At least 500 people have been killed in a bombing of a hospital in Gaza City, the Palestinian Health Ministry has claimed. A spokesman for the ministry said in a statement: “Initial estimates indicate that between 200 and 300 martyrs were killed in the bombing that targeted Baptist Hospital in Gaza city.” The ministry later
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Rishi Sunak is set to visit Israel, possibly as soon as Thursday, Sky News understands. The trip could be part of a broader visit to the region, which may include stops in Jordan and Egypt. It follows visits from Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz today and US president Joe Biden on Wednesday. And it comes amid
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 17, 2023, 09:26 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Ivor Robson, whose familiar Scottish accent became as synonymous with The Open as the Claret Jug and the deep heather of the links courses,
A police officer speaks to Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg moments before she was arrested outside the InterContinental London Park Lane during the “Oily Money Out” demonstration organised by Fossil Free London and Greenpeace on the sidelines of the opening day of the Energy Intelligence Forum 2023 in London on October 17, 2023. Henry Nicholls
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 17, 2023, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It hasn’t been the best season for Hubert Hurkacz. Entering the Shanghai Open, Hurkacz, 26, had reached just one final — winning the 250-level Open 13 in France in February — and failed to advance past the fourth round at any major. While
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 17, 2023, 09:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions One of the biggest storylines in the UFC this year has been the question of when Conor McGregor would reenter the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency testing pool, the first step for the UFC’s biggest star to return to the Octagon. The news that
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign is posted in front of the Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, May 10, 2018. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that it plans to prevent the sale of more advanced artificial intelligence
The upmarket shoe retailer Kurt Geiger is being groomed for a £400m sale by its private equity backers. Sky News has learnt that Cinven is working with advisers at Bank of America on a prospective auction of the brand. City sources said on Tuesday that a sale process was expected to begin in the coming
Volta Trucks, which had planned to begin selling its heavy EV trucks in the US this year, has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden. A short statement from the company paints a pretty grim picture, with some of the blame laid at the feet of Volta’s battery supplier Proterra, which filed for bankruptcy itself in August.
The rate of inflation failed to nudge downwards as expected last month, remaining at an annual rate of 6.7% according to official figures. The headline consumer prices index (CPI) measure had been predicted to slow to 6.6% in September by a Reuters poll of economists. The higher than expected number – largely a consequence of
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it is investigating leading boiler manufacturer Worcester Bosch over whether it has been misleading consumers by marketing a range of gas boilers as “hydrogen-blend ready”. The regulator – which is responsible for enforcing consumer protection law – said its focus will be on whether “claims made about
More than one million emergency parcels are expected to be distributed by food banks this winter due to an “unprecedented need” for help, a charity has warned. The Trussell Trust network, which supports more than 1,300 food bank centres across the UK, has forecast that more than 600,000 people will rely on food banks from
The only cancer hospital in Gaza has been forced to shut down due to fuel shortages – as Israel bombed areas of southern Gaza where it told Palestinians to flee, killing dozens. Amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave, the Turkish Friendship Hospital – which is home to the area’s only oncology unit
Hamas’s attack on Israel has given rise to the largest-scale hostage crisis in the country’s 75-year history. About 200 people have been captured and taken into Gaza, according to the Israeli military. Over the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict, armed Palestinian groups have taken dozens of Israelis captive. The vast majority have been Israeli Defence
Conservative HQ is claiming the Tory vote share in two upcoming by-elections could halve to around 30%, based on telephone canvassing data over recent days. The resignation of two Tory MPs have triggered by-elections this Thursday in Tamworth, Staffordshire and Mid Bedfordshire, with the party fighting hard to hold on to both. Party officials say
The younger of two British sisters who were said to be missing after the Hamas attack on Israel has died. Yahel, 13, and Noiya, 16, disappeared from Be’eri kibbutz after it was raided. The family has been informed of Yahel’s death today, Sky News understands. Their mother, Lianne, was killed and their father, Eli, is
The floating solar photovoltaic power plant by EDPR Sunseap Group, a unit of Energias de Portugal SA, in Woodlands, in Singapore, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Bryan van der Beek | Bloomberg | Getty Images Southeast Asia is home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies. As energy demand grows, the region is turning to
Rivian is rolling out one of its most significant software updates to date starting this evening. We’ve been driving the R1S version around for the better part of two weeks and can take you through what’s new and what it is like to use. The Rivian 2023.38 software leaked almost two weeks ago, and shortly
President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday, amid fears about the war with Hamas expanding into a larger conflict. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News alerts on a smartphone or tablet via
Government exhibit in Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial Source: SDNY In afternoon testimony on Monday, former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh told a Manhattan jury about two one-on-one meetings he held with Sam Bankman-Fried last year to discuss the dire state of the crypto firm’s finances. Singh, who joined sister hedge fund Alameda Research in 2017