President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an “agreement in principle” on raising the US debt ceiling, according to sources in Washington. The tentative deal would bring to an end the months-long stalemate between the Republican controlled Congress and Democrat run White House. Currently, the debt ceiling stands at $31.4 trillion (£25.4
May 27, 2023, 05:16 PM Saracens won their sixth title and first in four years when they eventually overpowered a spirited Sale to triumph 35-25 in a superb English Premiership final at a sun-drenched Twickenham on Saturday. Saracens, who finished top of the standings in the regular season, had their noses in front for most
The Home Office is launching an ad campaign in Albania aimed at deterring people from crossing the English Channel illegally. Posters bear the message that people “face being detained and removed” if they make the journey. The department would not say how much the publicity drive is expected to cost but announced it will also
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Flames from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oil Field. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which is odorless when it comes directly out of the gas well. In addition to methane, natural gas typically contains other hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane, butane, and pentanes. Orjan F. Ellingvag | Corbis
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are conducting a search of Arade dam reservoir, which is located about 31 miles from where the British toddler went missing 16 years ago. Graham Wettone, a policing commentator who served for more than 30 years, provides some insight into the searches. Read more on: https://news.sky.com/story/madeleine-mccann-officials-focussing-on-concentrated-area-of-reservoir-12887588 #madeleinemccann #madeleinemccannsearch
During a meeting with Valery Zorkin, the chairman of the Constitutional Court in Russia, President Vladimir Putin used a map from the 17th century to explain that Ukraine was created under the USSR.#Putin #shorts #cnn #news
A Dallas school district has apologised after distributing a Winnie The Pooh-themed book about school shootings. The book is titled Stay Safe: Run, Hide, Fight and its cover says: “If there is danger, let Winnie the Pooh and his crew show you what to do.” Inside, it includes passages such as: “If danger is near,
Holly Willoughby has said Phillip Schofield lied to her about his affair with a much younger male colleague. Speaking for the first time since Schofield admitted having an “unwise, but not illegal” affair, his former This Morning co-presenter wrote on Instagram: “When reports of this relationship first surfaced, I asked Phil directly if this was
ITV News journalist Emily Morgan has died, the broadcaster has announced. She was the channel’s health and science editor, playing a key role in its coverage of the COVID pandemic. Andrew Dagnell, editor of ITV Network News, said: “We are deeply saddened by the passing of our remarkable colleague, Emily Morgan. “Emily was not only
A Scottish minister has accused the UK government of “sabotage” after it ruled Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) could only go ahead if glass bottles were removed from the environmental initiative. Lorna Slater, who is co-leader of the Scottish Greens, said ministers at Holyrood would have to “look very seriously at where this leaves the
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Brittany Matter’s home desk features the mouse, keyboard and number pad that come in the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop set, which has been discontinued. She sticks the keyboard in a backpack when she travels, because she likes to be comfortable when she works. Brittany Matter
A 22-year-old woman has had her leg bitten off by a shark while snorkelling in the Caribbean. The woman, who is from Connecticut in the US but has not been named, was taken to hospital in a serious condition on the Turks and Caicos Islands, police said. She and her friend were snorkelling outside the
ITV has said it investigated “rumours of a relationship” between Phillip Schofield and a younger employee – but the pair “repeatedly denied” the affair. The statement came after questions were raised over what network bosses knew about the conduct of the veteran broadcaster. Fellow former This Morning presenter Eamonn Holmes had said Schofield was “not
The executive who presided over a bitter “cruises and cufflinks” row at one of Britain’s biggest wealth managers is preparing to step down. Sky News has learnt that St James’s Place, the FTSE-100 group which oversees more than £150bn of client assets, has kicked off a search to replace Andrew Croft. City sources said on
Siemens Gamesa has created a new onshore wind turbine that’s specially designed for US weather conditions – here’s what makes it unique. The Spanish-German wind giant says that its bespoke US onshore wind turbine “has the right design profile to maximize revenues by harnessing the wind conditions most common in the US and features a
