The US has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan after the last of its planes took off from Kabul airport. All its service members have now departed, bringing an end to a 20-year campaign that saw more than 2,400 Americans die – as well as tens of thousands of Afghans. General Kenneth F McKenzie announced the
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Week 1 is finally here. So let’s get right into the thick of it. What coaches are already under pressure? Which players do we think are going to become stars this season? Is there any chance of an underdog reaching the College Football Playoffs? Our college football reporters break down
A bus has been hijacked and set on fire in the Shankill area of Belfast. The events come after nights of violence in loyalist communities who feel disenfranchised following the recent Brexit deal and alleged lockdown breaches by Sinn Fein at an IRA funeral. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/bus-set-on-fire-and-photographer-attacked-in-disorder-in-belfast-ahead-of-emergency-meeting-12268767 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more
Professors and scientists are among the North Korean elite treated to a variety of perks, paid for by Kim Jong Un’s regime. CNN’s Will Ripley reports.
While many people think of Gogoro as an electric scooter company, it’s perhaps more accurate to call Gogoro a battery-swapping network company that also happens to build fast and tech-savvy electric scooters. That’s because the company is becoming increasingly well-known around the globe for its battery-swapping system, especially now that those batteries are being adopted
A shopper walks past an ad for Apple’s iPhone 12 outside a store in Hong Kong on May 24, 2021. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of Globalstar, a satellite services provider, soared 60% Monday following a report that the next iPhone will have the ability to utilize satellite communications.
An 11-year-old drummer from Ipswich has performed live on stage with her musical hero Dave Grohl in a thrilling climax to a Foo Fighters concert in California. Nandi Bushell described her experience as “epic” when she played on the band’s 1997 hit Everlong at The Forum in Inglewood. Following the realisation of her dream, Nandi
Ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are calling on the UK government to keep the £20 uplift to Universal Credit in place beyond the current October deadline. In a letter to Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey, they call for the policy to be made permanent and describe the change – which is due
The Chinese government has banned under-18s from playing online games for more than an hour a day, and then only between 8pm and 9pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays. The ban will be enforced by online gaming companies which are now required to strictly enforce rules requiring users to register accounts with their
James Bond actor Colin Salmon has said he felt he was “slipping away” after becoming ill with COVID-19 – and has praised doctors for saving his life. His wife, Fiona Hawthorne, and their four children also fell ill with coronavirus. Salmon caught COVID on New Year’s Eve and revealed that without the treatment he received
Dominic Raab is to hold a series of diplomatic meetings this week focusing on future engagement with the Taliban after the final UK troops pulled out of Afghanistan on Saturday. The foreign secretary will host talks with other officials in a bid to find an international consensus on how to deal with Afghanistan’s new regime
Elon Musk never shies away from interacting with his fans and critics alike on Twitter. From cryptocurrency and Tesla to rockets and SpaceX, the billionaire entrepreneur addresses all queries on the micro-blogging site — as much as he can. Not just that, he also comes up with quirky memes to stump users. On August 28,
The former Royal Marine who founded an animal shelter in Afghanistan has apologised for the “incredibly embarrassing” language he used in a voicemail to a government aide as he tried to leave the country. Paul “Pen” Farthing arrived at London Heathrow on a privately-funded charter flight from Kabul at around 7.30am on Sunday – with
11:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN The 2021 NFL season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 9, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play host to the Dallas Cowboys (8:20 p.m., NBC). Teams have been in training camp since late July, with three preseason games to help inform decisions about which undrafted free agents might be worth keeping, which
A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados, and a human-sized robotic arm rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday. The delivery — due to arrive Monday — is the company’s 23rd for NASA in just under a decade. A recycled Falcon rocket blasted into the predawn sky from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. After hoisting the
A spokesman for the Uganda military said troops were in the area to protect the political opponent Bobi Wine after it appeared he was confronted by armed soldiers at his home. Sky’s Africa correspondent John Sparks was there. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews and https://twitter.com/skynewsbreak Like
In a 1997 interview with CNN’s Peter Arnett, Osama bin Laden explains why he has declared a jihad on the U.S.
10:22 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit held off Rock Your World in the stretch to win the $100,000 Shared Belief by 1¼ lengths on Sunday at Del Mar for embattled trainer Bob Baffert. Medina Spirit raced for the first time since finishing third as the 9-5 favorite
Multiple rockets fired at Kabul airport have been intercepted by a missile defence system, a US official has told Reuters news agency. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the official said up to five rockets were fired, although it was not clear if all were brought down by the defence system. The official said initial
Toyota Motor Corporation has announced an immediate halt to all of its e-Palette self-driving transportation pods operating at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. The decision comes on the heels of an accident that took place in the Paralympic Village yesterday, when a Toyota e-Palette collided with a visually impaired athlete, injuring them. While Toyota remains a