Russia could be getting ready for war. It has amassed military equipment and combat-ready troops along the border with eastern Ukraine, in scenes resembling 2014 when Russia seized the peninsula of Crimea. Sky’s correspondent in Moscow Diana Magnay assesses the situation – and asks whether Vladimir Putin is about to invade Ukraine. SUBSCRIBE to our
As Ford’s CEO Jim Farley took to Twitter to announce a 3x increase in Mustang Mach-E production, the company also alerted dealers that modest price increases and new packages would be coming for 2022 models. The California Route 1 edition also got a meaningful range bump. Meanwhile, the company delayed a much anticipated Explorer EV…
Whinstone CEO Chad Harris takes CNBC on a tour of the largest bitcoin mine in North America. Bitcoin mining has totally recovered from the Chinese crypto crackdown that took more than half the world’s miners offline virtually overnight earlier this year. The recovery is measured by looking at hashrate, a term used to describe the
A star younger than our Sun but similar in size has got scientists worried and they say everyone should be worried too. The star, called EK Draconis, is located dozens of lights years away from us and has been spewing out massive fireworks. Scientists recently watched it having an energy blast and ejecting charged particles
Emergency crews in the US state of Illinois are responding to reports of injuries at an Amazon warehouse after the roof collapsed following bad weather. Footage from local TV stations showed dozens of emergency vehicles at the Amazon centre near Edwardsville, about 25 miles west of St Louis. Some 100 employees were believed to have
A father and son have pleaded not guilty to starting a massive California wildfire that destroyed 1,000 homes and forced tens of thousands of people to flee. David Scott Smith, 66, and Travis Shane Smith, 32, are charged with reckless arson over the Caldor fire which started on 14 August. Five people were injured and
Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky delivers a keynote address during the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on November 30, 2021. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon Web Services on Friday published an explanation for an hours-long outage earlier this week that disrupted its retail business and third-party online services. The company also said
Singer Taylor Swift is facing legal action from songwriters who claim she copied their lyrics in her 2014 hit single Shake It Off. On Friday, a judge in California rejected a bid by the Grammy-winning performer to throw out a lawsuit that says she took wording from the 2014 song Playas Gon’ Play by R&B
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 16: Oracle chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address during the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld on September 16, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Oracle chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison kicked off the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld with a keynote address.
1:33 PM GMT France scrum-half Antoine Dupont has been named World Rugby Men’s Player of the Year, it was announced on Friday, beating out Australia’s Michael Hooper and Samu Kerevi, as well as England’s Mauro Itoje, to the award. The 25-year-old enjoyed a stunning year, notably completing a superb European Champions Cup and Top 14
With more than a hundred thousand Russian troops now amassed on Ukraine’s border, Western forces now fear a new armed incursion. President Joe Biden warned that if Russia invades Ukraine as is feared, he will bring down the might of US sanctions on Mr Putin’s country in a way that will exact ‘a very real
In his new memoir, former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says the President’s blood oxygen levels reached dangerously low levels during his 2020 bout with Covid-19. #MaggieHaberman #CNN #NewDay
A new Tesla Cybertruck prototype with an updated design has been spotted on the automaker’s Fremont factory test track. It’s the best look we had at the upcoming electric pickup truck in a while. Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck back in 2019 and for the longest time, only a single prototype of the electric pickup truck
Nick Emery clears mountains of snow from his driveway on March 14, 2021 in Nederland, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson | Denver Post | Getty Images This winter could be especially cold and expensive. But there are a few ways to keep your wallet full and your family warm. People who heat their homes with natural
The future of LV= was thrown into confusion this evening when members of the UK’s second largest mutual life insurer narrowly rejected a takeover by private equity group Bain Capital. The board of LV=, which was formerly known as Liverpool Victoria, had urged its 1.16 million members to support the £530million takeover. However, with 75% of
Michael Nesmith, who was a singer and guitarist in 1960s pop group The Monkees, has died at the age of 78. Nesmith’s manager Andrew Sandoval confirmed the news in a statement on Twitter. He said: “It is with deep sadness that I mark the passing of Michael Nesmith. “We shared many travels and projects together
8:04 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN Former pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko steps back into the ring Saturday night at Madison Square Garden to face Richard Commey (9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+). It will be Lomachenko’s second fight since a shocking loss to Teofimo Lopez that stripped Lomachenko of his three lightweight titles. In his first fight
Carolyn Everson Source: CNBC Instacart President Carolyn Everson said Friday she will step down at the end of the year. The news comes just three months after she joined the company. Everson’s departure is the latest shake-up in Instacart’s C-suite. Head of advertising, Seth Dallaire, left for Walmart in October. The company has hired several
The government has been “presented with some very challenging new information” about the Omicron variant and will keep restrictions “under review”, Michael Gove has said after he chaired a meeting of the COBRA emergency committee. Mr Gove headed the talks with first ministers and deputy first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to discuss
The UK will have more than one million Omicron cases by the end of this month if current trends continue unchanged – but booster jabs provide 70-75% protection against symptomatic infection, says the Health Security Agency. The UKHSA said in a statement: “It is projected that if current trends continue unchanged, the UK will exceed