A Utah police detective is under investigation after arresting a nurse when she refused to let him draw blood from one of her patients.
Russia says it will tow the flagship of its Black Sea fleet back to port after extinguishing a fire on board – which Ukraine claims to have ignited with anti-ship missiles. Moscow’s defence ministry said the Moskva missile cruiser was still afloat and its main weaponry had not been damaged. Ukrainian officials, however, said the
Alena Vorobiova hadn’t thought much about bitcoin before Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Fast forward to border closures and shelling on her hometown, cash shortages at ATMs across the country, and the central bank suspending electronic cash transfers — and she decided to give bitcoin a try. Whereas money providers often charge transfer fees of
Russia has admitted that the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet – the Moskva – was in flames on Thursday, with Ukraine claiming to have hit it with missiles. Russia’s defence ministry said the Moskva missile cruiser had been badly damaged after ammunition on board was blown up by the fire. In comments reported by
The Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr has pleaded guilty to kissing a waitress without consent at a New York nightclub in 2018. The 54-year-old is accused of violating three different women at various Manhattan night spots in 2018 and 2019, but his guilty plea covers only one of the allegations. It comes nearly three years
The government plans to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing in an attempt to tackle small boat crossings in the Channel. Boris Johnson is set to argue action is needed to combat the “vile people smugglers” turning the ocean into a “watery graveyard” in a speech on Thursday. After the prime minister’s speech, Home
“We call on everyone who supports the actions of our president and the Russian army to join in creating and distributing truthful content!” This call to arms by a Russian website appears to be successfully recruiting ordinary Russians – 28,000 of them according to research by Sky News – to take part in the information
An artist friend of Johnny Depp became tearful in court as he described claims of domestic violence by Amber Heard as “malicious” and “fraudulent” – saying they have spread “around the world” and “wrecked” the actor’s life. Isaac Baruch, who has known Depp since the early 1980s, was questioned on the witness stand during the
Boston mayor Michelle Wu last week announced that Boston Public Schools will deploy 20 electric buses during the 2022-23 school year in a pilot program. Ultimately, Boston will electrify its entire school bus fleet by 2030. Boston’s current fleet is made up of 739 school buses, and around half are diesel. They are responsible for
Small changes in the price of gasoline may not seem like much. However, every 10-cent increase at the pump costs consumers overall a combined $11 billion or more over the course of a year, according to Ryan Sweet, a senior director at Moody’s Analytics. Gas prices are up nearly 50% from a year ago and
A second P&O ferry has been further detained by the authorities in as many days following a failed inspection, likely scuppering the scandal-hit company’s plans to run a service between Dover and Calais from Easter. It emerged earlier on Wednesday that the Pride of Kent – first detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
Conservative peer David Wolfson has quit as justice minister over the “scale, context and nature” of breaches of COVID regulations in Downing Street. Lord Wolfson said in a letter to Boris Johnson he was quitting not only over the events themselves, or the prime minister’s “own conduct,” but also “the official response to what took
In this article AMZN Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Amazon jumped into the ad-supported video streaming market three years ago with IMDb TV. Later this month, that product will have a new name. On April 27, IMDb TV will become Amazon Freevee, a name the company said better reflects the free nature
Extinction Rebellion have expressed regret over a stunt on the London Underground which turned violent during rush hour. Eight people were arrested after angry commuters pulled protesters from the top of a tube train. Sky’s Ian Woods reports. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on
A German publication has released what they say is the cockpit transcript of Germanwings Flight 9525. CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports.
IS “Beatle” El Shafee Elsheikh has been found guilty of hostage-taking and conspiring to murder journalists and aid workers in Syria. The 33-year-old former British national was found to be part of an Islamic State terrorist cell that operated in Iraq and Syria, and whose members were nicknamed “The Beatles” because of their UK accents.
Sending miniature robots deep inside the human skull to treat brain disorders has long been the stuff of science fiction — but it could soon become reality, according to a California start-up. Bionaut Labs plans its first clinical trials on humans in just two years for its tiny injectable robots, which can be carefully guided
References to a gay relationship have been edited out of a new Fantastic Beasts movie for the Chinese market, Warner Bros. has confirmed. Six seconds of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore have been removed following a request from the communist country, the studio said. It aims to dispatch films worldwide “as released by their
Despite everything that has happened in the last few days, the official Treasury line is that Rishi Sunak never contemplated resigning and is committed to staying in the UK. Of course one of the complications Mr Sunak faces is that – on a practical level – it would be not as straightforward as it once
The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful observatory ever sent to space, is gearing up to begin its science mission this summer. In the run-up to that milestone, work is underway to deploy the many instruments aboard the $10 billion (roughly Rs. 76,165 crore) telescope. One of those instruments is NIRSpec, the Near Infrared