The main suspect in the killings of a British journalist and indigenous expert has confessed – and taken officers to the site where their bodies were buried, police have said. Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira went missing on 5 June on a remote stretch of the Itaquai River in Brazil. Police investigator, officer Eduardo Alexandre
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In this article WWE Vince McMahon attends a press conference at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Michael N. Todaro | Getty Images World Wrestling Entertainment‘s board is investigating a $3 million hush-money settlement that CEO Vince McMahon paid a woman over an alleged affair, The Wall Street Journal reported
A dozen children were served floor sealant instead of milk at a day care summer programme at a school in Alaska. Several students complained that their mouths and throats were burning shortly after being served breakfast on Tuesday, and at least one child was taken to hospital for treatment. Police in the Alaskan state capital
A Republican state representative who describes himself as a death penalty supporter has said he believes that death row inmate Richard Glossip is innocent. Kevin McDugle, from Oklahoma, was responding to a report by a Houston law firm into Glossip’s case. He said: “We’ve got an individual sitting on death row that has been there
The man who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan has been fully released 41 years after the shooting. John Hinckley Jr, now 67, seriously wounded the US president during an attack in 1981. He spent decades in a Washington mental health unit having been acquitted by reason of insanity at a trial in 1982. Now he
The US central bank has raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage points for the second time in a row in an attempt to curb soaring inflation. The US Federal Reserve said it expects that “ongoing increases” will be needed despite evidence of a slowing economy and concerns that aggressive hikes could lead to a recession.
The US central bank has increased interest rates by 0.75% to combat inflation – the sharpest hike in 28 years. The Federal Reserve signalled more rate rises to come and projected a slowing economy in the months ahead, along with rising unemployment. The bank raised its benchmark rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%,
Lord Geidt has resigned as the prime minister’s adviser on ministerial interests. He tendered his resignation to Boris Johnson, according to a brief statement on the government’s website on Wednesday evening. “With regret, I feel that it is right that I am resigning from my post as Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests,” the statement reads.
Tesla (TSLA) has lost over $500 million in value from its Bitcoin investment amid what people are now calling a “crypto winter.” Early in 2021, Tesla invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. Shortly after, the automaker started accepting the cryptocurrency as payment on new vehicles. However, a few days later, Tesla took a step back with crypto by removing
In this article BP.-GB A BP logo photographed in London on May 12, 2021. The International Energy Agency recently reported that 2021 saw energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rise to their highest level in history. Glyn Kirk | Afp | Getty Images Oil and gas supermajor BP has agreed to take a 40.5% equity stake in
Russian missiles are being diverted from anti-sea usage to anti-land as they pull out all the stops to achieve victory. Severodonetsk, one of the last remaining parts of Luhansk still under Ukrainian control, has been severely contested in recent weeks. #Ukraine #Russia #war For the latest developments in Ukraine: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel
Ivanka Trump told the January 6 Select Committee that she accepted former Attorney General Bill Barr’s assessment that there was no evidence to back then-President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud. #CNN #january6 #ivankatrump
More than two million households face increased mortgage payments following the latest Bank of England interest rate rise, which experts say could create more “mortgage prisoners”. The Bank rate rose from 1% to 1.25% in a bid to tackle rising inflation. Borrowers who have variable mortgage rates – those that move in line with the
Best-selling US author James Patterson has apologised for saying white male writers having trouble finding work is a form of racism. The 75-year-old used social media to post an apology after his comments appeared in The Sunday Times. Patterson is known for his thrillers, romance and non-fiction novels. He has two books currently on the
7:38 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. meet on Saturday to unify three of the four major light heavyweight titles in the main event of a Top Rank card at the Hulu Theater inside Madison Square Garden in New York (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 6:30
Plants too can make “secret decisions.” Surprised to hear that? Well, researchers have found in a new study that plants have an unforeseen set of processes that they use to regulate the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere during photosynthesis. The discovery was made while studying a classic plant model organism called thale
7:43 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — We interrupt the ongoing drama of who has left the PGA Tour — and who might still be going to the LIV Golf Invitational Series — for the 122nd U.S. Open, the third major championship of the season. With two golf worlds colliding at The Country Club this week,
Astronomers and researchers have been in constant search for finding life on other celestial bodies. A team of scientists earlier pointed at the possibility of the existence of life in the clouds of Venus. In 2020, scientists revealed that they had found phosphine gas in the cloud of Venus, sparking speculation about the possibility of
Bill Gates Gerard Miller | CNBC Bill Gates is not a fan of cryptocurrencies or non-fungible tokens. Speaking at a TechCrunch talk on climate change Tuesday, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder described the phenomenon as something that’s “100% based on greater fool theory,” referring to the idea that overvalued assets will go up in price when
The government has not ruled out leaving Europe’s human rights framework after last-ditch legal rulings blocked the first scheduled deportation flight on Tuesday evening. Downing Street said on Wednesday that all options were on the table and did not rule out withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). It comes after last-minute interventions