The White House has said “gratuitous remarks” about Joe Biden’s memory are “wrong and inaccurate” after a report called the president’s mental capacity into question. Ian Sams, a spokesman for the White House legal counsel’s office, hit back after special counsel Robert Hur’s ruling on the president’s handling of classified documents described his memory as
The new owners of The Body Shop are lining up administrators for its British arm just weeks after taking control of the cosmetics retailer, in a move which could threaten significant numbers of shops and jobs. Sky News has learnt that the company founded by Anita Roddick and her husband Gordon nearly half a century
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is seeking trillions of dollars in investments to overhaul the global semiconductor industry, The Wall Street Journal reported. Altman has long talked of the supply and
A fleet manager for SAP, a large software company, says that it is dropping Tesla from its fleet because “their prices fluctuate more”. Tesla has consistently reduced prices over the last two years. It has been great for new buyers and making EVs more affordable, but it’s not all positive. It has destroyed the resale
A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023, shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardment in the Palestinian territory amid ongoing battles with the Palestinian Hamas militant group. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices are poised to post a weekly again as hopes for
Jailed former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has claimed victory for his supporters in the country’s general election – via a video generated using artificial intelligence (AI). The clip of the former cricket star was uploaded on social media on Sunday just hours after his rival Nawaz Sharif also claimed to have won despite
Rishi Sunak has published his personal tax return, showing he paid more than half a million pounds in UK tax last year. The document shows he paid a tax bill of £508,308 in the financial year 2022-23. His income included £1.8m in capital gains, as well as his £150,000 prime minister’s salary. The prime minister
Joe Biden couldn’t remember when he was vice president, according to a new report. And, according to the same investigation, he couldn’t remember when his son died. Then, when trying to reassure everyone about the claims about his memory, he confused the presidents of Mexico and Egypt. Not ideal for someone who wants to run
It was the sequel film fans didn’t realise they needed, but when Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget came out before Christmas – 23 years after the original – it topped Netflix’s most-watched charts for weeks. Speaking to Sky News, director Sam Fell admits: “You send it out into the world and it’s like a
Feb 9, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 college football season will be full of changes, including new coaches, big-name transfers who have switched schools and the expanded, 12-team playoff. Perhaps the most sweeping changes of all will be in the makeup of the remaining power conferences: the SEC, Big Ten, Big
World-renowned music producer DJ Tiesto has pulled out of performing at the Super Bowl because of an undisclosed family matter. Tiesto, who has repeatedly been named the best DJ in the world during his 40-year career, had been expected to warm up the crowd before kick-off and perform throughout the game between the San Francisco
Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi has been named as the new chief of Ukraine’s army. The 58-year-old was promoted by Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he removed General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi from the post after months of friction between the pair. Mr Syrskyi has played a key role in some of Ukraine’s biggest victories – but has also faced
Prince Harry and the publisher of the Daily Mirror newspaper have settled the remainder of his hacking claim against them. It follows a High Court judge’s ruling in December that phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers was carried out from 1996 to 2011, and was “widespread and habitual” from 1998. Judge Timothy Fancourt also said
The Premier League is facing a fresh battle over changes to rules governing commercial deals between related parties after it was warned by a club that the proposals were unlawful. Sky News has learnt that the 20 top-flight clubs, which include Arsenal, Brentford, Chelsea and Manchester United, were notified on Thursday that one of them
Tesco has announced the sale of its banking arm to Barclays in a deal worth up to £1bn. The UK’s largest retailer, which had been in discussions with other major lenders including HSBC and Lloyds, said all 2,800 staff at Tesco Bank would transfer to Barclays under the agreement over time. Hundreds of other workers
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Burbo Bank, Liverpool Bay, England, viewed from the sea turbines on Burbo wind farm off the UK coast. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Danish renewables giant Orsted on Wednesday announced plans to cut jobs, pause its dividend payouts to shareholders and exit several offshore wind markets after a tumultuous year of rising
SoftBank’s Vision Fund, the brainchild of the company’s founder Masayoshi Son, has faced a number of headwinds including a slump in technology stocks as a result of rising interest rates, a tough China market and geopolitics. Kentaro Takahash | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of SoftBank Group rose as much as 15.29% Friday morning, a
Hiding behind the picture of a handsome American soldier stolen from a real Instagram account, Chris Maxwell would try to make women fall in love with him online. The 25-year-old Nigerian says he conned up to 30 victims out of more than $70,000 (£56,000) over five years, enjoying “lavish” spending on nights out in clubs
He won’t be facing charges but that’s not the big news. The report by a Justice Department Special Counsel is pretty devastating in its assessment of the state of mind of the American president. Over more than 200 pages, Robert Hur explains why President Joe Biden will not face charges for holding classified documents after