The final six candidates to become the next leader of the Conservative Party – and prime minister – are readying themselves for a second round of votes later, which will see at least one of them eliminated from the race. Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak leads the field, having gained support from 88 MPs in yesterday’s
This week on a special episode of Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most interesting news and announcements from Eurobike 2022, the largest electric bicycle trade show in Europe. Some of the biggest stories include a first chance to test Tern’s new Quick Haul electric bike, the massive amount of cargo e-bikes at the show, anti-lock braking
President of the United States Joe Biden holds a press conference on the final day of the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain on June 30, 2022. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images President Joe Biden is headed to Saudi Arabia this week as part of his first Middle East trip as commander-in-chief. He’s going
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and Chair of the Gates Foundation, walks to a morning session during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 08, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Bill Gates announced Wednesday he’s donating $20 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation this month as
3:12 PM ET A marquee welterweight matchup between Belal Muhammad and Sean Brady is set to take place in October, sources have told ESPN. Contracts are not yet signed but both sides have agreed to the 170-pound contest, which will take place at a UFC event Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi. It is expected to
Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Sunday completed its first-ever launch to polar orbit for its Starlink internet network and finally achieved complete global coverage. Over the weekend, a Falcon 9 rocket delivered 46 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. Following the launch, Mr Musk tweeted, “These polar launches will enable complete coverage of Earth (where approved by
Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt have been knocked out of the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party – and next prime minister of the UK. A total of six candidates made it through the first round of voting, with chair of the backbench 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady revealing the
Workers at rail operators and Network Rail will strike for 24 hours on 27 July in a dispute over pay, the RMT union has announced. The news comes after the union rejected a pay offer from Network Rail, which it described as “paltry”, and after three rail strikes last month which crippled services across the
7:37 AM ET Mikaela Mayer Ryan Garcia faces perhaps his most difficult challenge when he faces Javier Fortuna at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Saturday night (DAZN, 8 p.m. ET). For Garcia (22-0, 18 KO), of Victorville, California, and Fortuna (37-3-1, 26 KO), from the Dominican Republic, this 12-rounder is a rescheduling of a
More than eight million households will start receiving the first of two payments intended to help with the cost of living today. Almost one in four low-income households in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will get £326, with the second instalment of £324 sent this autumn as part of the government’s £37bn support package.
The euro has dropped below parity against the dollar the first time in almost two decades after news that US inflation reached 9.1% in June. The figures will place further pressure on the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates by 75 basis points later this month, as raising interest rates is one of the tools
6:29 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — It all comes back to Scotland and St. Andrews on the 150th edition of The Open. It’s a place where the game’s greats bid farewell to this championship. It’s where hopes have been shattered in the Valley of Sin in front of the 18th green, or the “Road
The government has tabled a no confidence motion in itself after blocking Labour’s bid to remove Boris Johnson from office immediately. It means MPs will vote on whether they still have confidence in the prime minister’s administration, despite him stepping down from office in a few weeks. Labour’s request was for a confidence motion in
It was unfair to blame Liverpool fans for unrest in Paris before the Champions League final as state authorities failed to manage crowds, a report has found. France’s interior minister, Gerald Darmanin, pointed the finger at Liverpool fans to divert attention away from the failings of police and organisers, the report commissioned by the French
House building has not kept up with population growth in almost half of the local authorities in England, Sky News analysis has found. In the decade to 2021, the population grew faster or at the same pace as the number of homes in 150 out of 309 local authorities, according to our analysis of data
The 45-year rape case against filmmaker Roman Polanski has reached a major step towards potentially being resolved following a decision to finally allow transcripts of a former district attorney to be made public. Polanski pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor – statutory rape – in August 1977 but fled