ITV’s chief executive has been called to give evidence in parliament about the broadcaster’s approach to safeguarding and handling complaints, following Phillip Schofield’s departure. Dame Carolyn McCall has been asked by the culture, media and sport committee (CMS) to answer questions on Wednesday 14 June. It comes after ITV announced it had launched an external
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In this article DGX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Meta Quest 3 VR headset Meta Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased his company’s latest virtual reality headset, the Quest 3, on Thursday. The new headset will start at $499, Zuckerberg said in a video on Instagram. The post noted that it’ll be the first announced
The owner of British Gas is facing criticism from a leading City investor over the multimillion pound pay package handed to its chief executive after persistent criticism of windfall gains triggered by share price collapses during the pandemic. Sky News can reveal that abrdn, one of the London stock market’s most influential institutional shareholders, will
Alphabet’s Google is leading a $36 million (roughly Rs. 297 crore) funding round for Bengaluru-based Pixxel, a satellite-image startup, in the first major investment in the Indian space sector since the government launched its privatisation policy in April. Pixxel, founded in 2019, is building a constellation of satellites that have the ability to identify mineral
Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Jun 1, 2023, 07:00 AM ET From 32 teams starting the 2022-23 NHL season, the Stanley Cup playoffs have whittled
A Labour MP who has been suspended from the party over allegations of sexual harassment has “boasted” about bringing sex workers into parliament for drinks, two of his colleagues have claimed. One Labour MP and a Labour peer told Sky News it was “well known” in Westminster that Geraint Davies would take the women to
Prince Harry has lost his second High Court challenge against the Home Office over who should pay for his security arrangements when visiting the UK. The Duke of Sussex was seeking the go-ahead from the High Court to secure a judicial review over a decision that he should not be allowed to pay privately for
President of Explore Mars Inc. Janet Ivey shows new images of the sun’s surface captured by a powerful ground-based solar telescope that reveal sunspots and other features in unprecedented detail. Cool, dark sunspots dot the photosphere, or the sun’s surface where the magnetic field is strong, and they can be the size of Earth or
The Cabinet Office is seeking a judicial review of Baroness Hallett’s order to release Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages, diaries and notebooks, it has said in a letter to the COVID inquiry. The Cabinet Office, in a letter to the inquiry, said it was bringing a judicial review challenge “with regret” – but added that there
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann “seized a number of items” during last week’s search operation in a Portuguese reservoir. The latest searches in Portugal were carried out after requests from German investigators. In June 2020, German police said that they believed Madeleine was dead and that suspect Christian B was likely responsible. In
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A slide in crude oil prices has weighed on the Club’s three energy holdings. But given the uncertainty around OPEC+’s output policy ahead of a key meeting this weekend, coupled with growing concerns over the health of the global economy, we’re sitting tight on buying the dip — at least for now. The Organization of
Bereaved parents of children who took their own lives want authorities to take online histories into account when determining their cause of death. The mother of Archie Battersbee, who died in August 2022 after a “prank or experiment” that went wrong, joined other families to demand more access to content their children were exposed to
A crunch deal to raise the US debt ceiling has been voted through by the House of Representatives. The agreement – which aims to avert a potentially catastrophic scenario where the US defaults on its national debts – passed through the Republican-majority House by 314-117 votes. The proposal will now move to the Senate. The
US TV star Danny Masterson has been found guilty of two counts of rape. The actor, 47, faced accusations by three women that he raped them at his home in Hollywood Hills between 2001 and 2003. At the time, Masterson was at the height of his fame – starring alongside Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrive to the White House for a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris on artificial intelligence, Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Washington. Evan Vucci | AP OpenAI is taking up the mantle against AI “hallucinations,” the company announced Wednesday, with a
Amazon and a subsidiary have agreed to pay millions to settle two separate privacy cases against its Alexa and Ring doorbell devices. Both cases were taken by US government consumer watchdog, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Amazon denies violating the law. In a case against the Alexa voice assistant, Amazon agreed to pay $25m
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of asking civil servants to help her avoid a speeding fine and a driving awareness course alongside other motorists by arranging a private session instead. The Prime Minister declined to answer when asked if she had his backing – as our political correspondent Rob Powell reports. Read more
In Milan, 48-year-old tightrope walker Andrea Loreni broke the record for Italy’s highest ever city tightrope walk. #CNN #news
The UIM E1 World Championship electric boat racing league has found its latest team as it prepares to launch its inaugural season later this year. Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast footballer Didier Drogba and his partner Gabrielle LeMaire have signed on as owners of the fourth E1 racing team to join the growing league. The