Nicola Sturgeon has said she is doing “the responsible thing” as she pursues a second referendum on Scottish independence – and has contested whether the right to call a vote lies with the UK’s Supreme Court. Scotland’s first minister has also accused Boris Johnson of disrespecting democracy and not following the rule of law. She
The only surviving member of the group of Islamic State fanatics that terrorised Paris with a series of bombings and shootings has been sentenced to life in prison. Salah Abdeslam is one of 19 IS terrorists convicted of killing 130 people and injuring hundreds more in the coordinated attacks across the capital on the night
Russia targeted a shopping centre in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on purpose, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed, as he released a video showing a missile hitting the building. In his regular nightly address, the Ukrainian president said it was “obvious” that was the case – adding Moscow had “wanted to kill as many people as
8:07 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com LONDON, England — Serena Williams lost in her eagerly-anticipated return on Tuesday night at Wimbledon in a hard-fought 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7) marathon thriller to Harmony Tan, and questions about the 23-time major champion’s future in the sport were immediate. “That’s a question I can’t answer,” the 40-year-old said in
This January 6th committee has been struggling to cut through. Despite some extraordinary revelations over three weeks, Americans seem to be so desensitised and divided that the hearings haven’t resonated in the way that had been intended. They had hoped to discredit Donald Trump and debunk his stolen election claims bit by bit with the
Travis Barker has been rushed to hospital in California, according to reports. The Blink-182 drummer was pictured on a stretcher outside Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles on Tuesday with his wife Kourtney Kardashian by his side, according to TMZ. His 16-year-old daughter, Alabama, wrote on her Instagram story: “Please send your prayers.” The 46-year-old
In what could be a major breakthrough in the study of life on other planets, scientists have reconstructed the condition in which the earliest organism on Earth must have existed. The reconstruction was done using light-capturing proteins in living microbes. The earliest life forms on Earth, including bacteria and single-celled organisms called archaea, inhabited a
The US Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2022 US Energy and Employment Report (USEER), which reveals that 2021 saw electric vehicle jobs increase by a whopping 26.2%, or 21,961 new jobs. US electric vehicle jobs led 2021 energy sector growth The 2022 USEER report shows that the energy sector – with the exception
AscentXmedia / Getty Record high inflation and gas prices have many Americans hoping for financial relief. And in California, that’s exactly what approximately 23 million residents stand to get, thanks to the state’s new budget deal, which is slated to give qualifying taxpayers new direct payments. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders
Hilco, the specialist retail investor, is closing in on a takeover of Cath Kidston, the modern vintage brand recently put up for sale by the owner which bought it out of administration just two years ago. Sky News has learnt that Hilco, which has owned an array of prominent high street names over the last
In this article ABNB CEO, Co-Founder – Airbnb Brian Chesky attends The Cannes Lions 2016 on June 20, 2016 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Richard Bord/Getty Images) Richard Bord | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Airbnb announced a global ban on parties on Tuesday. It follows a temporary restriction the company put in place
Turkey, Sweden and Finland have signed a memorandum for the two Nordic states to join NATO, removing a Turkish block to the accession process. It comes after the leaders of the three nations spoke at a NATO summit in Madrid. A statement from the president of Finland, Sauli Niinisto, said: “We had a thorough meeting
Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel from a US Secret Service agent when told he would not be taken to the US Capitol during the riots, a former White House aide told the January 6th hearing. Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as a top aide to Mr Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, appeared
Woody Allen has hinted that he might give up filmmaking while speaking about his career during a rare media appearance chatting to actor Alec Baldwin live on Instagram. Allen, who worked with Baldwin on the films Alice (1990), To Rome With Love (2012) and Blue Jasmine (2013), said that after making 49 films in his
Nicola Sturgeon has set the date for a proposed “consultative referendum” next year on Scottish independence. To cheers and applause in the devolved parliament in Holyrood, the first minister said legislation will lay out plans for a vote to take place on 19 October 2023. It will ask the question: “Should Scotland be an independent
7:00 AM ET Almost no team in college football has been as consistently awesome as the Oklahoma Sooners. Over the past 85 seasons, they have finished in the AP top 10 45 times with shares of 47 conference titles and just six losing records. They’ve made basically two bad hires (Howard Schnellenberger and John Blake)