There are few things more fun than hitting the water with your friends on Sunday afternoon, a cooler full of cold brewskies and a smile on everyone’s faces. But then again, few things can bring the floating party to an end quicker than the sound of a sputtering outboard engine as you hand out paddles
Inflation in the euro zone remains well-above the ECB’s target, as energy and food prices soar. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Inflation in the euro zone has hit a record high for the sixth consecutive month, sparking further questions over how the European Central Bank will react. Headline inflation in the 19-member region reached
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has held prickly talks with Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. Mr Guterres told the Russian leader his “special military operation” was an “invasion” while Mr Putin told him Ukrainian soldiers were holding civilians hostage in Mariupol. For the latest developments: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos:
Voices charged with raw frustration, agony and desperation are among the montage of audio recordings featured in “Voices of April,” a video documenting the harsh impact of Shanghai’s nearly month-long lockdown. CNN’s David Culver reports. #CNN #News
The contractions started after she learnt her husband, a Ukrainian border guard, had been killed by a Russian sniper. Viktoria Nazarenko, 34, gave birth to twin boys the next day. Joy overwhelmed by grief at the loss of Sergeant Bogdan Nazarenko, their father. “It’s all I have left from him – my babies and my
In this article UBER LYFT Lyft President John Zimmer (R) and CEO Logan Green speak as Lyft lists on the Nasdaq at an IPO event in Los Angeles March 29, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters Lyft and Uber said this week they will fully cover legal fees for their respective drivers who are sued under
An MP has said he will resign after admitting to watching pornography in the House of Commons. The 65-year-old farmer said he watched adult material twice in Parliament, claiming the first time was accidental after looking at tractors online but that the second was “a moment of madness”. The select committee chairman had initially vowed
The former auditors of Mike Ashley’s high street empire are in advanced talks about a multimillion-pound fine that would bring an end to a probe into its accounts that has lasted for over five years. Sky News has learnt that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the audit regulator, is preparing to hit Grant Thornton with
Moldova’s foreign minister has told Sky News that the future of his country and Europe depends on how the war in Ukraine ends. In a frank interview from his office in the capital Chisinau, Nicu Popescu revealed that: Moldova is on a “heightened state of alert” the future of Moldova and Europe rests on a
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The Chevron logo is displayed as a tanker truck enters the Chevron Products Company El Segundo Refinery on January 26, 2022 in El Segundo, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Chevron‘s profit more than quadrupled during the first quarter of 2022, as higher oil and gas prices boosted the company’s results. The
The United Arab Emirates has purchased a seat on a SpaceX rocket for an Emirati astronaut to journey to the International Space Station for a six-month stay, officials said Friday, the oil-rich federation’s first long-term mission as it advances its ambitions in space. The UAE purchased the seat on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket through
More than two months after the start of the Ukraine War, Defence Analyst Professor Michael Clarke looks at Russia’s changing tactics in the bitter battle for territory. For the latest developments: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog 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:
CNN’s Nic Robertson gained access to an enormous parking lot in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge where customs officials have impounded thousands of luxury cars parked by sanctions on Russia. #CNN #News
Russia is attempting to “empty” the Donbas of people and peace talks are in danger of collapsing, Ukraine’s president has claimed. Speaking in his nightly address, Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of carrying out “constant brutal bombardments” on buildings and residential areas of the eastern region of his country. He compared the barrage of attacks as
In this article DIS Disney employee Nicholas Maldonado holds a sign while protesting outside of Walt Disney World on March 22, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Employees are staging a company-wide walkout today to protest Walt Disney Co.’s response to controversial legislation passed in Florida known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Octavio Jones | Getty
From the playground of the Benito Juarez sports centre in Tijuana, you can see American soil. An imposing rust-brown border fence stands between those on this side and the promise of the United States on the other. It is the lure of one of the world’s busiest border crossings that has drawn thousands of Ukrainians
“I forgive you”. The words of Mike Haines – the brother of murdered British aid worker David Haines – seemed to ring out around the courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia. The intensity of the moment is palpable, as finally, the family members of the Western hostages who were brutally tortured and killed by the so-called IS
12:58 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Botic van de Zandschulp upset second-seeded Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-1 to reach the BMW Open semifinals Friday. The Dutch player, who also defeated Ruud at the US Open last year, saved the only break point he faced and won 50% of his first-serve return points. Van de Zandschulp
Tesla has issued another “over-the-air recall,” and this time it’s on more than 48,000 Model 3 Performance vehicles over a problem with “track mode.” Lately, Tesla has had to issue a lot of recalls, but most of them were minor issues that were fixed by simple over-the-air software updates. For example, the automaker issued a recall