In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, becoming the latest major tech company to try and curry
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Passengers are being warned of major disruptions on Avanti West Coast (AWC) rail routes every Sunday from this weekend until 25 May. Train managers for Avanti who are part of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are launching a walkout campaign from Sunday 12 January in a dispute over rest day working. Here is
A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in Bedford. Police say Thomas Taylor was walking along Greenhill Street, close to Bedford Bus Station, when he was attacked by a group of men at 5.50pm on Wednesday. He was taken to hospital after suffering serious injuries and died a short time later. A murder inquiry
An intervention by the chancellor to help shore up flagging financial market confidence in the UK economy has been ruled out by the government, amid further declines in the value of the pound. Sterling fell to its lowest level against the dollar since November 2023 early on Thursday, building on recent losses. A toxic cocktail
All five of the living US presidents have been pictured together at the funeral of Jimmy Carter. The 39th US president died at the age of 100 on 29 December. President Joe Biden will give a eulogy to his fellow Democrat at the state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral. He appeared alongside president-elect Donald
Mick Lynch, one of the UK’s most influential union leaders in recent history, has announced he is retiring. Mr Lynch is stepping down from the helm of the RMT (Rail Maritime and Transport Workers) union aged 63. He served as general secretary since 2021. Under his leadership, the union waged years of strike action over
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a press briefing on the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments, based on performance, the company confirmed
Novak Djokovic’s rival-turned-coach Andy Murray says he’s “absolutely fine” with the star venting frustrations towards him during matches – as long as he’s “trying as hard as he can”. GB tennis great Murray, who joined the Serbian star’s coaching team last November, months after retiring from playing, spoke to reporters in Melbourne on Thursday ahead
The mother of a missing London man last spotted at a Scottish beauty spot before Christmas says she “can’t bear the thought of him being cold, hungry, and alone”. Keen walker Marc Drostle, 28, is believed to have travelled from the English capital to Aviemore in the Highlands on 12 December. Between Thursday 19 December
De La Rue, the Bank of England’s currency printer, has been approached about a takeover by one of the City’s most prominent financiers. Sky News has learnt that Edi Truell, the pensions and private equity entrepreneur, has tabled a conditional offer for De La Rue worth 125p-a-share. The proposal, which was at a roughly-25% premium
Deepening tensions over the ownership of Yodel, one of Britain’s biggest parcel delivery businesses, were exposed on Thursday when a group of purported warrant-holders indicated a desire to seize control of the company. Sky News has learnt that a group said to comprise dozens of warrant-holders – including the entrepreneur who led an aborted rescue
People in Belgium have been warned not to eat their Christmas trees. Authorities issued the warning in response to a suggestion people could reuse pine needles in recipes as a way to avoid waste. Belgium‘s food agency has now issued a health warning and said people should not eat their Christmas trees. Ghent’s local council
The eldest daughter of Ruby Franke, who was convicted of physically and emotionally abusing her children, has revealed the torment she went through in a new memoir. Shari Franke, 21, who reached out to authorities and the child protection services for help before her mother’s arrest in August 2023, writes that she and her five
Liz Truss’ lawyers have sent a cease and desist letter to Sir Keir Starmer over his claims she “crashed the economy”. The letter says Sir Keir’s continued claim the former Conservative prime minister crashed the economy with the September 2022 mini budget is defamatory and will “likely continue to cause serious harm to her reputation”.
Ryanair has said it is taking legal action against a disruptive passenger. In what it described as a “major misconduct clampdown”, the airline said it is seeking €15,000 (£12,500) in damages from a passenger in Ireland, whose behaviour forced a plane bound for Lanzarote to divert to Porto in Portugal last year. Ryanair claims the
Hollywood started the New Year with a bang as the Golden Globes kicked off awards season at the weekend. Just a few days later, the scenes in Los Angeles are very different as wildfires tear through the county. The homes of stars including Paris Hilton and Billy Crystal have been destroyed, while other celebrities have
There are grooming gangs “in every single part of our country”, Jess Phillips has told Sky News. The safeguarding minister told Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast she was issuing an “open invitation” to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to meet victims with her. Ms Badenoch’s spokesperson said she has not met
A Japanese Yakuza leader has pleaded guilty in the US to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar. Takeshi Ebisawa “brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium,” acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York Edward Y Kim said. “At the same time, he worked to send massive quantities of heroin and methamphetamine
Environment Secretary Steve Reed has apologised for the “shock” suffered by farmers after the government upped taxes on farms. Ministers are battling backlash from farmers over various measures announced in last year’s budget, including introducing inheritance tax for agricultural businesses worth more than £1m, and a faster phaseout of EU-era subsidies in favour of environmental
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has refused to condemn Donald Trump’s threat to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal. Mr Lammy told Wilfred Frost on Sky News he is “not in the business of condemning our closest ally” when asked if he would denounce the US president-elect’s rhetoric. On Wednesday, Mr Trump said he could “not
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