The Royal Navy will get 25 new warships – and could get three more – as the government indicates where its planned rise in defence spending will go. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps told Sky News there are 28 new ships and submarines in the design or construction stage at the moment for the UK’s armed
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Two prison officers have been killed after an attack on a convoy carrying an inmate – with the convict reportedly on the run. Three other people are seriously injured after the reported “ramming car attack” on a motorway in Incarville in the northwestern France region of Eure. Footage from the scene shows two hooded men
Watching a live drone feed, it was possible to make out three people running down a street in a frontline town in northeastern Ukraine. “Are they Russians?” I asked a Ukrainian soldier, who was also on the ground in Vovchansk and was showing us the footage from a secret location as we spoke to him
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as part of his Investing in America agenda, during a visit to Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, U.S., May 8, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration has announced $537 billion in infrastructure investments since the passage of landmark government funding bills, such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Dan Murphy Close Dan Murphy ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Pete Thamel May 13, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NCAA and its schools are considering a proposed solution to one of the largest looming obstacles remaining for a landmark
From left to right, Accel general partners Harry Nelis, Sonali de Rycker, Andrei Brasoveanu, Luca Bocchio, and Philippe Botteri. Accel Venture capital firm Accel said Tuesday it’s raised $650 million for its eighth fund targeted at investing in European and Israeli early-stage startups, in a sign the venture capital market may be showing signs of
The largest and longest study of the obesity drug Wegovy has shown people maintain significant weight loss for at least four years, with fewer serious adverse events than those given placebo ‘dummy’ treatment. Doctors say the finding will add pressure on UK health authorities, which currently limit treatment to just two years. Results revealed at
Photo by PhotoMIX Company on Pexels.com US grid operators haven’t been practicing long-term transmission planning, but for the first time, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just made it mandatory. FERC now requires proactive grid planning FERC oversees interstate electricity transmission. The rule it released today, Order No. 1920, adopts specific requirements for transmission providers in
Donald Trump “wasn’t thinking about (his wife) Melania” when he paid off a former porn star, his former lawyer has testified. Michael Cohen told a court Mr Trump personally approved $130,000 in hush money to Stormy Daniels over an alleged 2006 sexual encounter. The payout isn’t illegal, but Mr Trump is accused of falsifying records
The new version of the ChatGPT AI chatbot has been unveiled and offers near-instant results across text, vision and audio, according to its maker. OpenAI said it was much better at understanding visuals and sounds than previous versions. It offers the prospect of real-time ‘conversations’ with the chatbot, including the ability to interrupt its answers.
The House of Commons has approved plans to exclude MPs from the parliamentary estate if they have been arrested on suspicion of a serious offence. The move came despite the government putting forward a motion to recommend that a ban kicks in at the point of charge – a higher bar. MPs voted to reverse
He is the puppet master of Georgian politics – a man of fabulous wealth and extraordinary power. And Georgian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili is the focus of intense opposition as unrest sweeping his country reaches boiling point. From humble origins, he left Georgia to accumulate immense wealth in Russia through close ties with Putin’s chosen few,
Neil PaineMay 13, 2024, 08:37 AM ET Close Neil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight. Open Extended Reactions The Stanley Cup playoffs are no place for the fresh-faced and inexperienced — or so the conventional wisdom goes. Because one ill-timed mistake can often send a team
A 16-year-old suspect armed with a rifle has been stopped from entering a church full of children by worshippers during a livestreamed service, say authorities in Louisiana. The boy tried to get into the St Mary Magdalen Church, in Abbeville, through the back door at around 10.30am on Saturday (4.30pm UK time), according to police.
Rishi Sunak has said the government will appeal against a court ruling that provisions of the UK’s Illegal Migration Act – which created powers to send asylum seekers to Rwanda – should be disapplied in Northern Ireland. The High Court in Belfast on Monday morning ordered the “disapplication” of sections of the act as they
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Demis Hassabis is a celebrated name in artificial intelligence research. He’s a chess master and a neuroscientist. On Wall Street, he’s less known. That may not be true for long. Hassabis is emerging as the face of Google’s mammoth AI effort and on Tuesday will
Democracy is under attack across the world and must be “protected under all circumstances”, legendary Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi has told Sky News. In an interview with Yalda Hakim, she said religion was also used for “political gain” – but how she also remained an “optimist by nature”. India is currently in the fourth phase
As electric bicycles continue to grow in numbers in the US, so too have concerns over the safety of their lithium-ion battery packs. A new safety standard just passed in China may soon have a considerable impact on e-bike fire safety. E-bike battery fires, while exceedingly rare, have become a major concern in the US
The prospects for an interest rate cut next month have not been helped by the latest wage growth figures which have come in higher than expected. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed regular wage growth, excluding the effects of bonuses, was 6% higher over the three months to March compared with a
The BBC’s plans to run adverts on its podcasts would have a “disastrous impact” on the UK’s media market, businesses have warned. The broadcaster shared plans to run advertising on its podcasts and on-demand audio that are played on third-party platforms like Spotify in March. A group of 20 media businesses – including Sky –