President Joe Biden‘s top economic advisor suggested Friday the White House is not rethinking its decision to cancel the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline in response to elevated crude and gasoline prices. National Economic Council Director Brian Deese told CNBC the Biden administration is instead concentrating on policies and strategies that can deliver lower fuel
Month: April 2022
5:48 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — After falling one shot below the cut line, Rose Zhang, the No. 1 amateur in women’s golf, made birdies on her final three holes at Champions Retreat to qualify for the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Zhang, the former U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, was
In this article AMZN Jason Anthony, a member of Amazon Labor Union, speaks to members of the media during the vote count to unionize Amazon workers outside the National Labor Relations Board offices in New York, U.S., on Friday, April 1, 2022. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s
Will Smith has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after he slapped Chris Rock during last Sunday’s Oscars ceremony. In a statement, Smith said: “I have directly responded to the Academy’s disciplinary hearing notice, and I will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct. My actions at the 94th
Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction has been upheld by a US judge. Her request for a retrial was rejected after a juror admitted in a TV interview that he had been sexually abused, and falsely stated before the trial that he had not been. The court ruled the juror still “testified credibly and truthfully”, and
The Indian tech firm in which Rishi Sunak’s wife owns shares believed to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds is closing its office in Russia, Sky News understands. The chancellor’s wife Akshata Murthy has a 0.91% stake in Infosys, a company founded by her father, which had continued to operate in Russia since the
Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out an air strike on an oil depot in Belgorod, a Russian city close to the Ukrainian border. This is the first accusation of a Ukrainian air strike on Russian soil since the war between the two countries began on 24 February. Image: The oil depot is located
Liam Gallagher’s son and Ringo Starr’s grandson have been branded as “entitled” after appearing in court over a late-night brawl at a supermarket. Gene Appleton Gallagher, 20, and Sonny Starkey, 21, were “young men thinking they can get what they want by misbehaving” when they fought shop staff at a London Tesco Express, Judge Joanna
A London-listed gold mining group which was prevented from making a loan repayment this week after its Russian lender was sanctioned is lining up advisers to help restructure its borrowings. Sky News has learnt that Petropavlovsk, which has seen its shares plummet in the last year, is preparing to bring in AlixPartners to advise it
The government’s business misconduct watchdog has launched criminal and civil probes into P&O Ferries, adding to pressure on the embattled company. The move comes two weeks after P&O Ferries sacked nearly 800 workers and replaced them with lower-paid crew, a decision that the government called illegal. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed on Friday afternoon that
The weekend brings four major main events and some entertaining undercard bouts from California to Texas to Japan. Middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin faces fellow champion Ryota Murata in a highly anticipated fight in Saitama, Japan. A GGG victory will put him in position to face Canelo Alvarez in a trilogy fight, this time at super
The first fines have been issued to people in government for breaking COVID rules at the height of lockdown. Officials are understood to have received fines thought to be in connection with an event in the Cabinet Office on 18 June 2020. The fines, worth £50, have been sent to individuals by email. The names
Tesla Insurance has enabled its controversial driver safety score, which tracks driving data in real time, in California, its biggest market, but it is only for “educational purposes” and won’t affect premiums… for now. Tesla had already introduced its own insurance product in California, but it didn’t utilize real-time driving data and Tesla’s safety score,
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the 2019 G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Mikhail Klimentyev | Afp | Getty Images Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the biggest clash in decades between Moscow and the West. Both are competing to persuade
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is “right to ask for answers”, a leading MP said as he launched a select committee inquiry into the government’s handling of her six-year Iran hostage ordeal. Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, and fellow British-Iranian national Anoosheh Ashoori, 67, were released last month after the UK agreed to settle a £400m debt with Tehran dating
The owners of the Chicago Cubs baseball team have fortified their bid for Chelsea FC by adding a new team of bankers ten days before a four-way shootout determines the club’s future ownership. Sky News has learnt that the Ricketts family and the hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin have hired Jefferies, the US-based investment bank,