A minister has urged the Rail, Maritime and Transport union not to “hold the country to ransom” after it announced days of extra strikes over Christmas in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Calling on the union to cancel the strikes, Nick Gibb, the school minister, said the walkouts are “inconveniencing people up
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Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer and Rhea Perlman have led tributes to their Cheers co-star Kirstie Alley who died age 71, following a short battle with cancer. Danson, 74, played womanising bar owner Sam Malone in the classic NBC sitcom, with the character endlessly attempting to seduce Alley’s character Rebecca Howe. In a statement shared with
Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and sources familiar with the investigation and company operations. Neuralink is developing a brain implant it hopes will
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Two tankers were heading to Russia on Monday expecting to be filled with Russian crude as a price cap on its oil exports from a coalition of Western countries went into affect. On Friday, the European Union agreed to cap Russian seaborne oil prices at $60 a barrel, aiming to limit Moscow’s revenues and curb
There has been a sharp increase in the number of people forced to move across the country to escape homelessness, leaving behind jobs, schools, family and friends. #homeless #housing #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 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow
Newly released documents from April of 2004 reveal then-President George W. Bush pushed back against knowing about a domestic terror threat prior to the September 11 attack and the notion that his administration could have prevented it from happening. CNN’s Tom Foreman reports. #CNN #News
Kirstie Alley – who shot to fame after appearing in the US sitcom Cheers – has died at the age of 71. In a statement, her children said: “We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a short battle with cancer, only recently discovered. “She was
A medical company set up by Elon Musk is under investigation for potential welfare violations – with a total of 1,500 animals dying in four years, according to a report. Staff at Neuralink have made internal complaints that animal testing is being rushed – causing needless suffering and deaths, Reuters says. Records seen by the
Anwar Almojarkesh (L) and Alan Chalabi (R) from England take a photo at Meta (formerly Facebook) corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California on November 9, 2022. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images A group of Meta workers who joined the company via a corporate training program say they are receiving inferior severance packages compared
Union leaders have rejected revised offers to end industrial action on the railways – and announced more strikes over Christmas. RMT members at Network Rail are being urged by union bosses to reject new pay proposals and proceed with walkouts on 13-14 and 16-17 December. The RMT has also announced further strike action from 6pm
Michael Gove has watered down the government’s target to build 300,000 homes every year following an angry backlash from his own party’s MPs. A Commons vote on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill had to be dropped last month after 60 Conservatives signed an amendment calling for the mandatory target to be scrapped. But the
There’s a growing number of affordably priced electric motorcycles hitting the US market, but many are still produced overseas. Thanks to a $20M California grant though, electric motorcycle manufacturer RYVID will be able to build its RYVID Anthem bikes in the Golden State and create hundreds of jobs in the process. The company plans to
A pump jack on an oil field owned by Bashneft company near the village of Nikolo-Berezovka, northwest from Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, in 2015. The Group of Seven’s price cap of $60 for Russian seaborne oil and a ban on Russian crude kicked in on Monday. Sergei Karpukhin | Reuters Oil prices climbed as much as
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Former President Barack Obama campaigned for Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and criticized his opponent Herschel Walker (R) for a remark he made about vampires and werewolves. #CNN #News
9:08 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent DOHA, Qatar — Portugal coach Fernando Santos blasted Cristiano Ronaldo‘s reaction to being substituted in Friday’s World Cup game against South Korea and refused to confirm whether the striker will play against Switzerland on Tuesday. Ronaldo looked visibly frustrated when he was replaced in the 65th minute of the 2-1
In this article BTC.CM= FTT.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried attends a press conference at the FTX Arena in downtown Miami on Friday, June 4, 2021. Matias J. Ocner | Miami Herald | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former CEO of FTX — the bankrupt
Harry has spoken of the “pain and suffering” of women marrying into the Royal Family in a new trailer for his much-anticipated docuseries with wife Meghan – and told how only he and his wife know “the full truth” about their story. Netflix released its second trailer for the Sussexes’ series on Monday, confirming the
Two girls have been stabbed on their way to school in a small town in the south of Germany. Both girls were seriously injured in the attack on Monday morning, a police spokesman said. The attacker had a knife, according to the newspaper Bild. The attack happened in Illerkirchberg, a town of around 5,000 people