The Israeli army says 21 soldiers have been killed in central Gaza – the deadliest day for its forces since the war began. It said the soldiers were preparing explosives to demolish two buildings on Monday when a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at a nearby tank, setting off the explosion prematurely and causing the buildings
Associated Press Jan 22, 2024, 09:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert says on social media that he has asked attorneys to end his appeal of Medina Spirit’s disqualification as the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner after the now-deceased colt failed a postrace drug test that detected the
A manhunt is under way after a gunman killed eight people over two days in the suburbs of Chicago. Police in Will County and the city of Joliet said they did not know of a motive for the killings, but said the man knew the victims. The FBI’s fugitive taskforce is assisting local police in
Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterJan 22, 2024, 08:40 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions
Nissan’s CEO needs to clean out his closet, according to his wife. The same goes for the 90-year-old automaker as it transitions to a new era. Nissan is gearing up to reveal a new EV plan as part of a midterm update to turn things around. Amid falling sales, Nissan’s CEO, Makota Uchida, is taking
YouTube personality Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, arrives for the 36th Annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on March 4, 2023. Michael Tran | Afp | Getty Images Jimmy Donaldson, the internet sensation known as MrBeast, recently took his talents to X, formerly known as Twitter, to see
Headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that a SIM swap attack was to blame for the breach of its official account on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this month. On Jan. 9, an unauthorized party gained access to
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 22, 2024, 03:07 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Nick Dunlap, the University of Alabama sophomore who on Sunday became the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour in more than three
The widow of a subpostmaster who was convicted as part of the Post Office scandal says she wants to know why the investigator ignored his “good record” – with her husband having been a police officer for 12 years before he started running the shop in Newcastle. Marion Holmes spoke to Sky News as she
The US and UK have carried out joint attacks on Houthi military targets in Yemen for the second time, US officials have said. Tomahawk missiles – launched from warships and submarines – and fighter jets attacked Houthi missile storage sites and launchers, American officials said, according to the AP news agency. It follows the bombing
The House of Lords has defied Rishi Sunak to vote against the ratification of the UK’s new treaty with Rwanda – in what could prove a damaging development for the Safety of Rwanda Bill. The upper house was voting following a report last week that recommended the treaty not be ratified. It comes after Rishi
Wm Morrison, the supermarket chain, is closing in on a £2.5bn deal to sell its petrol forecourts portfolio to another company backed by the same private equity firm. Sky News understands that Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is weeks away from agreeing the takeover of Morrisons’ fuel retailing empire. Both Morrisons and MFG are majority-owned by
Another named storm is expected to bring “severe and damaging gusts” on Tuesday after two people died as a result of Storm Isha. An 84-year-old man died after the car he was travelling in crashed into a fallen tree in Grangemouth, Scotland. In Limavady, Co Londonderry, a man in his 60s died after a crash
Dame Joanna Lumley says she hates it when people secretly take photos of her in public and will always call them out for their “creepy” behaviour. The Absolutely Fabulous star told Sky News: “I never mind doing photographs with people, but what I don’t like is when they steal them. “They don’t ask, you can
It’s a week since Donald Trump stormed to victory in Iowa. The polls predicted he would do well, but that didn’t make this first test of his re-electability any less remarkable. The four-times indicted, twice impeached, election-denying, global agitator won in all but one of the state’s 99 counties. It was unprecedented on many levels.
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Reese Witherspoon has defended herself after receiving some words of warning online over eating snow. Yes, you read that correctly. Hollywood A-lister, Oscar winner and multimillionaire Witherspoon likes to eat snow. Earlier in January, the Legally Blonde and Morning Show star shared a TikTok video showing herself enjoying a “Chococinno” made of snow collected from
A review of Royal Mail’s letter delivery obligations that could see Saturday post scrapped is “predetermined”, according to an industry union leader. Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) general secretary Dave Ward was reacting to a story by Sky News on Saturday that regulator Ofcom was to launch a consultation on options for reforming the Universal Service
Sarah Ferguson has said her skin cancer diagnosis was a “shock” and thanked well-wishers and medical staff for the support she has been given. In a post on Instagram, the Duchess of York said: “I have been taking some time to myself as I have been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer,
Churchillian it wasn’t – this was surrender He’ll fight them on the seas and oceans, he’ll fight them on the beaches… Ron DeSantis just won’t fight them in New Hampshire. The Florida governor is fond of quoting Winston Churchill in a set-piece speech and he did it again in the social media address that announced