A tearful Will Smith has won his first ever Oscar, just minutes after rushing on to the stage and slapping comedian Chris Rock in the face. The former Fresh Prince, who won the best actor gong for his role in biopic King Richard, was reacting to a joke Rock had aimed towards Smith’s wife, Jada
Bosses from ferry companies DFDS and Stena Lines will meet government officials later today following rival P&O’s decision to sack 800 staff. The Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed the meeting but did not say what would be discussed, although it comes amid concerns over chaos at ports during the Easter holidays. A DfT spokesman said:
US President Joe Biden has denied that he was calling for regime change when he said that Russia’s president Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power”. Mr Biden was leaving a church service in Washington DC when he was questioned by a reporter about the speech. When asked if he had been calling for regime change
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In this article TTE-FR The CEO of TotalEnergies on Saturday defended the company’s refusal to fully exit Russia, but said it would never do business with President Vladimir Putin again. Speaking to CNBC’s Hadley Gamble, Patrick Pouyanne, chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, said he was not prepared to write off the company’s assets in Russia
Actor Noel Clarke will not face a criminal investigation over sexual offence allegations, after police said there is not enough evidence. Specialist detectives carried out a “thorough assessment” of the information received and decided it “would not meet the threshold for a criminal investigation”, Scotland Yard said. The star had “vehemently” denied “any sexual misconduct
P&O Ferries has restarted a limited service two days after sacking 800 crew members without notice in what it says is a cost-cutting exercise. Agency worker Mark Canet-Baldwin shared pictures with Sky News of security staff hired to escort him onto the European Highlander at Cairnryan in Scotland. He said he was not told he
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour presses Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov on the Russian invasion and whether they are achieving their objectives in Ukraine. #CNN #News
The near silence and utter wasteland left behind by this Russian invasion is crushingly complete and takes your breath away. The cultural centre of Byshiv village is levelled. There’s a small pile of Ukrainian poetry books which someone has stacked together. Macron warns Biden over regime change confusion – live updates on Ukraine This was
A whistleblower who worked at a hospital trust where hundreds of babies died or were left brain-damaged says there was “a climate of fear” among staff who tried to report concerns. Bernie Bentick was a consultant obstetrician at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust for almost 30 years. This week, an independent inquiry will reveal
12:42 PM ET The PGA Tour takes a break from its normal routine this week at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. In this event, a bad hole doesn’t mean as much — because all it is now is one hole. Instead of the usual stroke play that takes place nearly every week on tour, when
Workers stand in line to cast ballots for a union election at Amazon’s JFK8 distribution center, in the Staten Island borough of New York City, U.S. March 25, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters On Friday afternoon, a stream of Amazon workers exited a sprawling warehouse on New York’s Staten Island after wrapping up the daytime
The government plans to take a 20% stake in a new nuclear plant in Suffolk in a move to bolster the country’s energy security against a backdrop of global instability and a cost of living crisis. The French power giant EDF is also to take a 20% share in the delayed £20bn Sizewell C project.
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For years politicians have said the booming American oil industry would make the country “energy independent.” Indeed, the United States is the world’s largest producer of oil. That puts it two spots ahead of Russia, which shocked the world — and oil markets — by invading Ukraine. Saudi Arabia is the second-largest producer The move
The four contenders vying to buy Chelsea Football Club will submit final bids on April 11, paving the way for a prospective new owner to seek government permission to take over from Roman Abramovich by the end of next month. Sky News has learnt that the remaining contenders have been notified by Raine Group, the
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had ten different substances in his system when he died – including marijuana, opioids and antidepressants, Colombian officials have confirmed. Preliminary results of the urine toxicology test found he had ingested THX (Marijuana), tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and opioids, the Attorney General’s Office said. Officials said on Twitter: “The National Institute
A visual representation of Bitcoin. Edward Smith | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. government will soon reveal plans to regulate the cryptocurrency market, focusing on a fast-growing type of token known as stablecoins, according to four industry sources familiar with the matter. British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to make an announcement in
Vladimir Putin and his henchmen face a “day of reckoning” with evidence of war crimes having been committed in Ukraine, a cabinet minister has said. It was also “absolutely right” that strict sanctions against Russia should remain in place until the Kremlin withdraws its forces following the “illegal invasion”, Nadhim Zahawi told Sky News. Russia
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a mother-of-two was stabbed to death while her children were at school. Police have released a picture of the victim of the attack in Bethnal Green, east London, who has been named as 40-year-old Yasmin Begum. Scotland Yard said a 40-year-old suspect was detained on