Transmission lines Searchlight, Nevada, March by U.S. National Archives is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 The massive Greenlink West Transmission Project in Nevada got the final green light this week by the US Department of the Interior. The project will create a new 525 kV transmission line that will stretch 350 miles from Las Vegas to
Strictly Come Dancing will return to TV tonight for its 20th anniversary season after controversy over the alleged treatment of its celebrity contestants. The BBC launched an investigation following allegations about Giovanni Pernice by former Strictly participant Amanda Abbington. Abbington was the first to allege “inappropriate” behaviour on the show and claimed she was subject
Babcock International, the London-listed defence contractor, is weighing a possible bid for some of the assets of Harland and Wolff, the shipbuilder which is close to collapse. Sky News has learnt that Babcock, which has a market value of £2.4bn, has expressed an interest in Harland and Wolff’s Belfast shipyard which is famous for having
Rafah is now a wasteland. The city in Gaza has been totally flattened by months of war. The rubble in places is many metres high, the buildings that are still standing are hollow shells, their dark, empty windows like vacant souls in a horror show. Image: Sky News visited what remains of Rafah – a
The Pope has told American Catholics to “choose the lesser evil” as he criticised both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Pope Francis launched the surprise intervention in the US election on his flight from Singapore to Rome on Friday. He was critical of vice president Harris over her stance supporting abortion rights, claiming the procedure
Bitcoin is rising above $64,000, and MicroStrategy shares are soaring by 40% in three days in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, on February 29, 2024. CFOTO | Nurphoto | Getty Images MicroStrategy shares jumped more than 8% on Friday after founder Michael Saylor said the company purchased another $1.1 billion worth of bitcoin. The stock jumped
Sir Keir Starmer has talked up the US-UK relationship after a White House meeting with Joe Biden, but questions remain over Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles. The prime minister travelled to Washington this week to meet with President Biden to discuss the wars in Ukraine and Gaza – among other issues. Speaking before the “long
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brazil’s supreme court announced Friday that it ordered banks to transfer funds from Starlink and X accounts to pay fines the court levied against Elon Musk’s social
Labour’s biggest union backer has accused the government of being “cruel” over cuts to the winter fuel payment, as it opens a potential rift at the party’s conference later this month. A motion to be submitted to Labour‘s conference by the Unite trade union – that has been seen by Sky News – says “workers
On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss a Tesla Robotaxi prototype being spotted, the Porsche Macan range, Lucid teasing its next-gen, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll
In this article AMZN ORCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Larry Ellison, Chief technology officer of Oracle (L), and Jeff Bezos, founder, executive chairman of Amazon. Reuters Oracle‘s best week on the stock market since 2021 has bolstered Chairman Larry Ellison’s net worth, briefly edging him past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Friday to
Tesla Semi Courtesy: Tesla A single-vehicle collision last month involving a Tesla Semi electric truck took 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish and required aircraft to dump fire retardant overhead, according to a preliminary report on Friday from the National Transportation Safety Board. The crash, which occurred on California’s Interstate 80 west of Lake Tahoe,
A British citizen is among 37 people who have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after being found guilty of an attempted coup in the central African country. A foreign office spokesperson told Sky News they are giving consular assistance to “a British man detained in DRC” and are in
The mother of a young girl treated by a surgeon accused of carrying out “inappropriate and unnecessary” operations has told Sky News her daughter had to use a wheelchair for nearly two years after surgery. Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has launched an investigation into the cases of 721 children after an expert review found
The future of lithium production in the U.S. is gaining momentum in Arkansas, as companies like ExxonMobil, Albemarle, and Standard Lithium make significant investments in the state. This comes at a time when global demand for lithium, driven by electric vehicles and energy-storage needs, continues to grow. In 2023, global lithium consumption reached 180,000 metric
In this article ADBE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Feb. 20, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Shares of Adobe fell more than 9% on Friday, a day after the software company
Two of Britain’s biggest newspaper publishers are taking the axe to their US workforces, slashing scores of jobs in the latest evidence of mounting financial pressures across the media sector. Sky News has learnt that News UK, the publisher of The Sun, and DMGT, owner of the Daily Mail, have this week announced sweeping internal
A London-listed automotive components supplier has become the latest British-based company to draw overseas takeover interest after receiving a series of offers from a Canadian rival. Sky News has learnt that TI Fluid Systems has received at least two bid proposals from ABC Technologies Holdings, a Canadian competitor. City sources said on Friday evening that
Sep 13, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez will headline a boxing card in Las Vegas for the 18th time when he puts his WBC, WBO and WBA super middleweight world titles on the line against Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night. The fight card at T-Mobile Arena also includes Erislandy Lara defending
There’s a slight chance that the enormous asteroid Apophis, known as the “God of Chaos,” could hit Earth when it makes its extremely close pass in 2029. Named after the Egyptian god of darkness, Apophis is approximately 1,100 feet (340 meters) wide—similar in size to the Eiffel Tower. While previous studies have ruled out a
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