The heat is intense. The grief is palpable. Fires just do not stop burning in the Indian capital, Delhi, right now. The coronavirus dead are piled up in vehicles and ambulances and rickshaws – as India continues to set daily global records for new infections. Image: An crematorium in Delhi cremating people who have died
Month: April 2021
A huge wildfire on Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains, declared a major incident by the Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS), is causing “incredible” damage to the environment. Seventy firefighters and 10 fire appliances, deployed from stations across Northern Ireland, are continuing to battle the inferno on the country’s highest peak, Slieve Donard. Firefighters on the front
More than half the UK’s total population has now had a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. The number of initial inoculations stands at 33,508,590, while the population is estimated to be 66,796,807. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world A further 119,953 first doses were given on Friday, while 448,139 people
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani’s cameo in Borat: Subsequent Movie Film was named one of the worst performances of the year by voters for the annual Razzie awards. The annual Golden Raspberry Awards – known as the Razzies – “honours” the worst in movies and hands out gongs for what it deems were the
An investigation is being demanded into how Boris Johnson funded the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat following incendiary claims by his former chief adviser Dominic Cummings. In a bombshell blog post, Mr Cummings accused his former boss of plotting an “unethical, foolish, possibly illegal” plan to get Tory donors to secretly bankroll the work.
Football bosses are kicking off talks about the future of the Women’s Super League (WSL) that could trigger a bidding war between private equity investors. Sky News has learnt that the Football Association (FA) has appointed Rothschild, the investment bank, to advise it on financing options for the WSL. Sources said the process, which is
Transgender girls have been banned from playing on female sports teams by a Republican governor in the US. Alabama‘s Kay Ivey signed legislation restricting transgender students from participating in K-12 sports – those that take place during primary and secondary education. The move will see Alabama become the latest conservative state to take such action
The oxygen supply for the 53 crew members of an Indonesian navy submarine missing in waters off Bali is believed to have run out, with no sign of the vessel. Rescue teams from several countries have been battling against time to find the KRI Nanggala 402 which went missing during a training exercise in waters
A US medical panel has recommended resuming use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The advice came from advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The vaccine was paused by the CDC and US Food and Drug Administration last week after eight “serious” cases of rare blood clots associated with
Boris Johnson did not need to pick today’s fight with his mercurial former advisor. He is at least 10 points ahead of Labour in the polls, likely to score successes in the May elections and for once there is no pressing crisis at the top of his government’s agenda. That was before the prime minister
A woman who lost her job after expressing views that sex cannot be changed and transgender women are “not women” has told Sky News she doesn’t regret anything she has done or said. Maya Forstater lost a test case at an employment tribunal in 2019, arguing that her belief should have legal protection. The judge
Ghislaine Maxwell has denied charges of sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy in her first appearance before a judge. The 59-year-old, who was at one point Jeffrey Epstein‘s girlfriend, had previously denied other, similar charges. In court documents, prosecutors allege that Maxwell recruited three teenage girls – one of whom was 14 – between 1994
The head of GCHQ has warned that the technology threat posed by Russia is like finding a vulnerability on your phone – a risk but one that can probably be mitigated – whereas China has the potential to control the “global operating system”. Jeremy Fleming said the UK and its allies face a “moment of
People were dying on the pavement outside one of the biggest hospitals in the Indian capital, Delhi, as doctors struggled to cope with the country’s dwindling supplies of oxygen amid a massive second surge in coronavirus cases. India is now the world’s fastest-growing coronavirus crisis and for the second day running it set a record
Boris Johnson’s former aide Dominic Cummings has denied being the source of the prime minister’s leaked text communications with businessman Sir James Dyson. Several newspapers quoted unnamed Downing Street sources as claiming Mr Cummings had leaked the text messages, first reported by the BBC. In a blog post, Mr Cummings said: “I do have some
“Cute” fluffy, bushy tailed rats twice the size of grey squirrels once roamed Earth thousands of years ago, scientists have discovered. The fossilised remains of this giant cloud rat species were dredged up in a series of caves in the Philippines, after the rodent went extinct a few thousand years ago. Larry Heaney, curator of
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