Jill Biden has dropped the strongest hint yet that President Joe Biden will run for a second term – saying there is “pretty much” nothing left to do but work out the time and place for the announcement. The US president has long said it is his intention to seek re-election, though he has yet
Month: February 2023
“Investigators searching for cocaine dropped by an airborne smuggler have found a ripped-up shipment of the sweet-smelling powder and the remains of a bear that apparently died of a multimillion-dollar high.” So began the Associated Press news agency’s 23 December 1985 report on one of the most bizarre drug-trafficking stories in history. The 175lb black
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake has been recorded in South Wales – with experts describing it as the largest quake to hit the area in five years. The earthquake occurred around 23.59pm on Friday night, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS), the UK’s main provider of quake data. According to the BGS, the epicentre was
Sky News has gained rare access to the warzone that is northwest Syria, now also hit by devastating earthquakes. Children were found dying and others have been left mutilated after a string of delays by the international community to help the last-remaining opposition area. The Sky team have visited the area twice, most recently spending
Margaret Thatcher’s longest-serving press secretary Sir Bernard Ingham has died after a short illness, his family has said. The former Fleet Street journalist for the Guardian was 90 and died with his family around him on Friday lunchtime, a statement said. He served as Baroness Thatcher‘s press secretary for all but the first few months
The production company behind the film Rust has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to an occupational health and safety bureau following a fatal shooting on set. The New Mexico Environment Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (OHSB) had issued a $136,796 (£114,457) fine, the maximum allowable by state law, last April. It was later
King Charles was lined up by Number 10 to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday – just as highly contentious negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol were poised to come to a head. After weeks of fraught talks and growing anger among Tory backbenchers and unionists, a deal between the UK
Conservative MPs have been told they must be in Westminster on Monday – leading to speculation a new Brexit deal is to be announced. Tory MPs will be on a three-line whip on Monday, meaning all 355 of them must be in parliament for a possible important vote. If they defy the order, they could
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations has interrupted a minute’s silence for Ukraine as members of the Security Council stood up to honour the “victims of aggression” in the war. Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba addressed those gathered in New York before calling for the silence to be observed as a mark of respect for
Malala Yousafzai has turned her hand to filmmaking as activism. In a Sky News broadcast exclusive, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said that her “next phase” of human rights work needed to include “storytelling”. Malala said: “Activism needs to go beyond working for an NGO. “We need to find other ways in which we challenge
Buryatia feels like it is a world away from war in Europe. It is a different Russia. Vast snowy plains and Buddhist temples, closer at first glance to Mongolia next door than it is to Moscow, five time zones away. But the motifs of Russia’s war in Ukraine are everywhere. A huge Z and V
Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) have voted to accept offers by train companies in the long-running dispute over pay, job security and conditions, the union has announced. “Given this result, TSSA will notify employers that the ballot for Industrial Action has also been withdrawn,” the union said in a statement. “Accepting the
As Ukrainians mark a year since Russia’s invasion, Ian is joined by Ukraine’s deputy economy minister, and the chief executive of the Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest – owners of the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, which was besieged by Russian soldiers last May. He also speaks to the chief executive at Allbright and the chair of
Publisher Puffin has announced the release of the Roald Dahl classic collection “to keep the author’s classic text in print” – following widespread criticism of his books being re-written. The 17 titles will be available later this year and will include archive material relevant to each of the stories by the much-loved but controversial children’s
A financial services giant backed by an Abu Dhabi state investment fund is the latest suitor to emerge as a contender to swoop on parts of the stricken London-listed company MJ Hudson. Sky News has learnt that Apex Group, which is based in Bermuda and has around 12,000 employees, plans to table an offer next
New films based on JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books and The Hobbit are in the works, Warner Bros has confirmed. Chief executive, David Zaslav, announced the franchise revamp on Thursday during an earnings call, confirming that a deal had been brokered to make “multiple” films based on the works over a number of
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