The United States has carried out another round of airstrikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon has said. The strikes, which were ordered by President Joe Biden, were in response to drone attacks by the militia against US personnel and facilities in Iraq. The US military said in a statement it targeted
Month: June 2021
Australians have been warned they face the most “serious crisis” in the COVID pandemic since last February/March as health officials battle to contain new outbreaks of the virus. Australia’s COVID-19 committee is due to hold an emergency meeting on Monday over rising case numbers plus outbreaks of the Delta variant across the country. Authorities in
The financial regulator has banned one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges from operating in the UK, but not outlined its reasons for doing so. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced over the weekend that Binance Markets Ltd, Binance’s only regulated UK entity, “must not, without the prior written consent of the FCA, carry out
Actor William Shatner has revealed loneliness was a “huge aspect” of his Star Trek fame. Shatner, 90, shot to fame as Captain James T Kirk, commander of the star ship USS Enterprise in Star Trek, which ran from 1966 to 1969. He reprised the role several times over the years, as well as starring in
Boris Johnson is expected to rule out an early easing of coronavirus restrictions today, as ministers meet to review the latest data and assess whether there is scope to relax rules in England before 19 July. Last week, Downing Street confirmed a decision would be taken on Monday, with Mr Johnson’s spokesman saying: “We will
Sajid Javid managed to set expectations sky high within hours of his appointment as health secretary with his first public words outside the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). By declaring that he wanted to get life back to normal “as soon as possible” as a “priority”, he ensured early cheers on the Tory
There is little solace to be found in a tragedy like this, but in the temple that British woman Bhavna Patel calls her second home there is, at least, togetherness. Her mother-in-law Pretima was at home in New Jersey when she received a call to say that the tower block where her son Vishal lived,
France’s far-right have endured another miserable night in the country’s regional elections, with Marine Le Pen’s National Rally failing to win any of the dozen mainland areas where it stood. Following a spate of disappointing results at the polls earlier this month, its candidates were once again largely rejected as other voters appeared to come
The number of people who have died in the collapse of a high-rise apartment building in Miami has risen to nine, officials say. Speaking at a press conference, Miami-Dade’s county mayor Daniella Levine Cava said that eight bodies had been recovered from the rubble since Thursday’s disaster and another victim had died in hospital. Four
A frenzy of capital-raisings by UK-based financial technology companies will continue this week when a prominent London-listed fund manager takes a £75m stake in Smart, the retirement savings platform. Sky News has learnt that Chrysalis Investments, which has backed companies including buy-now-pay-later lender Klarna, Starling Bank, the digital lender, and the cross-border payments app Wise,
A new recording featuring the sound of Mars has been released by China’s space agency. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released a series of audio files that were the first recorded by the country’s Mars rover Zhurong. The sound was captured on 22 May by microphones installed on the rover, when it went for
Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips has challenged a Tory minister over the government’s “one rule for us” mentality, saying people were not allowed to attend his daughter’s funeral because of COVID restrictions. Phillips, who presents the channel’s Sunday political show, revealed how hundreds of family and friends were unable to be at the graveside for
Newly appointed health secretary Sajid Javid has said his immediate priority is ending the coronavirus pandemic, as it was warned he faces a “baptism of fire”. Paying tribute to his predecessor Matt Hancock, who was forced to quit after being caught breaking social-distancing rules by kissing an aide, the cabinet minister said he knew the
Sajid Javid starts work today as the new health secretary, replacing Matt Hancock who resigned after being caught kissing a close aide. Former chancellor and home secretary Mr Javid said he was “honoured” to be appointed to the role – just 90 minutes after Downing Street announced Mr Hancock had quit on Saturday evening. Honoured to
So this is how it ends for Matt Hancock (for now). After months of leading the country through the pandemic and being caught in his own political crises along the way, the health secretary was brought down not by his failures but by his personal life. As soon as the bombshell photos of that embrace
Five people have now been confirmed dead after one more body was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed apartment complex in Miami, Florida. Speaking at a news conference, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava also said search and rescue teams had discovered other human remains. She said the number of people unaccounted for has
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