Protesters outside the Salle Pleyel venue in Paris could be heard chanting “all we want is to knock down Total” and “one, two, three degrees, we have Total to thank.” Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images French riot police on Friday fired tear gas at hundreds of climate activists trying to prevent the annual general
Military analyst Sean Bell assesses the ongoing battle in Bakhmut and how Russia is mobilising its airforce. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-bakhmut-wagner-putin-nato-f-16s-12541713 #russiamissile #missilestrike #ukrainewarnews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more
Video shows anti-Putin Russian nationals based in Ukraine allegedly launching attacks into Russia. CNN’s Matthew Chance reports. #CNN #News
The 41-degree heat rises like steam from every rock and roof but as sunset approaches the sky breaks into a thunderstorm. A woman, deep in a latrine, pauses her digging to run under a corrugated zinc roof held up by a square wooden frame for shelter from the rain. It is her new home in
The “doorstep”. It’s an often necessary but rarely tidy journalistic exercise – locating and asking pertinent questions of an unwilling participant who has gone to some effort to avoid them. Boris Johnson had been on a lengthy US trip, through Texas to Las Vegas in the west and Washington DC in the east. Boris Johnson
In this article CTRN MRVL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Matt Murphy, CEO, Marvell Technology Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of Marvell Technology continued a significant overnight rally Friday morning, surging about 25% off the back of quarterly earnings results that beat on the top and bottom lines. On Thursday, the chipmaker posted 31
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logos of Facebook and Giphy. Aytac Unal | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In 2020, a top Meta executive explained that the company spent $315 million acquiring Giphy “because it’s a great service that needed a home.” Instagram chief Adam Mosseri touted Giphy’s “amazing
Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the company’s event at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Forget about the debt ceiling. Tech investors are in buy mode. The Nasdaq Composite closed out its
In recent years, a surprising trend has begun gaining momentum across the US: Golf carts are being increasingly adopted as primary modes of transportation in communities, beach towns, and other areas. The traditional image of golf carts as mere mobility aides for silver-haired retirees to traverse the greens is shifting rapidly. If you’re skeptical, I
Heavy electrical transmission lines at the powerful Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located in California’s Mojave Desert at the base of Clark Mountain and just south of this stateline community on Interstate 15, are viewed on July 15, 2022 near Primm, Nevada. The Ivanpah system consists of three solar thermal power plants and 173,500 heliostats
Military analyst and former fast jet pilot Sean Bell has said the US and its allies sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine will be of “major concern” for Vladimir Putin. “But, even if Ukraine was to be gifted a squadron of F-16s, that would not provide credible or capable combat air capability,” he said. Mr
John Dean, former Watergate special counsel, speaks with CNN’s Abby Phillip about former President Donald Trump’s latest legal threats, including new documents that illustrate Trump asking to fight the Department of Justice’s subpoena, and E. Jean Carroll’s request to amend her lawsuit against him. #CNN #News
In this article META AMZN MSFT GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Toward the end of 2022, engineers on Meta’s team combating
A member of the Oath Keepers extremist group was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for participating in the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Jessica Watkins was convicted in November by a federal jury in Washington DC of obstruction of an official proceeding after storming the Capitol, which
Phillip Schofield admitted on Friday to having an affair with a younger man who worked on This Morning. In response to Schofield’s statement to the Daily Mail, his agents at YMU Group said they had dropped the presenter. Schofield said: “I am making this statement via the Daily Mail to whom I have already apologised
Phillip Schofield has admitted having an affair with a “much younger” male ITV employee while he was still married and revealed he is stepping down from his role at the British Soap Awards. His admission came in a statement published in the Daily Mail. The This Morning star, 61, was dropped from presenting the day
Ian King hears from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, who says the government will do whatever it takes to bring down inflation, even if that means a recession. He also speaks to Nick Harding, the chief executive of consumer lender Fluro as analysis by PwC shows total household debt in the UK has exceeded 2 trillion pounds