Olga Rolenko | Moment | Getty Images Oil prices are on pace for a weekly gain as U.S. economic growth and stimulus in China raise hopes for more robust crude demand this year. The West Texas Intermediate contract for March fell 90 cents, or 1.16%, to trade at $76.46 a barrel Friday morning, while the
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Have you ever been in the mood to drive an electric bus, and then thought to yourself, “the only thing that could make this better is if the bus was shaped like a marsupial”? Yea, me neither. At least not until I stumbled upon this precious specimen of a koala bus. It’s not the first
The US is reportedly planning to move nuclear warheads to the UK in response to the growing threat from Russia. Senior figures on both sides of the Atlantic have called for preparations to be ramped up in case of a potential war between NATO forces and Russia. To reinforce the alliance, the Telegraph reports Pentagon
Spoiler alert: This article contains details of the final of the second series of The Traitors. You have been warned. Judas level treachery, the advent of Jazatha Christie, and death by fizzy rosé – this series of The Traitors has had it all. After 12 episodes, the nail-biting finale saw baby-faced British army engineer turned
Superdry, the London-listed clothing retailer, is weighing a radical restructuring that could involve significant numbers of store closures and job cuts after reporting weak sales. Sky News has learnt that Superdry and its advisers at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are initiating work on plans that could lead to a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) or restructuring plan, both
A New Yorker has been fined thousands for hoarding around 100 animals, including a young South American ostrich. State and local authorities seized the creatures – some of which were exotic or endangered – from 32-year-old Matthew Spohrer’s home in North Bellmore, Long Island on Tuesday. Among the animals kept in Spohrer’s basement and backyard
Associated Press Jan 26, 2024, 07:24 PM ET WICHITA, Kan. — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947. Surveillance video was
Children walk near a billboard bearing the image of targeting ships, on the day Yemen’s Houthi-run forces targeted an American ship in the Red Sea, on a street in Sana’a, Yemen, on Jan. 10, 2024. Mohammed Hamoud | Getty Images An oil tanker operated on behalf of Trafigura was struck by a missile on Friday
Tesla has announced a new $500 million project to build a giant Dojo supercomputer cluster at Gigafactory New York in Bufallo. Dojo is a new supercomputer designed from the ground up by Tesla specifically to train AI with videos. The project suffered significant delays, but it seemed to be getting some momentum last year as
In this article INTC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Intel shares slumped 12% on Friday and headed for their steepest drop since July 2020, after the chipmaker issued a forecast for the current quarter that came
Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $83.3m in a defamation case to a woman who accused him of sexual assault – with the former US president saying her allegation was a lie. The court said Trump should pay $18.3m (£14.4m) in compensation and $65m (£51m) in punitive damages to E Jean Carroll. Trump posted
Searching for Taylor Swift’s name on X yields no results days after the pop star fell victim to deepfake sexual pictures circulating on the website. “Something went wrong. Try reloading” appears when Swift’s name is typed into the search box. Sky News approached X for comment. On Friday President Joe Biden’s spokesperson said the fake,
US President Joe Biden’s spokesperson has said fake, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift that circulated online were “very alarming”. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday that social media companies have “an important role to play in enforcing their own rules”, as she urged Congress to legislate on the issue. The fake
An oil tanker is on fire in the Red Sea after a missile attack by Houthi fighters. In a statement, the ship’s owner Trafigura, which has offices in Britain, said firefighting equipment on board was being deployed to control the flames and the safety of the crew is its “foremost priority”. A spokesperson for the
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin pushed higher to end the week as investors took some comfort in the idea that outflows from the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF (GBTC) could be starting to taper off. The price of the cryptocurrency climbed more than 3% to $40,989.80 according to Coin Metrics. At one point Friday
The father of a 14-year-old girl who took her own life after being bullied on social media by fellow pupils at her school has said someone needs to be held “accountable” for her death. Mariano Janin said his daughter Mia was bullied “in person and online” and that police should set up a “special division”
New Brexit border controls will leave British consumers and businesses facing more than £500m in increased costs and possible delays – as well as shortages of food and fresh flowers imported from the European Union. The new rules are intended to protect biosecurity by imposing controls on plant and animal products considered a “medium” risk.
In this article INTC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pat Gelsinger, CEO Intel, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Intel shares dropped in extended trading on Thursday after the chipmaker issued an outlook for the first quarter of 2024 that
The legislation being used to exonerate hundreds of sub-postmasters wrongly convicted over the Horizon IT scandal should include measures to protect the specialist finance sector which helped Alan Bates to overturn Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice, according to an influential trade body. Sky News understands that the International Legal Finance Association (ILFA) wants ministers to
Jan 26, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions While Michigan fans are still basking in the glory of the Wolverines’ national championship, the rest of the college football world is left to look ahead to next season. We’ve already gazed into a crystal ball for our Way-Too-Early Top 25 and Way-Too-Early All-America team. Now