After being in prison for 43 years for a crime he didn’t commit, Kevin Strickland speaks with CNN’s Brianna Keilar about visiting his mother’s grave and what his plans are for the future. #CNN #News
According to a recent research study by Morgan Stanley, Ford Motor Company is on pace to outsell General Motors (GM) in the EV market for 2021. The research compares Ford’s EV sales through the first ten months of this year against GM’s, while noting the latter’s halt to Bolt production. Both Ford and GM have
A truck passes pumpjacks in the Belridge oil field on November 03, 2021 near McKittrick, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s administration stands ready to release even more barrels of oil from its strategic reserves should the need arise again, according to the U.S. State Department’s senior advisor
The Prince of Wales has formally acknowledged “the appalling atrocity of slavery” in the Caribbean, saying “it forever stains our history” at an event to mark Barbados becoming a republic. Prince Charles was invited to speak at the transition ceremony formalising the Caribbean island’s decision to remove the Queen as its head of state. Speaking
Fuel retailers should be scrutinised by the government if they fail to cut prices, a RAC boss has suggested. Petrol and diesel prices remain high despite a reduction in the wholesale price of oil. Retailers are overcharging by as much as 12p per litre for petrol and 10p per litre for diesel, according to the
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., speaks during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of Twitter on Monday morning, citing his belief that the company was “ready
Yvette Cooper is elevated to shadow home secretary while Lisa Nandy will move from shadow foreign secretary to the levelling up brief as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer reshuffles his cabinet. Ms Cooper, who held the home affairs brief previously from 2011 to 2015 under former Labour leader Ed Miliband, will depart her current role
The new Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a “cause for concern and not for panic”, Joe Biden has said. The US president told reporters his decision to restrict travel from countries in southern Africa “gives us time” to take more action. The new variant was initially reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) by South
He is one of England’s most famous ever players, but Wayne Rooney says he’s almost unrecognisable in his new home of Washington. It suits him too. The striker is enjoying blending in among the crowds and taking his family out to enjoy their new home city. His £46m deal to join the MLS might be
Stephen Sondheim, the renowned composer of “Into the Woods,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Gypsy,” “Sunday in the Park with George” and other essential works of musical theater, died early Friday morning, according to Aaron Meier at DKC O&M, the producers of Sondheim’s current production “Company.” He was 91. Sondheim died suddenly, the New York Times reported, citing
BMW announced that it delivered the very first BMW i4 electric cars to customers today at an event at its headquarters. It officially marks the expansion of BMW’s EV lineup that has remained stagnant for almost a decade. When BMW launched the i3 back in 2013, we thought that the BMW i4 then i5 would
In this article 7201.T-JP An electric concept car from Nissan is displayed at the company’s showroom in Yokohama, Japan, on November 29, 2021. KAZUHIRO NOGI | AFP | Getty Images Japanese automotive giant Nissan is to invest 2 trillion yen (around $17.6 billion) over the next five years to speed up the electrification of its
Today fresh measures designed to deal with the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron have come into force in England. They were announced by Prime Minster Boris Johnson at the weekend amid concern the new variant could be less responsive to vaccines and more infectious. Mask wearing in England is now compulsory in shops,
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is expected to step down from his executive role, sources tell CNBC’s David Faber. Twitter stock jumped more than 11% on the news.
Ghislaine Maxwell targeted young girls and manipulated them before “serving them up for sexual abuse”, a US prosecutor said in her opening statement in the New York trial of the British socialite. The 59-year-old former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein faces six counts of enticing minors and sex trafficking over a 10-year period. As her trial
EasyJet and TUI have updated their policies on rebooking flights and holidays after travel rules were changed to prevent the spread of the Omicron COVID variant. From 4am on Tuesday all arrivals into the UK will have to take a costly PCR test on day two – with the cheaper lateral flow tests no longer
Analysis: This isn’t a surprise By Ian King, Sky News business presenter It is no surprise to see Jack Dorsey stepping down as chief executive of Twitter. There has been disquiet for some time among shareholders at Mr Dorsey serving in that role and also at Square, the fintech payments company he co-founded, with Paul
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! will not air tonight after extreme weather conditions caused production problems at Gwrych Castle in North Wales, ITV has said. However, the reality TV show is set to return to screens on Tuesday instead following the disruption. Shows on Saturday and Sunday were cancelled because the production
Kanye West, Rihanna and Drake are among many celebrities paying tribute to US fashion designer Virgil Abloh, who has died at the age of 41 after a private battle with cancer. The influential Louis Vuitton menswear designer and founder of fashion label Off-White was diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma – a rare, aggressive form of cancer
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is carrying out a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet, with the first departure from his top team confirmed. A Labour source has told Sky News: “It’s all happening – big names being moved.” The reshuffle comes six months after Sir Keir‘s last refresh of his shadow cabinet, in the wake