The production company behind the film Rust has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to an occupational health and safety bureau following a fatal shooting on set. The New Mexico Environment Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (OHSB) had issued a $136,796 (£114,457) fine, the maximum allowable by state law, last April. It was later
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms, in July 2021. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images Meta has trained and will release a new large language model to researchers, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday. The model, called LLaMA, is intended
King Charles was lined up by Number 10 to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday – just as highly contentious negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol were poised to come to a head. After weeks of fraught talks and growing anger among Tory backbenchers and unionists, a deal between the UK
8:00 AM ET Two levels of heat surround college football assistant coaches: The bad kind, for those facing pressure to keep their jobs; and the good kind, for those improving their chances of becoming head coaches. Every college football season produces a new group of hot assistants, who find themselves on the radar of athletic
Feb 24, 2023 IT WAS ALMOST a year ago that author Alan Shipnuck published Phil Mickelson’s controversial comments about the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian monarchy’s history of human rights abuses and alleged involvement in the death of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi. Mickelson, who was allegedly recruiting players to LIV Golf, told Shipnuck
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes the launch of several new electric cargo bikes from companies like Trek and Lectric, an upcoming ride-by-wire system for e-bikes, a 50 MPH seated electric scooter, Arcimoto being saved
The U.K.’s Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt has said that the U.S. President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is a bid to play ‘catch up’ on clean energy investment. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt said Friday that the U.S.’s Inflation Reduction Act was U.S. President Joe Biden’s attempt to play
Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) have voted to accept offers by train companies in the long-running dispute over pay, job security and conditions, the union has announced. “Given this result, TSSA will notify employers that the ballot for Industrial Action has also been withdrawn,” the union said in a statement. “Accepting the
Buryatia feels like it is a world away from war in Europe. It is a different Russia. Vast snowy plains and Buddhist temples, closer at first glance to Mongolia next door than it is to Moscow, five time zones away. But the motifs of Russia’s war in Ukraine are everywhere. A huge Z and V
In this article ERIC ERIC.B-SE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Photographer | Collection | Getty Images Swedish telecom company Ericsson will lay off 8,500 workers as part of its cost-cutting measures, the company confirmed to CNBC on Friday. Reuters earlier reported on the layoffs, which will impact roughly 8% of its staff of 105,529
Russian President Vladimir Putin has firmly pointed the blame at the West for starting the war in Ukraine and claimed Russia responded with force “in order to stop it”. #ukrainewar #vladimirputin #skynews Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-putin-prepares-to-give-major-speech-as-joe-biden-gets-ready-to-rally-allies-in-poland-12541713 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
Actress and activist Jane Fonda tells CNN’s Chris Wallace why she is not afraid of death, and if she has any regrets in her life. #CNN #News #shorts
As Ukrainians mark a year since Russia’s invasion, Ian is joined by Ukraine’s deputy economy minister, and the chief executive of the Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest – owners of the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, which was besieged by Russian soldiers last May. He also speaks to the chief executive at Allbright and the chair of
Publisher Puffin has announced the release of the “Roald Dahl Classic Collection” “to keep the author’s classic text in print” – following criticism of his books being re-written. The 17 titles will be available later this year and will include archive material relevant to each of the stories by the much-loved but controversial children’s author.
