Energy companies have been told by the government that “all options are on the table” if they do not reinvest their bumper profits – amid a growing clamour for a windfall tax. Simon Clarke, chief secretary to the Treasury, acknowledged the “extraordinary pressure on family finances” and said imposing such a levy could not be
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Aerospace firm SpaceX is looking to raise $1.7 billion (roughly Rs. 13,192 crore) in fresh funding, a massive initiative as its controversial founder Elon Musk continues to make news, television channel CNBC reported Sunday. Citing a company-wide email the network said it obtained, CNBC reported the space travel pioneer would be paying $70 (roughly Rs.
The long-awaited Sue Gray partygate report is finally set to be published this week – with the deadline for Downing Street officials to object to being named in it passed. Reports have suggested the document, expected to be published in the coming days, will feature photographs of illegal gatherings. It was also reported that top
Elon Musk told reporters in Brazil that Tesla will have self-driving cars without the need for human drivers behind the wheel for supervision or at all really around this time next year. It’s Musk’s latest timeline on Tesla’s full self-driving effort, but he has been wrong about those in the past. The Tesla CEO was
The current oil crisis isn’t like previous ones — and consumers will have to bear the brunt of it even as they grapple with rising inflation, Angela Wilkinson from the World Energy Council told CNBC. “I think this is a first global energy shock, this isn’t the same as the 1970s crisis, oil shock crisis.
Amber, 19, has waved her anonymity to tell her story. From the age of 13 she bounced through the care system, on a journey to ever-greater isolation and abuse, which ended in her being placed in “prison-like” secure accommodation “for her own safety”. Like many children, she was removed from home, in part, due to
Sky News’ Security and Defence Analyst Michael Clarke says that Russian forces have now been freed-up from fighting in Mariupol, allowing them to deploy further west. This allows them to take “small bite sized chunks” of territory, but without landing a strategic victory. Russian units in Kherson have been trying to dislodge Ukrainian forces near
Ret. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling joins Ana Cabrera to discuss reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin is making tactical military decisions in Russia’s months-long war in Ukraine. #CNN #News
The man who designed Star Wars craft including the Death Star, TIE fighter, the Star Destroyer and X-wing has died aged 90. His partner confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he died on Saturday at his Colorado home. Colin Cantwell came up with the prototypes for the original Star Wars films – with other artists
Startling new figures from the UN show the war in Ukraine has displaced more than eight million people. And they reveal that more than six million refugee movements from Ukraine have been registered. According to new data from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations
In this article .FKRX300 Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Hyundai Motor said on Sunday it plans to invest $5 billion in the U.S. by 2025 to further develop mobility technologies in areas like autonomous driving, robotics, and A.I. The investment comes alongside the automaker’s recent announcement of a plan to spend $5.54 billion
9:23 PM ET TULSA, Okla. — After several of golf’s biggest stars failed to make up ground on moving day at the PGA Championship on Saturday, six players are in good position to win their first major championship at Southern Hills Country Club. Chile’s Mito Pereira moved to 9 under after the third round and
Close contacts of monkeypox cases with the highest risk of exposure should self-isolate for 21 days, latest government guidance says. New guidance from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recommends people who have had “unprotected direct contact or high risk environmental contact” with the disease should isolate – and avoid contact with immunosuppressed people, pregnant
British sitcom star Patrick Murray has said his lung cancer is “cured” and that a tumour discovered in his liver is “shrinking” in response to treatment. Murray, 65, who played Mickey Pearce in Only Fools And Horses, revealed his diagnosis earlier this year. He said that scans had detected a cancerous lung tumour which he
Europe’s reliance on Russian oil and gas is funding the rape and murder of Ukrainian children, an MP and member of the country’s delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos has told Sky News. Ivana Kylmpush-Tsintsadze, an MP and former minister, said Western states and companies need to end “business as usual” with Moscow,
Tesla has reportedly filed plans for a 29-stall supercharger and diner/drive-in theater location in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The location is at 7001 Santa Monica Boulevard at the intersection with Orange Drive. Tesla originally planned to build the diner in the coastal city of Santa Monica, but then moved the plans to Hollywood. Now, perhaps
A wind turbine and coal in Lower Saxony, Germany. The EU’s desire to wean itself off Russian hydrocarbons means it will need to find fossil fuels from other parts of the world to plug supply gaps. Mia Bucher | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The European Commission has fleshed out details of a plan to
Civil Service job cuts of up to 40% are being examined as part of cost-saving plans at the Department for Education, Nadhim Zahawi has confirmed. The education secretary told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme that modelling across a range of scenarios was being carried out with a view to rein in spending, while
Footage filmed by a captured volunteer medic footage has shown the horrors taking place in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after it was smuggled out in a tampon. Using a body-worn camera, 53-year-old Yuliia Paievska recorded 256 gigabytes of video, documenting her team’s frantic efforts over two weeks to save people from the brink of
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared as a guest on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” To cheers and applause, Blinken said an independent, sovereign Ukraine will be around a lot longer than a Vladimir Putin. #CNN #News