In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A worker delivers Amazon packages in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale is on through Oct. 12 to boost sales among cost-conscious consumers who are expected to start their holiday shopping even earlier this year. Bloomberg |
So farewell, then, Trussonomics. The demise of the country’s second shortest-lived chancellor also brings with it the demise of the country’s shortest-lived economic movement. Liz Truss came into office promising to boost the country’s growth rate through a forensic combination of tax cuts, reforms to the country’s supply side (for which read: things like planning
Harry Potter and Cracker actor Robbie Coltrane has died aged 72. The Scottish-born star, known for playing the Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid in the Potter film franchise and criminal psychologist Dr Eddie ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald in the 1990s TV crime drama, died on Friday. In a statement, his agent of 40 years, Belinda Wright, said the actor
The fourth long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA departed the orbiting outpost on Friday to begin their flight back to Earth, capping a science mission of nearly six months. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying three US NASA astronauts and an Italian crewmate from the European Space Agency
Be in absolutely no doubt, the prime minister is in deep trouble. She has sacked her chancellor, committed a second major U-turn on her mini-budget, and junked the core of her economic policy. And she did so, awkwardly and uncomfortably, in no more than eight minutes. Government descends into chaos as PM faces battle to
Donald Trump has responded to a congressional committee that wants to hear his evidence about the assault on the US Capitol building, but he hasn’t said whether he will appear. In a memo to members of the January 6 committee, he didn’t address their subpoena calling on him to give evidence before them. Rather, he
Tory MPs appear to be divided over the future of Liz Truss as prime minister following her major U-turn announcement. Ms Truss reversed a key policy to scrap the planned rise in corporation tax from 19% to 25% after she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor. Heated messages were shared in Conservative Party WhatsApp groups after
Vladimir Putin has said he has “no” regrets over the war in Ukraine and warned that any direct clash of NATO troops with Russia could lead to a “global catastrophe”. On Friday, the Russian president spoke at a news conference in the Kazakh capital, Astana, and also said that his country’s partial mobilisation will be
Liz Truss has said “I want to be honest, this is difficult” after sacking her chancellor and reversing key policies of her government’s growth plan. In a news conference shortly after dismissing Kwasi Kwarteng, Ms Truss said: “The way we deliver our mission has to change.” But she said the “mission remains” to deliver a
Ryan Murphy has been a busy man of recent – clocking shows in to streaming platforms at breakneck speed. He is perhaps best known as the creator of musical hit Glee, and he has since gone onto to create projects such as American Horror Story, and more recently, Dahmer – which Netflix claims is its
The financial markets have responded negatively following Liz Truss’s announcement of a U-turn on corporation tax in a bid to reassure investors. As was widely predicted, the prime minister said she was abandoning the government’s commitment to drop the planned tax increase from 19% to 25% – even though it was a central plank of
Elon Musk said on Friday SpaceX cannot “indefinitely” fund the Starlink internet service in Ukraine and send it several thousand more terminals after a report suggested that his rocket company had asked the Pentagon to pay for the donations. Musk‘s comment on the question of support for the internet service in Ukraine comes after he
London Film Festival has returned in its full, in-person form this year, as celebs and filmmakers head back to the event to show off their latest projects to a British audience. Backstage, the TV and film podcast from Sky News, has been at the British Film Institute’s flagship event on London’s South Bank, watching films
Trek has just unveiled its lightest electric bike to date, the Trek Domane+ SLR. The stealthy e-bike is designed to slot right in alongside non-electric bikes without sticking out. Trek Domane+ SLR Weighing in at a mere 11.75 kg (25.9 pounds), the Trek Domane+ SLR is the company’s lightest electric road bike to date. It
Russia is a dominant player in the global nuclear market. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russia’s nuclear fuel industry remains conspicuously untouched by European sanctions more than seven months into the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine — much to the dismay of Kyiv officials and environmental campaigners. Despite eight rounds of sanctions, targeted
Sky’s Alex Crawford reports from Torske on the eastern frontline, where Ukrainian forces are pushing the Russians further back into the Donbas – and residents are being faced with the grim realities of war. Warning: This report contains images of one of the Russian soldiers killed in the counter-offensive. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for
Tasha Adams, the estranged wife of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, talks with CNN’s Kasie Hunt about Rhodes and his trial for involvement in the attack on the US Capitol. #KasieHunt #CNNTonight #CNN
In July, a puzzling new image of a distant extreme star system surrounded by surreal concentric geometric rungs had even astronomers scratching their heads. The picture, which looks like a kind of “cosmic thumbprint”, came from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s newest flagship observatory. The internet immediately lit up with theories and speculation. Some
Xi Jinping once declared China should “prioritize innovation” and be on the “cutting-edge (of) frontier technologies, modern engineering technologies, and disruptive technologies.” Since that speech in 2017, Beijing has spoken about technologies it wants to boost its prowess in, ranging from artificial intelligence to 5G technology and semiconductors. Five years since Xi’s address at the
Sir Ringo Starr has cancelled the rest of his North American tour after testing positive for COVID-19 for the second time in two weeks. The 82-year-old former Beatles drummer said fans were sure to be “as surprised as I was” as he revealed his latest coronavirus setback. Planned concert dates in California and Mexico have