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Facebook delays return to office until March, Covid-19 boosters required

In this article FB A man takes a selfie in front of a sign of Meta, the new name for the company formerly known...

‘A watershed moment’: Dying man saved by pig’s heart transplant

A terminally ill man has been given the chance of life after his own diseased heart was replaced by a genetically-modified pig’s heart. In...

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Stamps celebrate 60 years of The Rolling Stones

A set of 12 stamps will be launched later this month to celebrate The Rolling Stones, as the band marks its 60th anniversary. Royal...

Politics

Boris Johnson can run but he can’t hide over ‘partygate’ and he is now under enormous pressure

Boris Johnson can run from the latest “partygate” allegations, but he can’t hide. This is no longer about junior and middle-ranking Number 10 officials...

World

No breakthrough on tense day of US-Russia talks amid fears Putin plotting Ukraine invasion

There has been no breakthrough in US-Russian talks aimed at calming tensions between Moscow and Ukraine. Diplomats from the Kremlin and Washington met in...

Business

Warrington Council-backed Together Energy lines up administrators

A residential energy supplier part-owned by a Cheshire local authority is lining up administrators amid suggestions that it could collapse as soon as this...

PM and Carrie attended ‘bring your own booze’ event in No 10 garden during first COVID lockdown

The prime minister and his wife Carrie attended a “bring your own booze” event in the Downing Street garden during the UK’s first national COVID...

Sports

NHL betting: Analyzing the scoring COVID boom

9:23 AM ET The NHL went dark from Dec. 22-27, thanks to both its scheduled holiday break and a COVID-19 outbreak forcing the postponement...

Sports

NASCAR vet Almirola to retire after ’22 season

10:09 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR veteran Aric Almirola will retire from competition at the end of the 2022 season to...

Deadly smoke spread in NYC apartment block fire due to open door, official reveals

A New York City apartment block fire was more deadly because an open door allowed smoke to spread, the city’s fire commissioner has said....

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Tesla spotted using mobile Powerpacks at first Tesla Semi Megacharger station

Tesla has been spotted using a mobile Powerpack battery system at its first Megacharger station for the Tesla Semi electric truck in Nevada. The...

Environment

EU’s plan to include gas and nuclear in ‘green’ ranking leaves investors confused

Cooling towers at the Tricastin Evolutionary Power Reactor nuclear power plant in France. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A controversial EU plan to...

Technology

Take-Two Interactive to buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7 billion

In this article TTWO ZNGA Signage on Zynga headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. Zynga Inc. is expected to...

World

‘I want to stay’: Djokovic breaks silence after winning Australia visa case

Tennis star Novak Djokovic says he wants to stay in Melbourne and compete in the Australian Open after winning his visa court battle. The...

Prince Andrew to face civil sex case trial as US judge refuses to throw out accuser’s lawsuit

A judge has rejected Prince Andrew’s attempt to have the sexual assault lawsuit against him thrown out. US judge Lewis Kaplan refused to dismiss...

Politics

PM confirms self-isolation period could be cut for fully vaccinated people

Boris Johnson has said the UK is making “great progress” in tackling Omicron – but warned the variant remains “incredibly contagious”. Speaking following a...

Business

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars immune from global chip shortage after record year for sales

The chief executive of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (RRMC) has told Sky News the company expects to continue to be immune from the global shortage...

Business

In which jobs are wages keeping up with price rises?

With lots of focus on the current cost of living crisis, new data for Sky News reveals which professions have been most affected. UK...

Trial looms for Prince Andrew as judge’s ruling puts any hope of reputation rebuild on ice

Davos, January 2015, and in front of a room of businesspeople at the World Economic Forum, Prince Andrew for the first time had to...

T cells from common colds can protect against COVID infection, study finds

People with high levels of T cells from common colds are less likely to catch COVID, according to a new peer-reviewed study. Researchers said...