The impact of Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine on oil and gas prices is now very apparent. The price of Brent crude surged to $119.84 a barrel on Thursday – a level last seen on 1 May 2012 – while the price of wholesale gas remains close to the record highs it hit just before
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Neighbours has confirmed it will come to an end this June after nearly 37 years on screen. The future of the Australian soap had been in doubt for some time since Channel 5 announced last month it would be axing the show from its schedules. The long standing show’s end was confirmed today after no
Ministers are considering emergency legislation to push through sanctions on Russian oligarchs linked to President Putin. Government sources have told Sky News that experts are looking at whether current laws could be tweaked or new ones brought in to speed up the process, which has stalled over recent days. Ukraine-Russia news live: Dire warning from
In this article AAPL Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the keynote address during the 2020 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California. Brooks Kraft/Apple Inc/Handout via Reuters BARCELONA – Apple’s decision to stop selling products in Russia puts pressure on other smartphone makers to do the same, according to analysts.
Marilyn Manson is suing his former fiancee Evan Rachel Wood for defamation, saying she has cast him as a “rapist and abuser”. The Westworld actress claims the musician – whose real name is Brian Warner – sexually and physically abused her during their relationship. Manson, 53, has denied the allegations and has now filed a
NASA is offering space enthusiasts a chance to fly their names around the Moon. The US space agency has set up a website where you can add your name on a flash drive that will travel aboard Artemis I, an unmanned mission to orbit the Moon and test the Space Launch System (SLS). Artemis I
Donald Trump and his team tried “to defraud the US” by manipulating the results of the 2020 presidential election, the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot has said. The select committee of politicians looking into what happened in Washington DC on 6 January 2021 said it has “a good-faith basis for concluding that the president
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A solar energy field stands next to the Lippendorf coal-fired power plant on May 10, 2021 in Lippendorf, Germany. Jens Schlueter | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Ukrainian people are bearing the heaviest weight of the war they are fighting with Russia, but the war has had grave consequences for global energy markets
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the last night as “harsh”, and there was “no single object in the country which occupiers won’t consider a target.” In an address he said the Russians were “fighting against everyone and everything” using rockets and missiles on city districts without any military value. For the latest developments: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE
Former CIA director and retired US Army Gen. David Petraeus tells CNN why providing “a way out” for Putin out of ongoing diplomatic negotiations between Ukrainian and Russian delegations will prove critical. #CNN #News Russia bombs residential area of Kharkiv and intensifies Kyiv assault as talks with Ukraine end https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/europe/ukraine-russia-invasion-monday-intl-hnk/index.html Russia beefs up assaults in
There was a lot of excitement when astronomers from the Chile-based European Southern Observatory (ESO) claimed to have discovered the closest black hole to Earth, just 1,000 light-years away, in the HR 6819 system. But others had disputed the findings. Now, it appears those who doubted the findings were correct. Research by an international team
Russia has reportedly taken control of Kherson in what would be its first seizure of a major Ukrainian city, while leaders in the south of the country have warned “we are being destroyed” after attacks wiped out water and power supplies. The southern port city of Mariupol said critical infrastructure was being targeted and that
Ukraine’s president has claimed nearly 9,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the invasion of his country began a week ago. Volodymyr Zelenskyy was speaking in a video message in the early hours of Thursday, in which he told the invading forces to “go home”. He warned: “Wherever they go, they will be destroyed. “They
In this article AMZN People shop in the newly opened Amazon Books on May 25, 2017 in New York City. Getty Images Amazon is shutting down all its Amazon Books physical bookstores, as well as its Amazon 4-star and Amazon Pop Up shops, which sold a variety of electronics and other hot items. The closures
Now that spring is more than just on the horizon across much of the country, it’s time to turn your eyes toward picking up electric lawn care tools and kicking gas to the curb. Right now, Woot’s spring sale is chock of battery-powered and corded electric lawn tools including lawn mowers, chainsaws, and more. Out
Pro-Russian separatists are seen next to an abandoned tank on a road between the separatist-controlled settlements of Mykolaivka (Nikolaevka) and Buhas (Bugas), as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 1, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters As Moscow’s war on Ukraine rages on and the Russian economy — and currency —
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has been declared legally single by a US court after the latest hearing in her divorce proceedings with rapper Kanye West. The businesswoman and model will change her name from Kardashian-West back to just Kardashian after a motion was granted by a judge at Los Angeles County Superior Court. The
Voters are going to the polls today in Birmingham Erdington in a parliamentary by-election triggered by the sudden death of Labour Party and trade union stalwart Jack Dromey. Mr Dromey, who was married to the former Labour cabinet minister and interim party leader Harriet Harman, held the seat with a majority of 3,601 in the
A group of 15 UK charities have launched a joint fundraising appeal to help more than a million refugees fleeing Ukraine as the Russian invasion “turns lives upside down”. The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) began the effort on Thursday, with one member executive describing the situation as one of the most “heart-breaking he had ever