Health minister Andrew Gwynne has been sacked over comments posted on a WhatsApp group. Mr Gwynne reportedly made antisemitic comments and ‘joked’ about a pensioner constituent, saying he hoped she died before the next election, according to the Mail on Sunday. In the WhatsApp chat, which contained Labour councillors, party officials and at least one
From the moment they stepped from the Hamas vehicle, to be seen alive for the first time in 15 and a half months, the three hostages were clearly gaunt and in poor health. Reports in Israel say they have lost up to 30% of their body weight and they are in a bad medical condition.
Demi Moore, Zoe Saldana, Kieran Culkin and Adrien Brody are among the big winners of this year’s Critics Choice Awards. Moore took home the best actress award for her performance in The Substance, in which she plays a fading Oscar winner who discovers a black-market drug to create a younger model of herself. The prize
Legal & General (L&G), the FTSE-100 insurance and asset management group, is preparing to kick off a search for a successor to chairman Sir John Kingman. Sky News has learnt that the company, which this week announced a major corporate deal in the US, is close to appointing headhunters to oversee the appointment process. City
A fossilised jawbone discovered in South Africa has been classified as belonging to a previously unidentified human relative. The specimen, estimated to be 1.4 million years old, has been attributed to the genus Paranthropus, known for its distinctive dental structure. Unlike its robust counterparts, the newly identified species exhibits a smaller jaw and teeth, suggesting
A dramatic rise in temperature was recorded at the North Pole, with levels surpassing the freezing point due to an extreme winter warming event. Reports indicate that temperatures climbed 20 degrees Celsius above the seasonal average, raising concerns among climate scientists about its impact on Arctic ice loss and long-term warming trends. The event, which
Photo: EDF Renewables North America Renewable energy – solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, biomass – accounted for more than 90% of total US electrical generating capacity added in 2024, according to data released yesterday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and reviewed by the SUN DAY campaign. Solar alone accounted for over 81% of the
In this article X 5401.T-JP CLF NUE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT US President Donald Trump (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on
A federal court has paused aspects of a plan by Donald Trump to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and put roughly 2,700 of its staff on leave. District judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by the US president during his first term, agreed with legal arguments from the largest government workers’ union
A new space mission designed to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere and track space weather in three dimensions is set to launch this month. NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission, consisting of four small satellites, is scheduled to be sent into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February 27.
A perennial singleton among the smug marrieds, with a passion for Chardonnay, big knickers and emotional f***wits. Who is Bridget Jones and why is she beloved by so many? Created by Helen Fielding as an anonymous way to write about being a single girl in London, Bridget first came to life in a weekly column
Two years ago, Dayni suffered the sudden and unexpected loss of her mother, Janice. The shock of her passing was traumatic enough – but what followed made the grieving process even more unbearable. Warning: this story contains details some readers may find upsetting Dayni was in hospital when her mother died, so it was a
Anduril, the defense-tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey, has signed a term sheet to raise capital at a $28 billion valuation, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is planning to raise up to $2.5 billion in the round, said the people who asked not to be named because the details are confidential.
In this article HIMS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The New York Stock Exchange with a Hims & Hers Health banner is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Hims & Hers is facing scrutiny from lawmakers over an advertisement for its weight loss offerings that’s slated to
Employees package and sort express parcels at an e-commerce company on Nov. 1, 2024, around the Double 11 Shopping Festival in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that puts a pause on his closing of the de minimis trade
Source: Tesla Tesla has increased Model X prices and brought back an incentive that CEO Elon Musk said was unsustainable and “not coming back to any vehicles.” Today, Tesla updated its Model X configurator in the US to raise the prices of the electric SUV by $5,000. The new prices are $84,990 for the Long
DOGE staffers who are working at the Department of Energy do not have access to U.S. nuclear secrets, Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC in an interview Friday. “I’ve heard these rumors. They’re like seeing our nuclear secrets. None of that is true at all,” Wright told CNBC’s Brian Sullivan in an exclusive interview. One of
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person walks by The Spheres at the Amazon.com Inc. headquarters in Seattle, Washington, on Nov. 14, 2022. David Ryder | Getty Images News | Getty Images Amazon has removed any references to diversity and inclusion from its most recent annual report. The company filed
Hamas has released the names of three Israeli hostages it says it will release today in the fifth such swap of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. The hostages are Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy, Hamas armed wing spokesperson Abu Obeida said in a Telegram post. An Israeli official confirmed Israel had received
Hamas has released the names of three Israeli hostages it says it will release on Saturday in the fifth such swap of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. The hostages are Eli Sharabi, Ohad ben Ami and Or Levy, Hamas armed wing spokesperson Abu Obeida said in a Telegram post. In return for the captives’ release,
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