The Northern Ireland secretary has confirmed the “Stormont brake” revealed in the new Brexit deal would be a veto, not just a delay. Earlier this week, Rishi Sunak unveiled a fresh agreement with the EU to overcome trade barriers in Northern Ireland that he called a “decisive breakthrough”. As part of the Windsor Framework, a
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Chris Rock has spoken about being smacked in the face by actor Will Smith on the Academy Awards stage. During the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles last year, Smith walked onto the stage and slapped Rock, who had made a joke at the expense of the actor’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, as he was
Mar 4, 2023 Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Tim Yakteen got the best of his former boss, Bob Baffert, with Practical Move’s 2½-length victory in the $400,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday. At Florida’s Gulfstream, Forte easily won the $400,000 Fountain of Youth as the 1-2 favorite in his 3-year-old debut. The
Manchester United bidders are due to meet with the club in the next two weeks and gain access to accounts – enabling offers to end the ownership of the Glazers. Sky News understands the two declared bids are now progressing two weeks after the deadline to declare interest – from Qatari hopeful Sheikh Jassim bin
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The logo of the OPEC is pictured at the OPEC headquarters on October 4, 2022. Joe Klamar | Afp | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — International oil benchmark Brent crude dropped as much as 2.8% on Friday morning in New York on the back of a report that the United Arab Emirates is
After 15 years of disagreement, failures and stalled formal and informal talks, there is finally a UN high seas treaty that will help to protect vast swathes of the planet’s oceans. The legally binding agreement was reached after five rounds of protracted United Nations-led negotiations that ended in New York on Saturday, a day after
It feels like we’ve just sat through one of Prince Harry’s therapy sessions. More than that, we’ve all just paid £17.99 for the privilege, albeit with a free copy of Spare thrown in. This was billed as an “intimate conversation” and that’s exactly what we got, over an hour of Prince Harry talking us through
The prime minister is set to announce new laws to clamp down on migrant crossings – telling those who arrive on small boats: “If you come here illegally, you will not be able to stay.” Rishi Sunak said he and senior aides at the Home Office have drawn up new laws to stop lawyers from
An arm of the Wall Street behemoth Goldman Sachs is among the suitors hoping to take a mouthful of Subway, the global sandwich chain which has been put up for sale with an estimated $10bn price tag. Sky News has learnt that Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is one of at least a handful of
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have confirmed that they have been asked to “vacate” their UK home, Frogmore Cottage, in the grounds of Windsor Castle. Reports have claimed the move, which removes their final remaining foothold in the UK, was sanctioned by the King. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3ENdKZo #harry #meghanmarkle #sussex #royalfamily SUBSCRIBE to
During a House Armed Services Committee about US military support to Ukraine, witness Colin H. Kahl, Under Secretary of Defense for policy, pushed back on Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for citing a Chinese propaganda outlet. #CNN #News #shorts
Prince Harry has said he always felt different to the rest of his family – and that his mum felt the same. The Duke of Sussex made the remarks during a live-streamed conversation with author Dr Gabor Mate. “I certainly have felt throughout my life, my younger years, I felt slightly different to the rest
In this article CRM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Marc Benioff of the United States, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Workers at Salesforce, all the way up to co-founder and CEO Marc
Controversy over Boris Johnson’s involvement in partygate and COVID-19 rule-breaking has been dismissed as “soggy sandwiches and a slice of birthday cake” by an ally of the former prime minister. Tory MP Paul Bristow told Sky News the fine handed to Mr Johnson by Scotland Yard over a lockdown-busting gathering in Downing Street was “ridiculous”.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1,200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on September 26, 2022, according to their statement. Hubble‘s time-lapse movie of the aftermath of DART’s collision reveals surprising and remarkable, hour-by-hour changes as dust and
A US woman who was declared legally dead after disappearing more than three decades ago has turned up alive in Puerto Rico, her family and police have said. Patricia Kopta, now 83, had last been seen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1992 when investigators began looking into her disappearance. She was known to be an “eccentric”
EV maker Rivian (RIVN) released fourth-quarter earnings this week, and despite proclaiming it was aiming to produce 50,000 vehicles this year, it may believe it can do better. The company is reportedly raising the bar with a new internal EV production goal. Rivian bumps up 2023 EV production goal internally After releasing Q4 and full-year
One type of hydrogen production uses electrolysis, with an electric current splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. If the electricity used in this process comes from a renewable source then some call it “green” hydrogen. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images In August, the White House passed a historic piece of legislation with $369
The energy regulator is lowering the cap on the amount customers can be charged by almost £1,000. From April, Ofgem says that the energy price cap – the amount a typical household spends on gas and electricity – will fall to £3,280. But a change to the government’s Energy Price Guarantee means that many could