Georgia Holt, the mother of singer Cher, has died aged 96. Cher, 76, revealed the sad news on social media, writing: “Mom is gone,” followed by a downcast face emoji. Former US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton shared her condolences with Cher, writing: “So sorry for your loss, my friend.” Showbiz columnist Perez Hilton wrote: “My
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Farmers living in the Republic of the Congo say that they have been barred from accessing their land so that the French oil giant Total Energies and the Congolese government can use it for a high-profile carbon offsetting project to plant 40 million trees in the next decade. According to an investigation shared exclusively with
Prince Harry has said “they were happy to lie to protect my brother”, with Meghan saying she was “fed to the wolves” before she left the UK with her husband – in a trailer for the latest part of their Netflix docuseries published on Twitter. Meghan says “our security was being pulled” and “everyone in
The government’s top responsibility is to tackle inflation, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told Sky News as thousands of public sector workers go on strike. Mr Hunt said the strikes, which are taking place every day until the end of the year, are a “symptom of the fact that people are very worried that their pay
Three boys aged eight, 10 and 11 have died after falling through an icy lake in Solihull, police have confirmed. A fourth boy, aged six, remains in a critical condition after the incident at Babbs Mill Park on Sunday afternoon. A search is continuing after unconfirmed reports up to six children may have fallen in,
Google has replaced their homepage logo with an animated Doodle in honor of prolific solar energy scientist Mária Telkes, nicknamed “The Sun Queen.” Mária Telkes was born in Budapest, Hungary on December 12, 1900, and she received a thorough education in the sciences, including a PhD from the University of Budapest in 1924. Later that
The European Central Bank has raised concerns over an idea to impose a cap on gas prices in Europe. Haussmann Visuals | Moment | Getty Images The European Central Bank is worried about the potential risks to financial markets from an EU-wide cap on natural gas prices. The bloc has been in intense discussions for
NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the Moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby. The incoming capsule hit the atmosphere at Mach 32, or 32 times the speed of sound, and endured reentry temperatures
Mick Lynch has accused the government of deliberately scuppering talks aimed at averting a series of rail strikes this month and next. The RMT General Secretary told Kay Burley that ministers have “no interest” in ending the industrial action and have “torpedoed” talks. #skynews #strike #rmt SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews
Former Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin and CNN’s Abby Phillip react to Republican Herschel Walker’s loss in the Georgia Senate runoff election, and midterm election results for the GOP. #CNN #News
8:34 PM ET United States midfielder Giovanni Reyna was almost sent home from the World Cup in Qatar due to a lack of effort in training and in a pre-tournament scrimmage against Qatari side Al Gharafa SC, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Reyna, 20, did not start a single game for the US in Qatar
An image of a woman holding a cell phone in front of a Huawei logo displayed on a computer screen. Canada on Thursday said it plans to ban the use of China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE 5G gearto protect national security, joining the rest of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network. Artur Widak | Nurphoto
Widespread travel disruption is expected across the UK this morning, as yellow weather warnings for ice, fog and snow remain in place. The Met Office issued the alerts as temperatures were expected to stay well below freezing overnight and combine with wintry showers to create icy conditions. The yellow warnings are in place until later
Electric bike maker MATE is perhaps best known for its compact folding electric bikes. But much like the automotive world, this e-bike company has bigger aspirations. And in the case of the upcoming MATE SUV electric cargo bike, those are aspirations are pretty darn big. The MATE SUV e-bike is designed to haul so much
As a bullet train speeds by in the background, a liquid hydrogen tank towers over solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells at Panasonic’s Kusatsu plant in Japan. Combined with a Tesla Megapack storage battery, the hydrogen and solar can deliver enough electricity to power the site’s Ene-Farm fuel cell factory. Tim Hornyak As bullet trains
Stuart Ray, Senior Intelligence Analyst at McKenzie Intelligence Services, analyses Joe Biden’s comment that he is prepared to talk with Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine. He describes the Kremlin’s “politically precarious position” after Ukraine has made gains in the annexed territories which the West has refused to recognise. #ukraine #russia #skynews SUBSCRIBE
The UK government has claimed up to 60% of what it calls “ill-gotten” Russian gains and foreign reserves have been frozen and that there will soon be nowhere left for such money to hide. But as CNN’s Nina dos Santos reports, sanctions on the super rich have yet to sway public allegiances, perhaps why the
Troops are being trained to drive ambulances ahead of strikes as the government holds emergency COBRA meetings to limit disruption while 10 different industries go on strike this week. Over the weekend, government sources said a decision had not yet been made to put in a formal request to the Ministry of Defence but said
A number of people are in a critical condition after being pulled from a lake in Solihull. West Midlands Police said: “We are currently at the scene of a serious incident at Babbs Mill Park, Fordbridge Road, Kinghurst, Solihull. “A number of people have been pulled from a lake and are being transported to hospital.
Conservative MPs have called for lower taxes and a new Tory campaign group has been launched in a fresh double headache for Rishi Sunak. On Sunday morning, a letter from 40 Tory MPs was sent to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt saying taxes are too high and offering suggestions of how to lower them by £7bn. At