been discovered which could be treated with existing drugs. The breakthrough was described as a “massive step forwards” by researchers. IBD is the umbrella term for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and such conditions are becoming more prevalent. As recently as 2022, more than 500,000 people
In this article NVDA AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California, on March 19, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia passed Apple in market cap on Wednesday as investors continue betting on the chipmaker
The potential for all-out war between Israel and Lebanon seems to have dramatically moved up a notch – or more – over the past few days. And the Israeli prime minister has done nothing to dissuade that notion – telling his troops on the northern border with Lebanon on Wednesday that they are prepared for
Muhammad Ali’s childhood home in Kentucky has gone on sale. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Louisville, Kentucky, was converted into a museum that offered a glimpse into the early years of “The Greatest” when he still went by the name of Cassius Clay. It went on the market on Tuesday along with two neighbouring homes
Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. Apu Gomes | Getty Images Australia on Wednesday announced it had dropped its legal battle against Elon Musk’s X to have graphic footage
In this article GOOGL LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A view of Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California, United States on April 16, 2024. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images Eli Lilly CFO Anat Ashkenazi will become Alphabet’s new chief financial officer effective July 31, Google’s parent company announced Tuesday, almost a
Wales’s first minister has lost a confidence vote. Vaughan Gething has only been first minister since March, but in that time he has faced questions over a controversial £200k donation to his leadership campaign from a man convicted of environmental offences. Mr Gething said the donations had been made in line with party protocols and
McDonald’s has lost the EU trademark for use of the term “Big Mac” in relation to chicken sandwiches. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) upheld a complaint against the US fast food giant from Irish rival Supermac’s. In 2017 Supermac’s attempted to revoke McDonald’s use of the term Big Mac, which the company had registered
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jun 5, 2024, 11:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The WTA has hired Portia Archer as its new CEO to replace Steve Simon, who will remain in his role as WTA chairman, the association announced Wednesday. Archer, who most recently served as chief operating officer of the NBA’s G League and previously
Faiza Shaheen, who was blocked from representing the Labour Party in the general election, has announced she will stand as an independent. Ms Shaheen, who initially won the Labour nomination for Chingford and Woodford Green, said she had decided to run as an independent after voters told her they felt “disenfranchised” by the party’s decision
As the country heads towards a general election, political parties have been competing through social media to get their messages to the public. Sky News tracked the performance of the six highest polling parties across X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, TikTok and Facebook to see how the race for online audiences is shaping up in the
Both Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will take part in a special leaders’ event programme next week, Sky News has confirmed. The Battle for Number 10, a UK Election Leaders Special Event, will be aired on Wednesday 12 June. The event will be live from Grimsby in front of an audience. The new Grimsby
When Nigel Farage announced his candidacy, he boasted: “We haven’t spent a bean on Facebook pushes or advertising.” But the data shows Reform has, in fact, spent a significant number of beans. More than £3,800 has been spent by the party’s candidate in Great Yarmouth, on more than 50 Facebook and Instagram adverts since the
Boeing’s troubled space capsule has finally made it off the launchpad with two astronauts on board. The first crewed test flight of Starliner had been delayed by series of faults, either with the capsule or the rocket that fired it off pad 41 at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Commander Butch Wilmore and colleague Suni Williams
A girl is still fighting for her life in a critical condition a week after she was shot at a London restaurant, police say. The nine-year-old was inside eating dinner with her family when she was shot by a lone attacker on a motorbike. Three men sat outside, aged 37, 42 and 44, were also
A woman has been charged with assault by beating and criminal damage after a milkshake was thrown at Nigel Farage. Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, will appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on 2 July following the incident at a campaign event in Clacton, Essex on Tuesday. A 44-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of assaulting
Reform UK has pulled to within two points of the Conservatives, according to the latest YouGov poll of the election campaign for Sky News. The latest exclusive weekly survey, conducted on Monday and Tuesday before the head-to-head TV debate, puts Labour on 40%, the Tories on 19%, Reform UK on 17%, the Liberal Democrats on
A director of Marks & Spencer Group (M&S) is quitting the retailer’s board after being blindsided about the poaching of its new finance chief from another company he chairs. Sky News has learnt that Andrew Fisher, a long-serving M&S non-executive director, only discovered late in the recruitment process that M&S intended to hire Alison Dolan
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJun 5, 2024, 07:31 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Marketa Vondrousova was bewildered after her quarterfinal loss to No. 1 Iga Swiatek.
Associated Press Jun 5, 2024, 09:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Coco Gauff reached the French Open semifinals in doubles on Wednesday, a day after getting that far in singles. Gauff, the reigning US Open champion in singles, and Katerina Siniakova won their doubles quarterfinal 6-0, 6-2 against Miyu Kato and Nadiia Kichenok.