The countdown is almost over. In just a matter of hours, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will answer questions from Beth Rigby and audience members in the Sky News leaders’ special event. The Battle for No 10 will be broadcast live from Grimsby with each leader facing 20 minutes of questions from Sky’s award-winning
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Banana firm Chiquita Brands has been ordered to pay $38.3m (£30m) to 16 family members of people killed by a right-wing paramilitary group it funded during Colombia’s long civil war. The decision by a federal jury in Florida marks the first time the company has been found liable in any of a number of similar
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2024, 10:40 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Tony Stewart’s Stewart-Haas Racing will cease operations at the end of the season. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Racers, start your valuations. After months
A British indie band formerly called Easy Life have changed their name to Hard Life after they said they were sued last year by the brand owners of the easyJet airline. Writing on Instagram, the Leicester group admitted the “last nine months have not been easy” but they have now released a new single, Tears.
Today’s Green Deals are all about getting up to go outside your usual stomping grounds, with an EV to carry you away, a power station to keep the juice flowing on your devices and appliances, and a EV charger adapter when you’re far from home and in need of a compatible recharge. Headlining these deals
Crude oil futures were little changed Tuesday as OPEC stuck to its demand forecasts, counting on steady economic growth this year. Oil prices rallied more than 2% Monday and have now recovered most of the losses from last week. The market had sold-off to four month lows after OPEC+ decided to increase crude production in
Hyoung Chang | Denver Post | Getty Images The American public as a whole remains on the fence with artificial intelligence, according to many polls, but in education, adoption among teachers and students is rapidly rising. In a little over a year, the percentage of teachers who say they are familiar with ChatGPT — the
Flights were unable to take off and land at Majorca’s international airport on Wednesday because of flooding on its runways, following heavy rain that hit the popular Spanish holiday island. Water also streamed from the ceiling of the complex’s shopping area and leaked through windows, videos posted on X appeared to suggest. A weather station at the
Whether Conservatives judge the 2024 manifesto a success or not rather depends on their definition of success. For some, it will be enough that Rishi Sunak has not exploded his election campaign in quite the way Theresa May did with her pledge to impose extra taxes on people to pay for social care in her
As Rishi Sunak was winding up his manifesto launch at metaphor-heavy Silverstone race track, the scale of the prime minister’s task in the remainder of the election campaign was becoming clear. According to the exclusive Sky News-YouGov poll, Sunak needs to go through the gears at once or he’s in danger of dropping to the
Comedians Sophie Duker, Grace Campbell and Alexandra Haddow have pulled out of Latitude Festival in protest over event sponsor Barclays’ ties to the Israel-Hamas war. They follow in the footsteps of musical acts including Irish singer-songwriter CMAT, who announced last week that she would no longer be performing at the Suffolk festival. Duker shared a
President Joe Biden so often talks about “inflection points'”. He has repeatedly framed his own presidency through a series of global inflection points – era-defining moments in which he has tried to cast himself as the sober voice of calm leadership. His life story too has been defined by a series of personal and tragic
Husqvarna’s new LF 60i LAT battery-powered compactor delivers serious soil compaction and the convenience of cordless power. A significant step up from the 18 and 20V power tools most of us have in our garages, the Husqvarna BLi-X 36V battery is a professional-grade cordless power pack that the company has engineered into series of job
In this article 2330-TW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A chip made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC Taiwan, the world’s semiconductor powerhouse, is facing a power crunch — and this could spell trouble for chipmakers. Manufacturing chips requires a lot of energy and electricity, and the government is struggling to meet the island’s
A Raspberry Pi 2 Model B single-board computer. Olly Curtis | Future Publishing | Future | Getty Images British computing startup Raspberry Pi on Tuesday is set to raise £166 million ($211.2 million) from its initial public offering, in a rare win for London’s main stock exchange which has struggled to attract technology listings. Raspberry
Singapore Airlines is offering injured passengers compensation after a flight from London to Singapore was hit by severe turbulence last month. One man died and dozens suffered injuries on the Boeing 777 Singapore Airlines flight on 21 May after the plane hit turbulence so bad it dropped 54m in just four seconds. People described “launching
Apple is set to integrate artificial intelligence into its new phones, but billionaire Elon Musk has threatened a ban of the devices at his companies over what he alleges are security fears. The tech giant held its annual developer conference in California, on Monday, during which it made the long-awaited announcement that it was bringing
Associated Press Jun 10, 2024, 03:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEXINGTON, Ky. — Horse racing’s federal oversight body has named Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher among four new members of a horseman’s advisory group that will provide feedback to its executive team and committees. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) announced Monday
This week’s Green Deals are kicking off with up to $400 off already discounted e-bike models at Juiced Bikes while the company celebrates 15 years since it first started releasing its designs, with its newest offering, the JetCurrent Pro Foldable e-bike hitting its lowest pre-order price yet at $2,074. It is joined by Anker’s SOLIX
In this article ED EVRG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Evergy Chief Financial Officer Kirk Andrews will replace Consolidated Edison‘s current CFO Robert Hoglund, who plans to retire on July 8, the companies announced Monday. Andrews has been CFO of the Midwest utility company