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
Polls will open today at 7am for three by-elections across the country, as voters decide who they want to represent them in parliament. The seats of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in west London, Selby and Ainsty in North Yorkshire, and Somerton and Frome in Somerset, will all be up for grabs, with polls closing at
NHS patients face major disruption over the next 48 hours as senior doctors in England begin their first major strike in nearly 50 years. Consultant doctors along with hospital-based dentists will strike over pay from 7am on Thursday until 7am on Saturday. It follows the longest period of industrial action in the history of the
The head of the US agency responsible for animal welfare has told lawmakers that it did not find any violations of animal research rules at Elon Musk’s Neuralink beyond a 2019 incident the brain implant company had already reported. Officials with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducted a “focused” inspection in response to a complaint
“I am being held at the airport. Please don’t worry too much,” the message read. “I think I will be okay. But who knows?” Kimberley Glendinning won’t forget the moment she read those words. “My heart actually missed a beat,” she says, her voice quavering. In September 2022, Kimberley’s husband, Brian, was on his way
Banks will be forced to give customers three months’ notice of account closures and to provide a full explanation of the reasons under reforms that could be unveiled in the coming days. Sky News has learnt that the Treasury plans to force British lenders to be more transparent with customers amid an escalating freedom of
The Conservatives have suffered a record loss after Selby and Ainsty voted against the government at a by-election. A vote in the North Yorkshire seat was triggered last month after Boris Johnson ally Nigel Adams resigned from the House of Commons when he failed to get added to the House of Lords. Labour has overturned
Sixteen Republicans who allegedly signed paperwork to falsely claim Donald Trump had won the 2020 presidential election have been criminally charged. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said there was a “coordinated effort to award the state’s electoral votes to the candidate of their choosing”. It is the first time anyone has been charged for trying
Inflation is running at close to four times the Bank of England’s 2% target, but today’s data gives us something to celebrate. The consumer prices index (CPI) fell in June to 7.9%, down from 8.7% in May. Economists were pencilling in a drop to 8.2%, so this means inflation is falling faster than expected. It
A kayaker inadvertently filmed his own death on a GoPro camera – but police are yet to find his body. The man, named by police as 43-year-old Paul Jose Rodriguez Jr, was on a glacial lake in Alaska when his kayak capsized in strong currents. At the time, he was wearing a GoPro camera mount
The head of MI6 has urged Russians appalled by the horrors of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine to “join hands with us” and spy for the UK to help end the bloodshed. Sir Richard Moore used a rare speech to reveal that “many” had already taken this step since Russia’s invasion was launched 18 months
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In October 2019, 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in a lorry container in Essex. They had been locked inside a sealed container, with no fresh air for almost 12 hours. Some had borrowed thousands of pounds to pay off people smugglers for the journey. Sky News investigates what happened to them and why their
Rex Heuermann pleaded not guilty after being charged in connection with the deaths of three of the four women that had been known as ‘The Gilgo Four.’ #CNN #News
The rate of price rises has dropped to 7.9% in the year up to June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The consumer price index (CPI) measure of inflation shows prices are still rising, just at a slower pace than before, as the rate fell from 8.7% in the year to May. Another
Fervo Energy’s full-scale commercial pilot, Project Red, in northern Nevada. Photo courtesy Fervo Energy Geothermal startup Fervo Energy announced a key technical milestone on Tuesday, paving the way for geothermal energy to play a bigger role in the transition to clean energy. Fervo drills deep wells and pumps water into them. The water grows hot
TikTok Music has launched on Wednesday in Australia, Singapore and Mexico to a small group of users. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images TikTok is launching its subscription-based music streaming service in Australia, Mexico and Singapore to a small group of test users on Wednesday. The expansion comes after the popular short video app
Selby in Yorkshire, Somerton in the south west and Uxbridge in the London suburbs: from rural to town, from north to south – the three by-elections up this Thursday will tell a bigger story of the state of our politics, with records up for grabs. In these three seats – and the prospect of at
Dan Wootton has addressed claims regarding his personal conduct made on social media, calling all criminal allegations made against him “untrue” and claiming he is the victim of a “smear campaign”. The journalist and presenter made a statement at the start of his daily GB News show, Dan Wootton Tonight, telling viewers: ” As a
There are few crimes quite like the overthrow of a democracy. It’s why this was always the most serious court action facing Donald Trump. Assuming a third criminal indictment is in the post, we’ll find out its content soon enough, there’s a range of possibilities that relate to attempts to overturn the 2020 election result.
One year since record-breaking temperatures hit the UK, new heatmaps published today visualise the dramatic cooling effect of trees in some urban areas. The maps paint a stark picture of how different communities suffer more or less from heat depending on the abundance of green space. The inner-city areas lacking parks and green canopies were
Over a year and a half after initially announcing a pivoting of its EV business strategy into commercial vehicles, Bollinger Motors has begun pilot production of its B4 chassis cab vehicles. We have our first glimpse at the “design validation” builds below, which will soon see public demonstrations and testing before reaching fleet customers. Bollinger
Jul 18, 2023, 11:29 AM World Rugby has launched a revamped and rebranded rugby sevens circuit called ‘SVNS’, which will be played across eight cities from December, the sport’s governing body announced. The tournament with 12 men’s and women’s teams in an Olympic format will kick off in Dubai on Dec. 2 before heading to
A brawl erupted in the Kosovo parliament after an opposition minister threw water at Prime Minister Albin Kurti while he was speaking about government measures to defuse tensions with ethnic Serbs in the country’s north. #kosovo #brawl #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on