A polar bear has attacked and killed a woman and boy in a remote village in western Alaska. State Troopers said they received the report of the attack at 2.30pm local time (11.30pm UK time) on Tuesday in Wales, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, local news station KTUU reported. “Initial reports indicate
Month: January 2023
Billie Eilish has asked for a restraining order against a man who allegedly broke into her house and professed his love for her. The 21-year-old global megastar said the alleged break-in – and five prior incidents she says involved the same man – had caused her “substantial anxiety, fear and emotional distress” over her safety
Two Ukrainian soldiers who had amputations after being wounded by landmines are being fitted with state-of-the-art bionic arms made in the UK. They are the first war veterans to be fitted with the new Hero Arm – a 3D-printed prosthesis made by Bristol-based tech company Open Bionics. Andrii Gidzun and Vitalii Ivashchuk tried out the
Thousands of nurses will go on strike today as a bitter pay dispute with the government continues. Nursing staff from more than 55 NHS trusts will take part in industrial action on Wednesday and Thursday following two days of action in December. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced that two further, bigger strikes
Russia’s war in Ukraine is likely to “go on for some time” and now is the moment to ramp up military aid, the US secretary of state has said. Antony Blinken said “ferocious” fighting continues along Ukraine’s eastern front – but Western partners are determined to “make sure the Ukrainians have what they need to
A victim of serial rapist policeman David Carrick has told Sky News how he used his job as a firearms officer to gain her trust before subjecting her to months of physical and mental abuse, telling her: “The safest place you can be is with me.” This article contains details of abuse that some people
Google Stadia, the tech giant’s ill-fated venture into the video game industry, is taking its final breaths after little more than three years. Launched in November 2019 with the goal of making a major dent in a space long dominated by Microsoft‘s Xbox, Sony’s PlayStation, and Nintendo, executives appeared convinced that players would be quick
Dead and dying marine life has been washing up on beaches around Teesside for almost a year after a “mass-mortality event” of crabs and lobsters there in the autumn of 2021, according to official documents and eyewitness reports seen by Sky News. Scientists and local campaigners said the reports are evidence of a continued ecological
Microsoft is preparing to axe thousands of jobs in the latest move by one of the world’s biggest technology companies to reduce its workforce in the face of a slowing global economy. Sky News has learnt that the US software giant could announce plans to cull a significant number of posts around the world within
Manchester City has topped a closely watched global revenue ranking for the second year running, with the wider Premier League taking “the lion’s share” of the top spots globally for the first time. The 26th edition of the Deloitte Football Money League, which determines the top 20 clubs for revenue during the 2021/22 season, showed
Forces have been asked to check all officers and staff against national police databases to “identify anyone who has slipped through the net” in the wake of the David Carrick rape case, the Home Office said. The 48-year-old – who had served as a Metropolitan Police officer for more than 20 years – was found
A recruitment team unknowingly recommended ChatGPT for a job interview after the AI was used to complete an application task. Since its release back in November, the internet at large has been putting the impressive language model through its paces to see just how flexible and human-like it can be. With little more than a
In a development that would look right at home in a sci-fi disaster film, researchers have developed a laser beam that can divert lightning. Pointing skyward from the spectacular Mount Santis in northeastern Switzerland, the so-called laser lightning rod has been hailed by its creators as the biggest step in thunderstorm protection since Benjamin Franklin.
Hundreds have lost their jobs after British electric car battery company Britishvolt fell into administration. The majority of Britishvolt’s 232 staff have been made redundant, administrators said, after the group made an application for administration to the courts on Tuesday. It followed talks with investors over a possible sale to keep the firm afloat. A
Scientists have simulated what would happen if a nuclear bomb was dropped on a major city. Whether you’re close enough to be vaporised in an instant, or within range of possible radiation poisoning, there’s no such thing as a good place to be if one goes off where you live. But a new peer-reviewed study,
Madonna has announced a major world tour marking her 40th anniversary, including a show at London’s O2 Arena. The announcement comes after weeks of speculation the Queen of Pop had been planning something big to celebrate her career since the release of her self-titled debut album, which launched her on the path to stardom with
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