A financial services giant backed by an Abu Dhabi state investment fund is the latest suitor to emerge as a contender to swoop on parts of the stricken London-listed company MJ Hudson. Sky News has learnt that Apex Group, which is based in Bermuda and has around 12,000 employees, plans to table an offer next
New films based on JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books and The Hobbit are in the works, Warner Bros has confirmed. Chief executive, David Zaslav, announced the franchise revamp on Thursday during an earnings call, confirming that a deal had been brokered to make “multiple” films based on the works over a number of
The UK’s stockpile of ammunition has “borne the brunt of defence cuts” over the past 30 years, defence secretary Ben Wallace has said. It comes after Sky News’ defence and security editor Deborah Haynes revealed the government was reviewing the size of its ammunition supplies. Whitehall sources said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had exposed how
A billionaire financier, considered a pioneer of private equity investment, has been found dead in his New York office after reportedly taking his own life. While the family of Thomas (Tom) H Lee, who was 78, confirmed he had passed away there was yet to be any official confirmation from the New York Police Department
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has led a minute’s silence from the steps of Downing Street as the UK showed solidarity with Ukraine on the anniversary of the start of the war. Standing alongside Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, and members of the Ukrainian armed forces, Mr Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, observed
Ukrainians have proven themselves to be “invincible”, a defiant Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, as he attended a parade and memorial service in central Kyiv – marking a year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On a day of commemorations, the Ukrainian president presented awards in the capital to surviving soldiers and relatives of fallen “heroes”, describing
A new prototype vehicle has been spotted over the last few days and it clearly has some Tesla design features. It could be a test mule for the upcoming new “Tesla Model 2” $25,000 electric car or it could be nothing. The rumors about a new Tesla vehicle have been ramping up over the last
A gas flare outside Williston, North Dakota. Andrew Burton | Getty Images Congressional Democrats this week urged the Environmental Projection Agency to strengthen its proposal to regulate planet-warming methane gas emissions from the country’s oil and gas sector. The letter, led by Sen. Martin Heinrich, N.M. and Rep. Diana DeGette, Colo., and signed by a total of
Do Russia’s elites, public and military officials still support Russia’s president? Russia correspondent Diana Magnay explains whether Putin is in a stronger or weaker position since the invasion of Ukraine. 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
A woman who had been abducted nearly a year ago while traveling across the country made a dramatic escape from her kidnapper after she concocted a getaway plan to a New Jersey gas station, authorities said. #CNN #News #shorts
8:05 PM ET The NHL trade deadline (March 3) is still more than three weeks away. But big deals are already happening, with the Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring center Ryan O’Reilly, the New York Islanders trading for Bo Horvat and the New York Rangers bringing in Vladimir Tarasenko. We’re breaking down and grading all of
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during a press conference at The MGM during CES 2018 in Las Vegas on January 7, 2018. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Software that can write passages of text or draw pictures that look like a human created
Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to two charges of involuntary manslaughter over the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The 64-year-old actor was charged by the Santa Fe District Attorney’s (DA) office with two counts of involuntary manslaughter on the set of the film Rust in October 2021. The first charge facing Baldwin – involuntary
Rishi Sunak is to urge fellow world leaders to “move faster” to arm Ukraine’s troops as he leads a minute’s silence on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion. The prime minister is expected to use a G7 meeting today to call on allies to supply longer-range weapons to Ukraine as there is an urgent need
Feb 23, 2023 DEL MAR, Calif. — — The Breeders’ Cup has selected Del Mar to host the 41st world championships next year, marking the third time the picturesque Pacific track will stage the season-ending graded stakes races that feature the top thoroughbreds. Del Mar will present 14 Grade 1 races with purses worth more
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein begged “please don’t sentence me to life in prison, I don’t deserve it” as he was jailed for another 16 years for rape and sexual assault. Weinstein, 70, will serve the jail term after completing his 23-year sentence for a sexual misconduct conviction in New York in 2020. It is
The UK’s biggest retailers will next week warn Rishi Sunak that the government’s waste strategy risks forcing prices up for consumers even as continued inflationary pressures exacerbate the cost-of-living crisis. Sky News has obtained the draft of a letter from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) – expected to be sent to the prime minister next
In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Western leaders heralded a sanctions regime that would cripple the country’s war machine. Joe Biden claimed Russia’s economy would be “cut in half”, while Boris Johnson spoke of squeezing it “piece by piece.” A year has passed, but that great promise has been slow to deliver. Please
7:00 AM ET A group of Los Angeles Dodgers hitters descended upon Kent, Washington, this offseason to swing abnormally heavy bats under the watchful eyes of Driveline analysts, all with one mission in mind: Survive. Hitting has never been more difficult, a truism that acts as the biggest impediment to Major League Baseball’s determined efforts