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Firms review CBI membership after sexual misconduct claims

Some of the UK’s biggest and best-known businesses say they are closely watching the unfolding crisis at the CBI. Sky News contacted more than...

Business

Audit giant pulls secondee out of crisis-hit CBI business lobbying group

EY, the big four accountancy firm, has ended the secondment of one of its employees to the CBI as the business lobbying group grapples...

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Michael K Williams death: Drug dealer pleads guilty to providing The Wire actor with fentanyl-laced heroin

A man has pleaded guilty to providing actor Michael K Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, which resulted in his death in 2021. Irvin Cartagena, 39,...

Sports

‘The sky’s the limit’: Luke Hughes follows two-year path from college to pros

7:20 AM ET College hockey coaches are always walking a fine line during news conferences. Especially during the postseason, when there is a strong...

Politics

Investigation clears former chief whip Mark Spencer over sacking of Muslim Tory MP Nusrat Ghani

Rishi Sunak has said no further action will be taken against minister Mark Spencer after an investigation cleared him of breaching the rules over...

Politics

Sir Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak has ‘lost a grip’ on his party after Scott Benton gambling industry lobbying sting

Sir Keir Starmer has claimed “Tory sleaze is back” after a Conservative MP was caught in a sting operation offering to lobby on behalf...

World

Silvio Berlusconi: Former Italian prime minister admitted to hospital with leukaemia

Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has long been suffering from leukaemia and is in hospital under intensive care for a lung infection, Reuters...

Technology

Why Amazon quashed an Oregon bill that aimed to curb data center emissions

On what was recently farmland, Amazon data centers have been built as close as 50 feet from residential houses in the Loudoun Meadows neighborhood...

Technology

Australian regulator cancels Binance’s license at exchange’s own request

The logo of cryptocurrency exchange Binance displayed on a phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Binance’s Australian derivatives license was canceled...

Sports

With the College Football Playoff loss behind them, what’s next for Sonny Dykes and TCU football?

7:00 AM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — A year ago at this time, Sonny Dykes sat in a sparsely decorated office and watched film...

Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of JFK, to challenge Biden for Democratic presidential nomination

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the nephew of the assassinated former president John F Kennedy, has announced he will challenge Joe Biden to be the...

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Johnny Depp film to open Cannes festival – his first since Amber Heard court case

Johnny Depp’s first film since his heated defamation court case with Amber Heard will open the Cannes Film Festival, organisers have announced. Jeanne Du...

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Hugh Jackman gets skin cancer all-clear

Hugh Jackman has told fans he’s been given the all-clear from skin cancer, following two biopsies on skin from his nose. The Australian star...

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Top entrepreneurs and financiers caught up in collapse of luxury jeweller Vashi

Some of Britain’s leading entrepreneurs and financiers are facing significant financial losses from the implosion of Vashi, the upmarket jeweller. Sky News can reveal...

World

Emmanuel Macron urges Xi Jinping to bring Russia to negotiating table over Ukraine

Emmanuel Macron has told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that the war in Ukraine has hit stability and ended decades of peace in the country....

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Pinocchio director Guillermo del Toro ‘scouting for locations’ in Edinburgh as he shares selfie

Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro has been snapped in Edinburgh scouting for locations for a new production. The Mexican filmmaker shared a selfie from...

RAF boss says he is ready to test ‘the limit of the law’ to improve diversity in the force, leaked transcript reveals

The head of the Royal Air Force signalled he was ready to “bend” his service out of shape and test “the limit of the...

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Gary Lineker stands by ‘factually accurate’ tweet on government asylum seeker policy

Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has stood by his tweet about the government’s “cruel” asylum policy which resulted in him being taken...

Politics

Nicola Sturgeon pulls out of Edinburgh climate change event after husband Peter Murrell’s arrest in SNP finance probe

Nicola Sturgeon has pulled out of a climate change event due to take place on Thursday as police continue to investigate the SNP’s funding...

World

Silvio Berlusconi: Former Italian prime minister reportedly diagnosed with leukaemia

Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been diagnosed with leukaemia after he was admitted to hospital, Reuters reports. The 86-year-old was being treated...