World leaders are kicking off a meeting Tuesday on the holiday island of Bali, Indonesia as the global economy grapples with a looming recession, central banks’ jumbo rate hikes and historically high inflation. The annual meeting of leaders from the world’s major economies, known as the Group of 20 nations, is also taking place as
Security analyst Prof Michael Clarke explains how a Russian retreat does not make Kherson safe from Russia’s guns and missiles. He says Ukraine will need to find a way to dislodge opposition forces and push them further back from the river otherwise the city will be at risk of continued missile and rocket attacks. #ukraine
CNN military analyst and retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling weighs in on the Ukrainian military’s victory in Kherson and says it will harm the Russian military’s efforts across the region. #CNN #News
The Chinese owner of Thomas Cook is exploring the sale of a stake in the famous British holiday brand three years after its ignominious collapse. Sky News has learned that Fosun Tourism Group is examining options including raising capital from an outside investor in the coming months. Industry sources said on Tuesday that Fosun was
Protesters have clashed with police in China’s industrial metropolis Guangzhou over strict COVID-19 measures, which have seen residents placed in lockdown. Tensions have been building in the southern city, which has been experiencing one of its worst COVID outbreaks since the pandemic began, and on Monday they reached breaking point. Dramatic footage shared online showed
Just three weeks ago, Dominic Raab was sitting in Number 10 being offered his old jobs back, after a short hiatus from government thanks to Liz Truss. But now he has returned to government as justice secretary and deputy prime minister, he is facing questions over his conduct during his previous tenures in the roles,
If a week is a long time in politics, a few days in the I’m A Celebrity jungle is almost a lifetime. Former health secretary Matt Hancock joined the camp in Australia less than seven days ago as the most controversial and disliked contestant in the show’s 22-season history, but after gamely eating a camel’s
Rishi Sunak has refused to apologise for the economic turmoil Liz Truss’s short-lived government caused the British people. The prime minister, who is in Bali for the G20 summit, refused six times today to say sorry for the decisions his predecessor made, which caused severe and continuing financial turbulence. He acknowledged that “mistakes were made”
Rishi Sunak will meet the Chinese president on Wednesday after declaring that his country poses a “systemic challenge” to the values and interests of the UK. Mr Sunak will become the first prime minister to meet Xi Jinping face to face in almost five years when he meets him at the G20 summit in Indonesia.
Guillaume Pousaz, CEO and founder of payment platform Checkout.com, speaking onstage at the 2022 Web Summit tech conference. Horacio Villalobos | Getty Images LISBON, Portugal — Once high-flying tech unicorns are now having their wings clipped as the era of easy money comes to an end. That was the message from the Web Summit tech
A two-year-old boy’s death was caused by “extensive” mould in his family’s flat, a coroner has concluded in a case that should be “a defining moment” for the housing sector. Awaab Ishak died shortly after his second birthday in December 2020. Joanne Kearsley, the coroner, found that he “died as a result of a severe
Third time’s the charm? After two failed attempts, NASA plans to launch its new mega Moon rocket early Wednesday from Florida, less than a week after the massive machine withstood a hurricane. “Our time is coming. And we hope that that is on Wednesday,” said Mike Sarafin, the manager of the much-delayed Artemis 1 mission,
Kari Lake, who backed Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in 2020, has lost her bid to become the next governor of Arizona. The closely fought race with Democrat Katie Hobbs was one of the most significant in the US midterms as Arizona is a battleground state and is expected to play a pivotal role
Wage growth picked up by more than expected over the three months to September, according to official figures also showing a rise in the jobless rate. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said average weekly earnings, excluding bonus payments, rose at an annual rate of 5.7% during the three months to September as more workers
Tesla investors are starting to get increasingly concerned that Elon Musk’s focus on Twitter is taking him away from the automaker as its stock is falling. The CEO tried to reassure shareholders saying that he has ‘Tesla covered’, but he also said that he is sleeping at Twitter’s headquarters “until the social media is fixed”.
Gas prices have soared to record levels over the last year as higher global demand has been intensified in Europe. Sean Gladwell | Moment | Getty Images LISBON, Portugal — The U.K. should embark on a “vaccination-style” effort to address surging energy prices and prevent future energy crises from happening, according to the boss of
Russian troops have been ordered to withdraw from the key southern city of Kherson. General Sergei Surovikin said it was no longer possible to supply the city. Kherson was the only regional capital taken and controlled by Russia when it launched its war back in February. #ukraine #skynews #russia #iran #ukrainewar #kherson SUBSCRIBE to our
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) criticized election deniers in his own party in a recent episode of his podcast, “Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw.” #CNN #news
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will announce a rise in the national living wage this week, Sky News understands. Mr Hunt and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will accept an official recommendation to increase the living wage from £9.50 an hour to about £10.40 an hour, according to news first reported in The Times. The rise of nearly
Vladimir Putin’s regime “will hear the chorus of global opposition to its actions”, Rishi Sunak has warned as he prepares for the first day of the G20 summit. The UK prime minister will sit down with leaders of the world’s 19 biggest economies in Bali – the first meeting in the group’s 15-year history to