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College Football Playoff impact: Players who stuck around

Open Extended Reactions Following two transfer portal windows and the NFL draft, college football fans might need Apple AirTags to track where their favorite...

Environment

First Solar stock plunges as CEO says Trump tariffs pose ‘significant economic headwind’

Chuck Smith monitors the manufacturing process of the series 6 solar panels during a tour of a First Solar plant in Walbridge, Ohio, on...

Business

Stamp duty changes knock house prices, lender says

Lower stamp duty thresholds introduced at the start of the month are being widely blamed for the biggest monthly decline in UK house price...

Business

Channel 4 chief Mahon to run live entertainment group Superstruct

Alex Mahon, the Channel 4 chief executive, is to become the new boss of the live entertainment group behind Cornwall’s Boardmasters festival. Sky News...

Business

Ian King: The people and events that defined my 11 years at Sky News

It’s 6.25pm on Monday 2 June 2014 and my heart is racing. After 20 years as a national newspaper journalist, plus a few years...

Business

The councils dishing out most (and least) fines to parents over holidays

New research has revealed vast differences in the number of truancy fines handed out by local authorities in England and Wales. The most aggressive...

Politics

Environment secretary defends green policies – after Sir Tony Blair says net zero is ‘doomed to fail’

The environment secretary has defended the government’s net zero agenda after Sir Tony Blair said phasing out fossil fuels was “doomed to fail”. The...

Sports

Fleury replaces Gustavsson (illness) in Wild loss

Associated Press Apr 30, 2025, 02:16 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Minnesota goalie Fleury was playing in his 18th playoffs, breaking his tie with...

Sports

Panthers’ Ekblad suspended 2 games for Hagel hit

Greg WyshynskiApr 29, 2025, 07:28 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad has been suspended for...

Sports

Canes win series, spoil Markstrom 49-save outing

Greg WyshynskiApr 30, 2025, 12:02 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions After the New Jersey Devils saw...

Sports

Yanks make history by again opening with 3 HRs

ESPN News Services Apr 29, 2025, 07:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — The It was an ugly return to the majors for...

Sports

DeGrom gets 1st win in 2 years as Rangers rip A’s

Associated Press Apr 30, 2025, 01:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Everything came together in the same game for two-time Cy...

Sports

Mets’ Minter pondering season-ending surgery

Jorge CastilloApr 29, 2025, 06:27 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from...

Business

Barclays chief mounts defence of ring-fencing as rivals push for abolition

The chief executive of Barclays has launched a staunch defence of Britain’s bank ring-fencing regime even as his main rivals lobby the government to...

Technology

Britain at risk of losing ground to rival fintech and crypto hubs, execs warn

Workers cross a junction near the Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, UK, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg...

World

Fast and furious: 100 days of Trump

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 Yalda and Richard discuss whether there is any rationale behind...

First victim of serial paedophile Richard Burrows regrets not reporting assault at the time

The first known victim of serial paedophile Richard Burrows has told Sky News he regrets not reporting his assault at the time to save...

World

Ransacked and looted: Sky reporter returns to family home left in ruins after war in Sudan

The biggest city in the Sahel has been ransacked and left in ruins. War erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum in April 2023 and sent...

Technology

Satya Nadella says as much as 30% of Microsoft code is written by AI

Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) speaks with Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella after posing for a family picture with guests who attend the “Tech for...

Business

Trump boasts of achievements and attacks enemies as he celebrates 100 days in office

A sea of three-fingered gestures only meant one thing He came onto the stage bang on time. No need to keep the faithful in...