A Russian invasion of Ukraine would bring “massive consequences” for Moscow, the foreign secretary is set to warn Vladimir Putin during a speech in the Ukrainian capital. Liz Truss will visit Ukraine this week as part of continuing diplomatic efforts to avoid a war between Russia and its neighbour. It comes as a senior US
The widow of a sub postmaster wrongly convicted of theft has told Sky News that the Post Office “contributed” to his death. Julian Wilson, who ran a post office in Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, took a plea deal in 2008 after auditors found more than £27,000 missing in the branch accounts. He was among some 700
Several Tesla employees and contractors at Tesla Gigafactory Texas posted videos on Snapchat from inside the factory – giving us a rare look at the production lines. Things are ramping up at Gigafactory Texas. Tesla recently confirmed that the first ‘builds’ of new Model Y vehicles were produced at the factory late last year. We
In this article ENR-DE RWE-DE No-Mad | iStock | Getty Images German power firm RWE has signed an agreement with Neptune Energy to develop a green hydrogen demonstration project in the Dutch North Sea, targeting an electrolyzer capacity of 300 to 500 megawatts. In a statement Tuesday, the firms said the H2opZee project would be
In this article FB AAPL GOOGL An Android statue is displayed in front of a building on the Google campus on January 31, 2022 in Mountain View, California. Google parent company Alphabet will report fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the closing bell. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Google on Wednesday announced it’s adopting new
Ukraine’s President says it’s important to stay calm and has even criticised Western leaders for stoking paranoia but Ukrainians are preparing for the worst. The Ukrainian Prime Minister says the government has allocated 400 million Euros to keep its airspace open as several airlines review suspending flights to the country. Sky’s Alex Rossi reports. SUBSCRIBE
Some residents in Miami say their voter registration was unknowingly changed from Democrat to Republican. CNN’s Randi Kaye reports on why one Florida lawmaker is calling for an investigation into voter registration tactics. #CNN #News
7:30 AM ET Israel Adesanya showed he belongs among the top pound-for-pound fighters in MMA when he defended his UFC middleweight championship against a fellow top-10 fighter, ex-champ Robert Whittaker, and won a unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 271. The problem for Adesanya, who was No. 2 in the ESPN rankings going
Coachella, one of the biggest and most popular music festivals in the world, will not be requiring ticket-holders to be vaccinated, wear masks or test negative at the 2022 event, organisers have said. The eased restrictions for the event, which is among the first to make such a change, conform with state guidance, organisers added,
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6:32 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Mark Todd, a two-time Olympic champion in equestrian and now a notable racehorse trainer, has temporarily lost his training license pending an investigation into a video showing him striking a horse with a branch. The British Horseracing Authority imposed the interim suspension on the 65-year-old New Zealander on
Ukraine’s newly chosen Eurovision act has been suspended, amid claims she travelled to the Russian-controlled Crimea in 2015. Alina Pash is facing scrutiny from Ukraine’s national broadcaster for the trip she was said to have made seven years ago, and now faces a nervous wait to see if she will represent her country at the
An investigation into a bid to give honours and citizenship to a Saudi national linked to the Prince of Wales’ charity has been launched, police have said. The Metropolitan Police Service said it is investigating allegations of offences under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. It said in a statement: “The decision follows an
It was Tim Robbins’ Andy Dufresne who pulled off the big screen’s most famous prison break, the wrongly jailed innocent man who “crawled through a river of s*** and came out clean on the other side”. But it was Morgan Freeman and that famous voice, deep and calming, instantly recognisable, who told his story. Almost
Russia will retaliate if new sanctions are imposed by Britain, according to the country’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov. UK ministers last week gained powers to impose tough new sanctions on Russian oligarchs and businesses. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the “very, very tough” package of sanctions is “ready to go” should Russia launch a
NASA’s Juno mission has yet again stunned us with breath-taking images of Jupiter and its moon, Ganymede. Scientists are awed by an image of Jupiter in a crescent phase. The picture was taken when NASA’s Juno spacecraft approached the giant planet during a regular close pass. The crescent shape of Jupiter can never be captured
A US patient with leukaemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday. The case of a middle-aged woman of mixed race, presented at the
The world must judge Russia with its own eyes as to whether it is de-escalating, the defence secretary said as he warned an invasion of Ukraine is still possible. Ben Wallace told Sky News: “I can also tell you judge with your own eyes at the scale of that Russian deployment on the borders of
Inflation hit 5.5% in January, its highest rate since March 1992, as the cost of living in Britain continued to surge, official figures show. The consumer price index (CPI) measure of inflation, up from 5.4% in December, was in line with economists expectations – as clothing, housing, and furniture prices climbed higher, the Office for
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