The most famous TV election debate image is a sweaty and unshaven Richard Nixon up against the telegenic JFK in the US in 1960. Here in the UK, the most decisive debate game-changer was Gordon Brown and David Cameron conceding “I agree with Nick” in 2010. That sparked the “Cleggmania” which propelled Nick Clegg to
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US President Joe Biden has said he has “boundless love” for his son Hunter as jury selection in his federal gun case started on Monday. Hunter Biden has been charged in Delaware with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, allegedly, addicted to crack cocaine. He has been accused of lying
Labour could be on course to win a historic landslide, with the party expected to win a 194-seat majority, a YouGov poll shows. It would be the highest number of seats of any party at any election since Stanley Baldwin won a majority of 208 in 1924. Sky News has partnered with YouGov for the
In this article SPOT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Daniel Ek, founder and chief executive officer of Spotify, attends the Cannes Lions 2016 on June 22, 2016 in Cannes, France. Antoine Antoniol | Getty Images Spotify announced on Monday it is increasing the cost of its premium subscription plans in the U.S., marking the
The stock market influencer behind the so-called meme stock frenzy of 2021 has triggered a fresh surge in shares of GameStop, the struggling US videogame retailer. Keith Gill, who goes by the name Roaring Kitty online, revealed a $116m (£90.8m) position in GameStop on Sunday. Gill told his followers he controlled 1.8% of GameStop’s available
The findings of the SkyNews/YouGov MRP poll are a disaster for the Conservatives, a worry for Labour and good news for the Lib Dems and Reform UK. The forecast of a Tory wipeout will spread panic among Conservative candidates and potentially spark a fresh bout of mutiny against Rishi Sunak from the right of his
With its full line of eight new battery-powered electric tandem compact rollers, Hamm believes it’s created the best possible solutions for the road-building, gardening, and landscaping sectors. With eight electric rollers in the compact class being rolled out (sorry) for North American customers this week, the HD 10e and HD 12e models offer the same
Wholesale costs for natural gas have hit their highest levels across Europe since December last year after key Norwegian export operations were shut down due to a cracked pipe. The damage, discovered aboard the Sleipner Riser platform, prompted wider energy infrastructure to be halted including the Nyhamna processing plant which exports gas to the UK,
NFL Nation, ESPNJun 3, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NFL season kicks off in 94 days and before teams take a summer break ahead of late-July training camps, they’ll gather for mandatory minicamps. Nine teams have scheduled theirs to take place this week: Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans, Dallas Cowboys,
Colin Gibb, a founding member of the novelty pop group Black Lace, has died aged 70. The band were best known for their hits Agadoo, Superman and Do The Conga, which were staple songs at summer discos across the UK throughout the mid-1980s. They also performed in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in seventh
A man’s life was likely saved after a thick chain necklace prevented a bullet from going into his neck. The shooting happened during an argument, said police in the US state of Colorado. The .22 calibre bullet became lodged in the silver chain around the victim’s neck. It left the unnamed man with only a
Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico’s election and is set to become the country’s first woman president, according to an official quick count. The ruling party candidate had between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote – an unassailable lead, a statistical sample showed, according to the National Electoral Institute. Opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez, a female rival
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A photo illustration of the OPEC logo seen on a cell phone set against a green arrow in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open
Truck buyers looking for electric options to add to your fleet take note: 2023 MY Ford F-150 Lightning pickups are now more than $200 cheaper to lease per month than their gas-powered siblings. Despite carrying a higher initial price tag, Cars Direct found that a recent boost in 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning incentives rolled out
Transgender athletes may have to compete alongside their biological sex under the Conservatives’ plans to “clarify” equality laws, Kemi Badenoch has said. The cabinet minister told Sky News her party is “not giving instructions” to different sporting bodies, but rather “making it very clear what the law is, that there is a difference between identifying
The Conservatives have vowed to change the Equality Act to ensure “biological sex” is a protected characteristic. The party said reforming the law – which states that an individual must not be discriminated against on the basis of their sex – would clear up “confusion” among public bodies and institutions about access to female-only spaces.
Hospital patients are “dying in corridors”, nurses have warned as they declared a “national emergency” in the NHS. Patients are regularly treated on chairs in corridors for extended periods of time – and sometimes even days, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said. They are also receiving cancer diagnoses in public areas, and may
Donald Trump warned “it would be tough for the public to take” if he was imprisoned after becoming the first former US president to be criminally convicted. The former president was found unanimously guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up “hush money” payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels on Thursday.
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia on Sunday unveiled its next generation of artificial intelligence
Shein, the online fashion behemoth, is on the verge of taking a huge stride towards a London flotation that would value it at about £50bn and rank among the most significant – and contentious – deals in the UK’s capital markets for years. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Shein, which was founded in China