Rishi Sunak has avoided a clean sweep of by-election defeats after holding onto Uxbridge and South Ruislip in a night of three votes. There had been pessimism in the Conservative Party that they would lose the west London seat, alongside Selby and Ainsty in north Yorkshire and Somerton and Frome in Somerset. But the vote
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his security detail depart the company’s local office in Washington, January 27, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Elon Musk‘s multiple ventures and the relationships between them are facing increased scrutiny as the Tesla CEO continues to add more to his
Each time Vladimir Putin raises the spectre of nuclear confrontation, the trail ultimately leads back to one man. Eighty years before the Russian president invaded Ukraine, and brought the potential of such weapons back to mainstream attention, J Robert Oppenheimer was recruited to lead a team that would construct the world’s first atomic bombs. Ukraine
Temperatures across parts of Europe remain above 40C (104F) , as wildfires rage in Greece. Winds near Athens have fuelled a major wildfire close to the Greek capital, forcing people from their homes and burning 13.5 square miles (35 square km) of forest and scrubland. Authorities had declared the huge blaze contained overnight on Wednesday,
Associated Press Jul 20, 2023, 02:55 PM ET MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Justin Haley will leave Kaulig Racing at the end of this season and has signed a multiyear deal to drive for Rick Ware Racing starting in 2024. Haley, 24, had his only Cup victory in July 2019 at Daytona, in just his third start.
Tesla’s (TSLA) stock crashed more than 8% on Elon Musk disclosing that he anticipates lower production this quarter and another recall that is a “real” one this time. Yesterday, Tesla released its Q2 2023 financial results, and it beat Wall Street expectations on both revenue and earnings. Despite the beat, Tesla’s stock was down by
On July 7, 2005, terrorists detonated four bombs on London’s transport network, killing 52 people. The explosions – near Aldgate, Edgware Road and Russell Square Underground stations and on a bus in Tavistock Square – injured hundreds more. A decade on from the 7/7 London bombings, this documentary looks at the stories of survival and
An opposition lawmaker threw water at Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti and sparked a mass brawl in parliament. #cnn #news #shorts
“The question of how to create sustainable air travel has plagued the green movement for decades,” said Dale Vince, founder of British energy firm Ecotricity. Ryan Hiscott | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images British entrepreneur Dale Vince on Monday announced plans to launch an electric airline that will be powered using renewable energy —
The chief executive of NatWest Group has apologised to Nigel Farage for the closure of his bank accounts and ordered an immediate review of the processes followed by its Coutts subsidiary. In a letter to Mr Farage seen by Sky News, Dame Alison Rose said she regretted “deeply inappropriate comments” about the former UKIP leader
The chief executive of the banking group that owns Coutts has apologised to Nigel Farage after his account was closed. The former UKIP and Brexit Party leader claimed the elite bank took the action because his views did not align with the firm’s “values”. But reports in the BBC and Financial Times suggested it was
A property which was searched this week in connection with the murder of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur is tied to a man long-known to detectives investigating the case. The man’s nephew emerged as a suspect shortly after the 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas which left Tupac dead. Public records, including voting records, link the
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Workers at TSMC Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 6, 2022. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will delay production at its new Arizona-based chip plant to 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor, the company’s chairman
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJul 20, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Everybody wants to jump in the pool during the summer. But not all pools are the same. Some are gross — tinted green by algae, with dead bugs and debris from nearby trees floating on the surface. And you
Ronan Keating has performed a musical tribute to his brother Ciaran Keating at his funeral mass in Ireland. The former Boyzone star sang This Is Your Song towards the end of the service, a tune he wrote after their mother, Marie, died in 1998. The lyrics included the lines: “You were our friend, walk with
Russia has restricted the movement of British diplomats within the country in a response to “hostile actions” from London, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. On Thursday, the ministry summoned the British interim charge d’affaires, Tom Dodd, where it announced that a “notification procedure” for the movement of employees beyond a 75-mile radius would be
The average asking rent for properties both inside and outside of London have hit a new record high, according to a property website. Data from Rightmove shows tenants outside of London are being asked to pay an average £1,231 per month, with properties inside London reaching a record of £2,567. For the second quarter of
Rishi Sunak has criticised the EU for a “regrettable choice of words” after it appeared to endorse the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands. The prime minister’s official spokesman said his view was that it would have been “entirely unacceptable for the EU to question the Falkland Islanders’ right to decide their own future”. A
Unconscious with her hands cuffed behind her back, a woman is carried into a police cell. She is forced face-down onto a thin mattress. Police officers take off her jeans, cut off her knickers, pull a pair of oversized custody shorts over her legs, then remove her top and bra before leaving her alone and
US officials have attempted to contact North Korean counterparts over an American soldier who bolted across the border from South Korea – but say they are yet to hear back from Pyongyang. Private Second Class Travis T King was on a tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA), on the border of the village of
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Sky’s defence and security analyst Professor Michael Clarke says Russian president Vladimir Putin’s credibility is “draining away” following reports he met with Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin five days after he led an abortive revolt against Russia’s military hierarchy. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-war-latest-putin-general-sacked-for-pointing-out-tough-situation-12541713 #wagner #putin #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police SWAT team were called to the scene after a man allegedly took a woman hostage in a Caesars Palace hotel room. The man then broke a hotel window and threw objects onto the pool area below. #lasvegas #hostage #cnn #news
Halliburton (HAL) reported mixed second-quarter results before the bell Wednesday as weaker-than-expected results in its completion and drilling segment were a drag. Total revenue rose 14% year over year to $5.8 billion, however, came up a bit short versus analyst expectations of $5.86 billion, according to Refinitiv. Earnings per share (EPS) of 77 cents (excluding
Jul 19, 2023, 01:12 PM ET The 2023 Women’s World Cup begins Thursday and teams are getting ready to kick off the action. These daily files will give you the latest reporting from around the 2023 World Cup as well as betting lines, what to watch for information and best reads. Check in with ESPN
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Tesla reports
Tesla has revealed its plan for Gigafactory Berlin expansion with battery production and more, as it seeks approval for the plan. Gigafactory Berlin is Tesla’s first full-scale factory in Europe. It is now producing over 5,000 Model Y vehicles per week, but the automaker always had much bigger plans for the factory. Tesla is currently
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to ratify Sweden’s accession to the alliance. Mr Stoltenberg, Mr Erdogan, and Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson met earlier in the day to discuss Turkey’s concerns around allowing Sweden to join NATO. Sweden has reportedly agreed to support Turkey’s attempt to
A group of hunters captured the longest Burmese python ever documented in Florida, measuring almost 19 feet long. Burmese pythons are an invasive species to the area that prey on native animals. #CNN #News #python #caughtoncamera #shorts
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Tata Motors concept EV on show at the India Auto Expo 2023 on Jan. 12, 2023. Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Tata Group will develop a major facility for the production of electric car batteries in the U.K., with the Indian
Actress Zoe Saldana has told Sky News there is “fear” and “doubt” in the industry amid strikes, and she is worried about actors who need to work “for their families, and have to pay their mortgages”. The Hollywood star, who is best known for portraying Neytiri in Avatar, Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy, and
Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Microsoft and Activision Blizzard on Wednesday agreed to extend the deadline for their merger agreement until Oct. 18, Activision said in a statement on Wednesday. The two companies had originally agreed to complete the transaction by July 18, but regulatory pushback from the U.S. and the U.K. delayed
The government has delayed publishing its long-awaited transgender guidance for schools after its own legal advisors concluded some of the suggested elements would be unlawful, Sky News understands. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had promised to bring out the advice during the summer term, which comes to an end this week for most state schools. But