Arriving in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, the sheer scale of the poverty takes your breath away. The streets are teeming with people but everywhere is shrouded in acrid smoke from piles of burning rubbish. From the hills above Port-au-Prince, the city at times disappears in a fog of polluted air. Wherever you walk people ask for
Shop prices have yet to reach their peak – despite record highs seen in January, it has been warned. Prices are now 8% higher than they were last January, up from 7.3% in December and above the three-month average of 7.5%, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index. Overall food inflation rose
The Inflation Reduction Act will drive electrification of transportation forward but won’t be enough to meet the United States’ climate goals under the Paris Agreement, according to a new report from the International Council on Clean Transportation. The ICCT is best known as the research group that broke the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal. We recently covered another
Jan 30, 2023 This was not always the plan. This was nowhere near Amanda Serrano’s goal. Throughout her division-winding, title-winning career through seven boxing weight classes, the thought never came to them. Being undisputed in a division? Nah, it wasn’t for Serrano and her team. They were content chasing a different type of history, winning
Downing Street has insisted that the UK’s economy is strong despite the International Monetary Fund’s warning that Britain’s economy will go into reverse this year and will fare worse than all other advanced nations. In its latest World Economic Outlook update, the IMF downgraded its UK gross domestic product (GDP) forecast once again, predicting a
Tesco has announced a plan to shake-up management and close hot counters and delis which will impact approximately 2,100 jobs. The plan will introduce around 1,800 new shift leader roles in stores, leading on the day-to-day operational duties on the shop floor the UK’s largest supermarket chain said. The counters and hot delis will close
President Biden has said the US will not give Ukraine any F-16 fighter jets. It comes after Ukrainian officials stepped up calls for allies to donate advanced warplanes so they can control their airspace. They are currently using old Soviet-era jets. Mr Biden responded “no” when asked by a reporter if he would send F-16s
Priscilla Presley has filed a legal challenge over the “validity and authenticity” of an amendment made to her daughter Lisa Marie’s will. In a court filing, Elvis Presley’s ex-wife disputes an amendment to Lisa Marie’s living trust that would see Priscilla replaced as an overseer of her daughter’s estate. A living trust is a form
Temperatures have hit a new low in Northern China of -53C, so cold that a cup of boiling water in the air freezes almost instantly. #china #northpole #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on
While boarding Marine One, President Donald Trump stopped to retrieve the hat of a Marine that was blown off by the wind.
In this article AMZN GOOGL SNAP META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington on Oct. 17, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Wall Street’s worst year since 2008 wreaked havoc on tech companies, particularly those reliant on digital advertising. Facebook parent Meta
Three emergency workers have been fired over their response to Tyre Nichols after he was beaten by police. The Memphis Fire Department said it had fired two emergency medical technicians and an emergency vehicle driver after an investigation found they failed to provide adequate medical care. Mr Nichols was left in critical condition after several
WindFloat Atlantic – the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm – has been online for two years, and it’s far exceeding power output expectations. The 25 megawatt (MW) WindFloat Atlantic project ended 2022 with an electricity production of 78 gigawatt hours (GWh) – 5% more output than its first year. It supplies power to
Former Poldark star Aidan Turner says actors should retain an “air of mystery” about their private lives. The 39-year-old actor told Sky News that he has rejected social media as it makes life “a bit harder”. “I don’t have social media, I don’t do Twitter,” he said. “If you’re very exposed and everyone knows intricate
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Labour will push the government for an increase to the number of neighbourhood police officers on Tuesday, saying communities are facing 3,000 incidents of anti-social behaviour a day. In an opposition day debate in the Commons, the party will point to the latest crime statistics from the ONS, which showed 1.1 million incidents of anti-social
10:34 AM ET The ongoing battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf for the best players in the world seems to have reached the pettiness phase, and boy, it’s hard to turn away. With LIV players, Rory McIlroy and others hooking up in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic this past weekend, there were plenty
Support for trade unions is rising even though strike action is bringing public services to a standstill , Sky News polling shows. Industrial relations are at their most fractious since the 1980s, with the country having lost more than a million working days to strikes last year. Despite this, sympathy for striking public sector workers
#shorts #Zelenskyy #skynews This is the moment President Zelenskyy hears that Germany will deliver Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, during an interview with Sky News’ Kay Burley. It’s thought the tanks could give Ukraine’s forces the firepower and mobility to break through Russian defensive lines. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow
A Colorado bear bares all in 400 bear “selfies.” CNN’s Jeanne Moos explains how it strikes a pose. #CNN #News