Donald Trump has rebuked his daughter and former White House aide Ivanka after she rejected the former president’s claim of fraud at the 2020 US election. Mr Trump said his daughter was not involved in looking at election results and “had long since checked out”. The comments were made in the aftermath of a hearing
8:00 AM ET Before UFC 248, fans were still learning about the UFC’s new women’s strawweight champion. Seven months earlier, Zhang Weili had dethroned Jessica Andrade in her home country of China in August 2019, becoming the first Chinese champion in UFC history. While that win was historic, that fight wasn’t held on the promotion’s
Los Angeles-based micromobility company Bird is looking to trim down, at the cost of hundreds of jobs. The shared electric scooter company has reportedly let go 23% of its employees in its latest round of layoffs. Particularly hard hit was Bird’s consumer product division, which expanded to include electric bikes and electric scooters that were
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has ruled out the prospect of a Russian gas ban in the European Union’s next package of sanctions, saying it would be “impossible.” Landlocked Hungary is overwhelmingly dependent on Russian hydrocarbons. Szijjarto’s comments come as President Vladimir Putin says he believes the West will not be able to wean itself
Prince Charles is said to have privately called the UK government’s plans to send some illegal migrants to Rwanda “appalling”. The first deportations under the contentious deal are expected to happen next week after the High Court ruled on Friday that a flight taking asylum seekers to the east African country can go ahead. They
Several of the 5,500 marine RNA virus species recently identified by scientists may help push carbon absorbed from the atmosphere to permanent storage on the ocean floor, according to a study. The findings also suggest that a small percentage of the newly discovered species had borrowed genes from the animals they infected, which could aid
As Westminster lurches to the end of the worst week so far for the prime minister, there is only one clear winner evident as the fog of war subsides. It’s not Sir Keir Starmer – Labour folk are fretting about their lack of impact at the moment. Nor is it the 148 Tory rebels who
The Sun is riddled with mystery. People on Earth are about 150 million kilometres away from the Sun and only have a limited view of the star. Add to that the fact that the Sun’s surface is scorching hot, and it’s constantly ejecting particles at a speed of around 1 million miles per hour. So,
A construction crew assembles a display for the RSA Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif. Paul Chinn | San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Nothing has lowered Cybereason’s expectations for growth. Rather, the continuing rise in ransomware attacks has forced its clients to bolster spending on security systems, putting the security software company
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has raised the issue of two British men sentenced to death by a Russian-backed court with her Ukrainian counterpart. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was said to be “appalled” by the sentences handed to Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and has ordered ministers to do “everything in their power” to secure their
COVID cases have risen for the first time in two months, according to the latest figures. The spike is likely to be caused by increases in cases compatible with the original Omicron variant BA.1 and the newer variants BA.4 and BA.5, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. A total of 989,800 people in private
Lenders to Matalan, one of Britain’s biggest budget retailers, are preparing for crunch talks about the chain’s future financing against a backdrop of soaring inflation and deepening economic gloom. Sky News has learnt that Matalan’s senior bondholders are lining up Perella Weinberg Partners to advise them on their options with a £350m repayment due to
More than half of UK households have cut down on their energy usage as a result of the cost of living crisis, new data suggests. A survey carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that 52% of Britons are using less gas and electricity in a bid to cut down costs. The
Neighbours cast and crew members have said goodbye to Ramsay Street after 37 years, with bosses sharing a farewell photo after wrapping on the last scene. The Australian soap opera, which first aired in 1985, will air its final episodes in August after being axed earlier this year. A photo from the last day on
Boris Johnson has until the autumn to save his premiership, his former Brexit minister Lord Frost has warned. The prime minister must set out a clear Conservative vision of the future or face being ousted by his own MPs, he said. Mr Johnson narrowly survived a confidence vote on Monday, with 41% of his own
Former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman tells CNN’s Jake Tapper why he doesn’t consider himself a Republican. #cnn #News
When the historians come to write this chapter of America’s history, they’ll find a good chunk of their work is being done for them over the next few weeks. Last night we got the first glimpse of what these extraordinary hearings will look like. For the first time since the Nixon’s Watergate scandal, a conspiracy
The mineral graphite, as an anode material, is a crucial part of a lithium-ion (Li-on) battery. Electrek spoke with John DeMaio, president of the Graphene Division of Graphex Group and CEO of Graphex Technologies. Read on to learn what he had to say about why graphite’s so important for EVs, what his company is doing to ramp
Club name Devon Energy (DVN) announced Wednesday evening that it will acquire the leasehold interest and related assets of RimRock Oil and Gas, a privately held company of Warburg Pincus. RimRock is located in the Williston Basin, a resources-rich body of land that stretches across Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Canada. At a total
An investigation into the US Capitol riots has heard that close allies of former president Donald Trump – and even his daughter – rejected his false claims of election fraud, with one calling it “bulls**t”. On the first of six days of public hearings before a House of Representatives select committee, a never-seen-before 12-minute graphic