The UK’s biggest retailers will next week warn Rishi Sunak that the government’s waste strategy risks forcing prices up for consumers even as continued inflationary pressures exacerbate the cost-of-living crisis. Sky News has obtained the draft of a letter from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) – expected to be sent to the prime minister next
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In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Western leaders heralded a sanctions regime that would cripple the country’s war machine. Joe Biden claimed Russia’s economy would be “cut in half”, while Boris Johnson spoke of squeezing it “piece by piece.” A year has passed, but that great promise has been slow to deliver. Please
Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Bryan van der Beek | Bloomberg | Getty Images The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, banned its employees from using TikTok on their smartphones amid concerns from Western governments
Boris Johnson has said Rishi Sunak’s attempts to renegotiate Brexit arrangements in Northern Ireland may create additional problems rather than solve them. Speaking exclusively to Sky’s Mark Austin on the eve of the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the former prime minister refused to say he would back any deal negotiated by his
Boris Johnson has said China will be making an “historic mistake” if it supplies Russia with weapons – as he urged the UK to “break the ice” by becoming the first country to supply Ukraine with fighter jets. Speaking to Sky News’ Mark Austin as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion approaches, the former prime
7:00 AM ET At this point in the NHL, ranking the top centers is like predicting the winner of an Olympic 100 meter final when Usain Bolt was in his prime: Everyone else is just scrambling for second place, at best. Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid ranked first overall in ESPN’s 2023 NHL positional ranking
The UK is reviewing the size of its ammunition stockpiles, Sky News can reveal. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed how past assumptions on what would be needed to fight a war were far too small, Whitehall and defence industry sources have said. They urged Rishi Sunak to boost military spending to fund a massive
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8:00 AM ET ESPN staff Though we’re still quite a ways from the start of the 2023 college football season, we’re thinking about what will be stake for certain teams, players and coaches. Can Texas A&M contend for a spot in the playoff like it did just a couple of years ago? Can DJ Uiagalelei
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Club holdings Coterra Energy (CTRA) and Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) delivered fourth-quarter earnings beats Wednesday. But we’ll be watching for how the market responds to higher capital expenditure outlooks and lower quarterly dividends for both of these Texas-based oil-and-gas firms. Coterra’s total revenue increased 2.5% year-over-year, to $2.28 billion, beating analysts’ forecasts of $2.11 billion,
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Google is asking cloud employees and partners to share their desks and alternate days with their desk mates starting next quarter,
Russia and China are ahead of the US in developing and testing hypersonic missile technology, especially when it comes to building wind tunnels. CNN’s Kristin Fisher has the details. #CNN #News
Ukraine’s foreign minister has insisted that Western fighter jets would not be used by his country to strike targets within Russia. Speaking to Sky News at the United Nations in New York, Dmytro Kuleba said Ukraine needs the jets to end the war and push Russia back beyond its eastern borders. “We’re using weapons which
A TV journalist has been killed while reporting from the scene of a murder during a shooting spree in Florida that left a total of three people dead and two injured. The reporter, named as 24-year-old Dylan Lyons, was covering the fatal shooting of Nathacha Augustin, 38, in Pine Hills, west of Orlando, at the
A TV journalist has been shot dead while reporting from the scene of a murder in Florida. They were covering the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old woman in Pine Hills at the time of the attack. Another Spectrum News 13 employee was injured while reporting at the scene, which is west of Orlando. Detectives also
When Sir Keir Starmer became Labour leader in 2020, few ever believed he would become prime minister. The party was reeling from its worst performance at the ballot box since 1935, riven by internal divisions, under fire over its record of tackling antisemitism and facing a seemingly unassailable Boris Johnson atop an 80-seat majority. Sir
A Los Angeles judge has sentenced the killer of rapper Nipsey Hussle to at least 60 years in prison. Eric R Holder Jr, 33, had been found guilty of the 2019 murder of the Grammy-nominated hip hop artist. The rapper, also 33, was shot outside the clothes shop he founded in the south Los Angeles
A year and a half ago, we broke the news about a wild new drive system for electric bikes that lacked any mechanical connection between the pedals and wheels. The Free Drive system, created by a partnership between German companies Schaeffler and Heinzmann, is now finally entering production. The design essentially turns electric bikes into