Shares in social media giant Twitter have surged by a quarter after it was revealed that Tesla billionaire Elon Musk had bought a 9.2% stake. A regulatory filing showed the tycoon had snapped up 73,486,938 Twitter shares. The stake is worth $2.89bn (£2.2bn), based on Twitter’s closing price on Friday. Musk is a frequent user
In my last article, I had written about the various things to consider while choosing the core pieces of gear for a wildlife filmmaking kit. Now, I would like to introduce you to smaller yet equally important pieces of gear that will go a long way in ensuring you get the best quality footage on
The official list of COVID-19 symptoms has been expanded to include nine new signs of the disease including headaches, diarrhoea and a blocked nose. The list has been updated as COVID infection levels hit a record high in the UK, with almost five million people estimated to be currently infected. Professor Tim Spector, lead scientist
Jacob Rees-Mogg has refused to apologise for calling the Downing Street partygate scandal “fluff” and “fundamentally trivial”. Answering questions from callers on LBC, the Brexit minister said partygate is “not the most important issue in the world” as the war in Ukraine continues. Mr Rees-Mogg also said some of the coronavirus rules in place at
NASA has cancelled an important “wet test” of the Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS) due to safety concerns with its $1bn launch platform. The wet test for the next-generation moon rocket was essentially a dress rehearsal, featuring everything necessary for preparing an actual launch – including filling it with fuel – without actually taking
Ukraine is suspected of launching an attack on a oil depot inside Russia in the first offensive by Kyiv outside of its borders. It came as Russian troops back off from their positions in some towns and Ukrainian forces retook territory. For the latest developments in Ukraine: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more
CNN’s Hadas Gold speaks to Leonid Nevzlin, a former oligarch who moved to Israel nearly 20 years ago, on his decision to publicly renounce his Russian citizenship. #CNN #News
Shuffling down the street with a neighbour, 78-year-old Natalia recalled her encounter with Russian troops who took control of her town, Bucha, outside Kyiv. They broke into her home, smashed a window and then one soldier threatened to shoot her. “I said: ‘OK, shoot me, if that’s why your mother gave birth to you, you
7:34 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Denny Hamlin hoped a visit to the track he watched races at as a youngster would help kick-start a season that started in an uncharacteristic fashion — poorly. Thanks to some crafty tire strategy that his team timed right, he got it done. Hamlin ran down William
The Ukrainian president has urged musicians to “tell our story”, addressing the Grammy Awards in a video speech on a night that also saw Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins commemorated, and Silk Sonic, Jon Batiste and Olivia Rodrigo take home major awards. Introducing a special musical tribute to his people, Volodymyr Zelenskyy referenced the sounds
It’s no secret that I love me a fun little electric pickup truck from China. Yes, I’m that guy that floated one over from half way around the world to use as a farm truck in the US. But just like my four year old nephew after a run through a candy store, time does
Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded so-called “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian gas in rubles. Mikhail Klimentyev | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to ratchet up the pressure on foreign buyers of natural gas, telling so-called “unfriendly” countries to pay in rubles from Friday — or have their supplies cut
6:28 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Iga Swiatek left no doubt about her spot atop the game and Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz earned the biggest titles of their burgeoning careers. If there’s one thing we learned during the Sunshine Double in Indian Wells and Miami over the past month, it’s that the future is very
Louise Jones, Head of Intelligence at McKenzie Intelligence Services, assesses what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine. For the latest developments in Ukraine: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more
CNN’s Tom Foreman explains how kamikaze drones work, and how Ukrainian soldiers are using them to gain an advantage against Russia. #CNN #News
12:31 PM ET UFC 273 is a fight card that keeps on giving. The April 9 pay-per-view event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, will be headlined by a men’s featherweight title fight between champion Alexander Volkanovski and Chan Sung Jung. For Jung, whom the UFC bills by his nickname, “The Korean Zombie,”
Tory MP David Warburton has told friends he has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital after allegations about his behaviour were made in a Sunday newspaper, Sky News understands. The MP has said he is being treated “for severe shock and stress”, adding: “This has been sheer hell.” The Somerton and Frome MP has had
Six people have been killed and 10 injured in an early morning mass shooting in California’s state capital. Police are hunting for at least one gunman in connection with the killings in the downtown area of Sacramento, which is packed with restaurants and bars, at about 2am on Sunday. Officers had been on patrol when
Atsuko Bolinguit, with tech startup company Fast, works in the office at her desk on March 24, 2021 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Starting Monday, Google is bringing most employees back to assigned physical offices three days a week. The company has said since the beginning of the pandemic that it
The government is preparing to nationalise Gazprom’s British supply arm within days amid a stand-off between the Russian state-controlled energy firm and a Wall Street banking giant. Sky News has learnt that ministers are drawing up plans to take Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail (GM&T) into public hands if it fails to reassure financial counterparties