A China Eastern Airliner jet crashed in the mountains of southern China according to China’s Civil Aviation Administration. All 132 passengers were killed. CNN’s Pete Muntean reports. #PeteMuntean #CNN #News
Washington state has set a target that all vehicles of model year 2030 or later sold, purchased or registered in Washington state be electric vehicles. The bill was signed today by Gov. Inslee, making Washington the state with the earliest all-electric new car target in the nation. A similar effort happened once before, but then
Saudi Aramco logo is pictured at the oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia October 12, 2019. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters A huge plume of smoke could be seen above an oil facility in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Friday, according to multiple media reports, shortly after Yemen’s Houthi group said they would be
The remaining contenders to buy Chelsea FC have been told they must commit at least £1bn to future investment in the club if they are to succeed in the battle to end Roman Abramovich’s two-decade tenure as owner of last season’s Champions League-winners. Sky News can exclusively reveal that the quartet of bidders which were
Music stars including Liam Gallagher, Travis Barker, Ringo Starr, Miley Cyrus, Slash and Ozzy Osbourne are among the thousands paying tribute to Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who has died at the age of 50. The US rock band announced Hawkins’ death, saying they are “devastated” by the “tragic and untimely loss” of their bandmate
Russia claims it has launched missile strikes on a Ukrainian military infrastructure from the Black Sea in the northwestern city of Zhytomyr – around 96 miles from the capital of Kyiv. A crew of a small missile ship off the Black Sea Fleet launched four Kalibr cruise missiles at military facilities belonging to the Ukrainian
NASA will run a live broadcast of the return to Earth of American astronaut Mark Vande Hei after a record-breaking 355-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Along with Vande Hei, two Russian cosmonauts — Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov — will also touch down in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz MS-19 capsule on March
It’s taken ten days for the world to learn if anyone survived the bombing of a theatre in Mariupol. Images filmed from inside the building show people covered in dust, clearly in shock, but alive. Only now have those mobile phone pictures made it to the outside world. On 16 March a theatre sheltering more
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has died aged 50, the band has announced. The US group – one of the most successful rock bands of the last 20 years – said they were “devastated”. “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the band tweeted. “His
Professor Michael Clarke looks at how Russia might attack Ukraine in the west to divert Ukrainian resources away from the main cities. The military expert says the offensive could be launched by Belarusian troops and that could lead to more sanctions being placed on Minsk. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow
Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at “traitors” in a speech as his invasion stalls in Ukraine. Former KGB agent Jack Barsky discusses Putin’s speech. #CNN #News
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Travelers can expect higher airfares this spring and summer, even on discount airlines. Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle told CNBC’s “Closing Bell” Friday that bookings and what travelers are paying for tickets as well as add-ons like baggage fees are the highest in the pandemic. “Even with the high fuel prices we believe we can
A P&O ferry has been detained in Larne, Northern Ireland, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The agency said the ship, the European Causeway, was held “due to failures on crew familiarisation, vessel documentation and crew training”. In a statement it said: “The vessel will remain under detention until all these issues are resolved
Petrol stations have failed to pass on the fuel duty savings announced by the chancellor in his spring statement, new data has shown. According to the AA, petrol prices have fallen just 2.71p, and diesel was down 1.59p, despite Rishi Sunak saying on Wednesday a 5p fuel cut would come into force immediately. Research from
In this article GOOGL A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber. George Frey | Reuters Google Fiber contractors in Kansas City, Missouri voted to unionize Friday, becoming the first workers with bargaining rights under the Alphabet Workers Union. The group of 10 full-time workers are employed by BDS Connected Solutions
In this article SPOT Spotify app Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Spotify said Friday it’s pulling out of Russia entirely because recent laws restricting news operations could put the streamer’s employees and listeners at risk. It expects operations to be fully suspended by the end of April. Spotify’s decision to pull out of
Those who’ve made it out alive from the city of Chernihiv in north Ukraine call it “hell” – and fear it’s fast turning into another Mariupol by the advancing Russian troops. We witnessed Chernihiv being brutally cut off – from all humanitarian aid and from the outside world. The city has been bombarded for weeks
The owners of the Chicago Cubs are drafting in a heavyweight investment bank as they attempt to salvage their bid to buy Chelsea Football Club. Sky News has learnt that the Ricketts family and Ken Griffin, the Citadel hedge fund billionaire, are in talks to appoint Lazard to advise on their offer for the Stamford
JK Rowling has responded to Vladimir Putin after the Russian president cited the Harry Potter author during a rant about cancel culture. She said that “critiques of Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by those currently slaughtering civilians”. Rowling also referenced an article about jailed anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, and hit out at