British Vogue editor Edward Enninful is glad he was racially profiled at work because it reminds him never to think of himself as “too successful”. Speaking to Sky News on the day that Vogue revealed its September issue was produced by a predominantly black team, Mr Enninful says systemic racism is a global problem. The
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Russian hackers stole secret trade deal papers from the email account of former cabinet minister Liam Fox, according to Reuters. The news agency said Mr Fox’s account was broken into multiple times between 12 July and 2 October 2019 – in the run up to last year’s general election. It said a “spear phishing” message
Hays Travel is to cut up to 878 jobs from a workforce of 4,500, the firm has announced. Owners John and Irene Hays blamed the government’s advice against all non-essential travel to Spain and the changes to furlough conditions, saying these two things had left them with “no choice”. They said: “We are devastated that
COVID-19 has had some very stark and very obvious consequences. The US has less than five percent of the world’s population but almost a quarter of its coronavirus fatalities. But there is also a hidden horror unfolding here and it may soon get even worse. Image: Sky News visited the St Vincent’s Hospital in Westchester,
Singapore researchers have developed “electronic skin” capable of recreating a sense of touch, an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as feel texture, or even temperature and pain. The device, dubbed ACES, or Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin, is made up of 100 small sensors and is about
A “hero” father-of-seven has died after rescuing his children when they got into difficulty in the sea. Jonathan Stevens, 36, died in the incident in Barmouth, northwest Wales on Sunday afternoon, with his partner Laura Burford saying: “I owe this man everything bringing our babies back.” The plasterer was reportedly caught in a rip tide
Caroline Flack took her own life after finding out she was definitely going to be prosecuted for assault and fearing the publicity that would come with a trial, a coroner has concluded. Coroner Mary Hassell said the Love Island presenter’s alleged assault of boyfriend Lewis Burton “played out in the national press” following her arrest
Caroline Flack’s mother has said her daughter was “seriously let down by the authorities” before she died – and also accused her boyfriend of leaking a photo of the bloody scene from the night of the star’s arrest. Flack, 40, died at her flat in north London in February just a few weeks before she
Chinese-owned app TikTok has been accused of harvesting its users’ data, and was even described as a potential national security risk by White House officials. On Friday, President Trump said he intended to ban the video-sharing platform from the US because of these concerns, although over the weekend he appeared to approve of a potential
It has been a year like no other in recent memory – and acclaimed photographer Rankin is urging us all to document it for posterity in a mass picture project. Best known for shooting celebrities and royalty, including David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Kate Moss and the Queen, the famous photographer is now inviting amateurs
Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume, “the architect of the Northern Ireland peace process”, has died. The former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) had been ill for some time. Having committed his life to the pursuit of Irish unity by peaceful means, he was fiercely criticised for holding secret talks with
Smartwatch maker Garmin paid a multi-million dollar ransom to criminals who encrypted its computer files through a ransomware negotiation business called Arete IR, sources have told Sky News. Earlier this week Sky News reported that Garmin had obtained the decryption key to recover its files from the WastedLocker virus. Security sources believe this virus has
Former Pope Benedict XVI is ill with shingles after returning to the Vatican from a visit to Germany, a newspaper citing his biographer has reported. The 93-year-old retired pontiff has become very frail and his voice is barely audible, author Peter Seewald told German daily Passauer Neue Presse. However, German-born Benedict met with Mr Seewald
US astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after a two-month voyage that was NASA’s first crewed mission from home soil in nine years. Behnken and Hurley, tallying 64 days in space, undocked from the
A teenager who vanished last month after she ran out of petrol has been found alive in a remote section of the Cascade Mountains in the US. King County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Ryan Abbott said it was a “miracle” that 18-year-old Giovanna Fuda was discovered on Saturday after a week-long search. Mr Abbott said she
August 2nd, 2020 by Steve Hanley NextEra Energy, the parent company of Florida Power & Light, is leading an aggressive shift to wind and solar power in the Sunshine State. Recently, it has also moved to add battery storage to its renewable energy portfolio. When its Manatee county energy storage facility is completed in 2021,