China’s military advances could “eventually lead to a clash” and the UK has been “asleep” to the threat it poses for the last 30 years, an influential Tory MP has warned. Tobias Ellwood, the chairman of the defence select committee, said Beijing is “taking advantage of a timid West” and Rishi Sunak’s speech declaring the
In this article 700-HK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tencent has faced a number of headwinds in 2022 including a Covid-induced slowdown in the Chinese economy and a tougher market for gaming. Bobby Yip | Reuters Tencent said it will launch new cloud computing products aimed at overseas markets as it searches for new
Crowds in a major Chinese city have clashed with white hazmat-suited riot police, footage on social media shows, as the biggest anti-government protests in decades continue over stringent zero-COVID policies. The clashes took place in Guangzhou on Tuesday night, according to posts online. In one video posted on Twitter, objects can be seen flying at
A man was saved by the US Coast Guard possibly 15 hours after he fell overboard on a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. CNN correspondent Nick Valencia shows footage of the helicopter rescue. #CNN #news
The England team have reached the final 16 in the World Cup – but manager Gareth Southgate has warned they face a “very dangerous team” in their next match. England beat Wales 3-0 at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar last night and will play Senegal on Sunday. Senegal is 18th in the FIFA world
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have reached a settlement in their divorce, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles. The former couple will have joint custody of their four children, who are aged between three and nine. West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, will pay Kardashian $200,000 (£166,000) a month in
Nov 29, 2022 Golf fans will have to wait a few more weeks to watch Tiger Woods play again. The 15-time major champion was forced to pull out of this week’s Hero World Challenge, a tournament he hosts in the Bahamas, because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Woods said doctors told him that
Doctors have hailed a “new era” of medicine after a study showed for the first time that a drug can slow the debilitating symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Results from the clinical trial also revealed that the drug lecanemab cleared clumps of a protein called amyloid – thought to be a key cause of the most common
Vyas Shenoy, a Ford engineer behind the advanced Pro Power Onboard technology on the Ford F-150 Lighting electric truck, says the feature means more to him than just having portable energy. Ford has sent shockwaves across the auto industry with the introduction of its fully electric F-150 Lightning. If you haven’t seen one of these
In this photo illustration, the BlockFi logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images BlockFi lawyers said during the crypto lender’s bankruptcy hearing on Tuesday that the firm plans to reopen withdrawals as part of an effort to “maximize client recoveries.” A day after BlockFi filed for
In this article TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk’s Twitter account displayed on a mobile with Elon Musk in the background are seen in this illustration. In Brussels – Belgium on 19 November 2022. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images In a recent update to its website, Twitter said that effective
Professor Michael Clarke looks at why the Wagner group – a mercenary army from Russia – is so intent on taking Bakhmut despite the town having no strategic value. #Ukraine #russia #ukrainerussiawar #analysis #donbas 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
Richard Reeves, author of the book “Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It,” discusses why men in the US are more likely to die by suicide than women #CNN #News
Davine Lee still has the birthday present she bought for her friend Molly five years ago, an unwrapped box containing a hoodie featuring her favourite TV show, that remains sitting untouched at home. She learned of her friend’s death, at the age of 14, after seeing her empty chair at school and wondering where she
Ukraine’s first lady has urged the UK to lead the way in the creation of a special international tribunal to prosecute Russia for aggression against her nation – as she stressed that “just to stop the war is really the first step”. Speaking to Sky News’ Beth Rigby Interviews programme, Olena Zelenska said Russia is
Up to 100,000 nurses will go on strike next month in a dispute over pay. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will stage their biggest-ever walkout on 15 and 20 December after voting in favour in a ballot. Nurses and other nursing staff will take action at half
The ancient Romans considered Chester as strategically important as London. This week, it is arguably just as central to Labour and the Conservatives. People in this affluent northern city will vote in the first Westminster by-election since Boris Johnson departed, the pound crashed, and Rishi Sunak replaced Liz Truss as prime minister. The contest was triggered
It was as long ago as 1982, back in the pre-privatisation days of the Central Electricity Generating Board, that the idea of building a new nuclear power plant in Suffolk – Sizewell C – was first mooted. At that time, construction had yet to begin on the neighbouring Sizewell B, which for now remains the
7:00 AM ET There isn’t really such thing as a perfect offseason. A front office can dream of all the right moves to fill holes with the players at the top of its most wanted list. You might even have an owner with an open checkbook. But things rarely line up in exactly the right
A woman who was abducted when she was a baby has been reunited with her family 51 years later. Melissa Highsmith went missing in 1971 when, at just 22 months old, she was taken by a babysitter from her parents’ Fort Worth, Texas, home. Melissa’s mother Alta Apantenco was working as a waitress and in