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The moves that rocked the MLB offseason – and what they mean for the 2025 season

Mar 24, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The opening week of the 2025 MLB season is upon us — on the heels...

Threat of Russia and America exploiting the Arctic another challenge for Europe

Two events this week will give Greenland and friends in Europe a juddering sense of alarm. From the West, the US vice president JD...

Do Americans care about the Signalgate leaked military chat?

Caroline County is the kind of quiet place that found its voice in electing Donald Trump. It’s rural and Republican territory, a 90-minute drive...

Trump 100 Day 68: Do Americans care about the leaked chat messages?

👉 Follow Trump 100 on your podcast app 👈 On Day 68, US correspondents James Matthews and Martha Kelner take a temperature check on...

What are Donald Trump’s tariffs, what will happen on ‘liberation day’ and how does it affect the UK?

If there is a word that has dominated Donald Trump’s second term, it’s tariffs. Aluminium, steel, cars and champagne have all been in his...

Sports

NHL playoff watch: Latest on the Eastern wild-card chaos

Open Extended Reactions Heading into Friday’s slate of six games, there are four teams within two points battling for the second Eastern Conference wild-card...

Technology

Elon Musk says xAI has acquired X in deal that values social media site at $33 billion

Elon Musk said on Friday that his startup xAI has merged with X, his social network, in an all-stock transaction that values the artificial...

Elon Musk says xAI has acquired X in deal that values social media site at billion

Technology

Trump was supposed to unlock IPO market, but CoreWeave debut reflects ongoing skepticism

CoreWeave Inc. signage during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Friday, March 28, 2025. Michael Nagle...

Technology

Intel announces three board members will retire following CEO shake-up

A sign is posted in front of Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on Aug. 1, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty...

World

At least 144 killed in Myanmar after earthquake – as 100 missing in Bangkok skyscraper collapse

At least 144 people have been killed and 730 others injured in Myanmar following a powerful earthquake, according to the head of the country’s...

Who is MAGA’s most aggressive loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene?

👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene hit the headlines this week when she told...

UK weather: Spring sunshine set to return on Mother’s Day, forecasters say

Spring sunshine will return to parts of the UK in time for Mother’s Day and continue into next week – potentially bringing the hottest...

JD Vance and wife due in Greenland as Putin warns US threat to take over not ‘extravagant talk’

JD Vance and his wife are due to arrive in Greenland on Friday for a trip that provoked uproar – as Vladimir Putin warns...

Threat of Russia and America exploiting the Arctic another challenge for Europe

Two events this week will give Greenland and friends in Europe a juddering sense of alarm. From the West, the US vice president JD...

World

Israel strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire deal agreed with Hezbollah

Israel has carried out a strike on Beirut for the first time since it agreed a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in November. The Israeli...

Environment

Activist investor Elliott takes short position in Shell after building a stake in rival BP

A Shell gas station on May 03, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images U.S. activist investor Elliott Investment Management has taken...

World

Gaza’s orphans have lost everything – even the dream of growing up

The number of children killed in Gaza, according to the local health ministry, recently rose above 15,000. Fatality figures in Gaza are disputed by Israel, but...

Politics

What Labour is doing to keep the welfare rebels quiet

Government whips will be overestimating the number of Labour rebels over welfare cuts as a form of “expectation management”, Dame Harriet Harman has said....

Business

Port giant DP World ‘discredited’ by former minister despite £1bn investment in London Gateway

The chairman of P&O Ferries’ parent company DP World has told Sky News he went ahead with a £1bn investment in the UK despite...

Business

‘If VW disappears, people won’t stay in the town’: Fears over Trump’s car tariffs

At one factory in eastern Germany, they’re pumping out a car part every second, cutting and pressing millions of pieces destined for the country’s...