A solar storm warning has been issued, with an expert saying that at least two “big-flare players” could be released from the Sun soon. Space weather physicist Dr. Tamitha Skov said that many sunspot clusters could be seen from the Earth. She added that though there were “no large Earth-directed storms yet,” they were on
Wales is ordering sports events to take place without fans to help fight Omicron, as reports suggest new restrictions in England are unlikely before Christmas but could come in before New Year. Indoor and outdoor events will have to take place behind closed doors from Boxing Day, said Welsh economy minister Vaughan Gething. Football sides
Omicron is now the dominant form of coronavirus in the US and made up 73% of new cases last week, according to federal health officials. It represents a near six-fold increase in the variant’s share of infections in just one week. In some areas Omicron is even more dominant, responsible for an estimated 90% of
The site of a roof collapse at an Amazon.com distribution center in Edwardsville, Illinois. Drone Base | Reuters Gary Quigley was nearing the end of his Amazon delivery route on Friday when he noticed the winds were picking up. Quigley had been listening to local radio stations in Edwardsville, Illinois, all afternoon to keep an
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) forwarded a text message to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on January 5, outlining a legal theory that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to stand in the way of the certification of the 2020 election. CNN’s Anderson Cooper discusses. #CNN #News
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Coal photographed in front of the towers of a coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on October 15, 2021. Waldo Swiegers | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coal-fired power generation is due to hit an all-time high this year, according to a report from the International Energy Agency, with the organization’s executive director calling for
In this article CERN ORCL A sign is posted in front of Oracle headquarters on December 09, 2021 in Redwood Shores, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Enterprise software giant Oracle will buy electronic medical records company Cerner in an all-cash deal for $95 per share, or approximately $28.3 billion in equity value. The deal, expected to
6:34 PM ET Former Auburn starting quarterback Bo Nix announced on Sunday that he’s transferring to Oregon. The move will reunite Nix, who posted his decision on Instagram, with his former position coach and offensive coordinator during his freshman year at Auburn, Kenny Dillingham, who left after one season. Dillingham spent the last two seasons
As Omicron cases rise rapidly across the UK, Boris Johnson has reportedly been presented with options for further restrictions – including a full lockdown. The prime minister held an unscheduled cabinet meeting on Monday where his senior ministers were presented with Omicron data by chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and England’s chief medical officer
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has not announced further restrictions today – but said he is following the data “hour by hour” and warned the rules could still be tightened in the days to come. The PM said the data is “under constant review”, with the situation “extremely difficult” and the “arguments either way are very,
“It’s important if you are running a political party, which I did for almost eleven years and the country for six years, the process of communicating is incredibly important.” That’s what David Cameron told me when I interviewed him for the new Sky documentary Feral Beasts about the relationship between prime ministers and the media.
Countdown star Rachel Riley has been awarded £10,000 in damages after she sued Jeremy Corbyn’s former aide following an exchange on Twitter. The television presenter complained about a tweet that Laura Murray posted more than two years ago. The High Court heard in May that Ms Riley claimed Ms Murray’s post caused “serious harm” to
Footage of Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion in Florida has been shown in court as the closing arguments of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial take place. The video of the late paedophile’s Palm Beach estate was shown as evidence in Maxwell’s federal sex-trafficking hearing. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:56 Inside Epstein’s Florida mansion
6:24 AM ET Rafael Nadal said on Monday he had tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Spain after making his comeback from injury in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi last week. The 20-time Grand Slam champion said he was having some “unpleasant moments” but was hoping to feel better
Dominic Raab has said a lockdown gathering in the garden of 10 Downing Street was a staff meeting because they were “all in suits” – which Sir Keir Starmer has called “a bit of a stretch”. The picture, first published by the Guardian, shows the prime minister, his wife and their then-newborn baby, with 17
With record numbers of daily infections in recent days, the UK is currently a hotspot for Omicron – but the latest COVID-19 variant has hit other countries around the world, too. The US government’s chief medical officer Dr Anthony Fauci has called on Americans to get vaccinated, as densely populated areas such as New York
Footage has emerged of divers discovering a cook who had survived for almost three days trapped in an air pocket in his sunken ship’s hull. Nick van Heerden was on a mission to recover bodies from the sunken Jascon 4 when a hand reached out to him while he was searching the tugboat. http://news.sky.com/story/1177271/video-of-man-saved-from-sunken-ship-off-nigeria
A judge in Lafayette, Louisiana, is taking a leave of absence and facing calls for her resignation after a video with racist language recorded at her home surfaced. CNN’s Ryan Young reports. #CNN #News
A live production of satirical comedy Spitting Image will hit the West End next year. The original series of the popular sketch show ran from 1984 to 1996 and it made its return to screens for the first time in 2020, on subscription platform Britbox. A second series in September saw sporting stars Gareth Southgate,