Rishi Sunak has failed to rule out holding a general election in July, as speculation remains rife over the timing of the national vote. The prime minister has repeatedly said his “working assumption” is the election would take place in the second half of this year – with the law stating January 2025 is the
ARK Invest’s chief futurist lists five groups that should give tech investors an edge. According to Brett Winton, robotics, artificial intelligence, multi-omics sequencing, public blockchain and energy storage are key areas because they’re all entering the marketplace at the same time. “We believe that this is a unique time in technological economic history,” he told
A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic will be auctioned on Saturday. John Jacob Astor, 47, went down with the ship in 1912 after helping his wife on to a lifeboat. Rather than try his luck with another lifeboat, the impeccably dressed businessman, a prominent
Hamas has released a new video that appears to show two hostages who have been held in Gaza since the 7 October assault on southern Israel. The two men, Keith Siegel, 64, and Omri Miran, 47, speak in the video against an empty background, sending their love to relatives and asking to be released. The
The lawyer for Harvey Weinstein says the former film producer has been taken to hospital following his return to a New York jail. It comes days after the movie mogul’s 2020 conviction for rape was overturned, with a New York court ordering a new trial in the landmark “MeToo” case. Arthur Aidala, Weinstein’s lawyer, said
All the cool suburbanites are already taking their kids to school, loading up at the farmers’ market, and making deliveries on clever and capable cargo e-bikes, but the new Momentum Cito E+ from Giant raises the cargo bike bar even higher — and makes leaving the car at home easier than ever. Momentum is a
Conservative MP and former health minister Dan Poulter has defected to Labour in frustration at the worsening NHS crisis. The MP for Suffolk Central and Ipswich North, with a majority of 23,391 at the last election, has indicated he is not planning to stand at the next general election. The defection was revealed in an
Conservative MP and former health minister Dan Poulter has defected to Labour. The MP for Suffolk Central and Ipswich North, with a majority of 23,321 at the last election, has indicated he is not planning to stand at the next general election. The defection was revealed in an article on The Observer website, in which
A TV doctor who gave free Botox to a patient in return for sex at his clinic has been struck off. Dr Tijion Esho, who has featured on ITV’s This Morning, BBC’s Morning Live and E4’s Body Fixers, denied having a physical relationship with the woman, known only as Patient A, but admitted to an
ITV News broadcaster Rageh Omaar has said he was “determined to finish presenting the programme” after returning home following hospital treatment. Viewers expressed concern about the 56-year-old presenter after he appeared to fall “unwell” live on air during News At Ten on Friday night. In a statement shared by ITV News, Omaar said: “I would
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterApr 27, 2024, 02:44 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions DENVER — With a five-goal third-period barrage that saw a different player score each goal Friday night, the Colorado Avalanche showed the version of the team they believe can make up for
In this article SNAP META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A view of Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California, United States on March 23, 2024. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images Advertising is so back. After a brutal 2022, when brands reeled in spending to cope with inflation, and a 2023 defined by
Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have had two new Welsh trains named after their home cities. The actors, who took over Wrexham Football Club in 2021, were honoured in recognition of the “positive work” and the impact the owners have had in the area, including helping local businesses. The Vancouver Red Dragon and
An Exxon gas station is seen on October 06, 2023 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Exxon Mobil on Friday reported first-quarter earnings that missed expectations as the industry came under pressure from eroding refining margins and collapsing natural gas prices. Exxon’s stock was down less than
Migrants travelling to Ireland after arriving in the UK on small boats is a sign the Rwanda scheme is already working as a deterrent, Rishi Sunak has said. Sky News’s Trevor Phillips asked the prime minister if migrants finding their way to Ireland was a sign the UK was “exporting the problem”. Ireland’s deputy prime
A well-known Iraqi social media influencer has reportedly been shot dead in her car by a gunman on a motorbike. Om Fahad, whose real name is Ghufran Sawadi, was killed outside her home in Baghdad’s Zayouna district on Friday, according to the AFP news agency, citing security officials. It appears the unidentified attacker pretended to
Jeremy Hunt is convening a summit aimed at enticing more companies to London’s stock market amid an accelerating exodus of businesses being picked off by overseas and financial predators. Sky News has learnt that the Treasury has invited the bosses of some of Britain’s most prominent private companies to attend a meeting next month at
R Kelly’s challenge against a 20-year sentence for child sex convictions has been quashed by an appeals court. The singer was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison, a Chicago court ruled on Friday. He was convicted in 2022 on three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors
Tesla just released the Model 3 Performance on Tuesday, and already Tesla has hiked the price by $1,000. The Model 3 Performance came out the morning of Tesla’s quarterly earnings report earlier this week, with lots of updates. Tesla updated the car’s bodywork, seats, steering, brakes, damping, track mode software, and of course the rear
ITV News presenter Rageh Omaar is “receiving medical care” after becoming “unwell” live on-air, the TV channel says. Omaar, 56, was presenting News At Ten on Friday when he appeared to be struggling to read the news bulletins, stumbling over words, prompting concern online. ITV pulled the show from its scheduled re-run on ITV+1, telling