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Blow to No 10’s investment summit as port giant pulls £1bn announcement over P&O row

The government’s Investment Summit has suffered a major blow after ports and logistics giant DP World pulled a scheduled announcement of a £1bn investment...

Politics

Downing Street’s bungling of port giant’s investment signals choppy seas ahead

P&O Ferries is one of the few subjects on which Britain’s political class agree. Its summary sacking of 800 British seafarers and their replacement...

World

Deadly Israeli strike has Beirut residents wondering if anywhere in the city is safe

The residential district in central Beirut where the airstrike struck is claustrophobic. The buildings that still stand around the site of destruction are about...

World

A year of war between Israel and Hamas has changed the lives of many for generations

Sky News’ Yalda Hakim reflects on a year of war between Israel and Hamas, tracing the fighting, grief and future through one year, two...

World

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors

Nihon Hidankyo – a group of Japanese atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki – has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian...

World

British adventurer’s foot believed to have been found on Everest just over 100 years after disappearance

The foot of a British adventurer is believed to have been found on Mount Everest after 100 years of speculation about his disappearance. Andrew...

Woman jailed for murdering her parents – after living at family home in Essex with their hidden bodies for years

A woman has been jailed after murdering both her parents and living with their bodies in the family home for four years. Virginia McCullough,...

Technology

Cerebras IPO has ‘too much hair’ as AI chipmaker tries to sell Wall Street on Nvidia alternative

Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, speaks at the Collision conference in Toronto on June 20, 2024. Ramsey Cardy | Sportsfile |...

Environment

U.S. crude oil posts second weekly gain on Middle East war risk

U.S. crude oil on Friday posted its second weekly gain in a row as Israel prepares to retaliate against Iran. The U.S. benchmark and...

Technology

Nvidia-backed CoreWeave gets $650 million credit line from top Wall Street banks

In this photo illustration, a Core Weave logo is displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages on the background. Omar Marques | SOPA...

Nvidia-backed CoreWeave gets 0 million credit line from top Wall Street banks

Business

Blow to No 10’s investment summit as port giant pulls £1bn announcement over P&O row

The government’s Investment Summit has suffered a major blow after ports and logistics giant DP World pulled a scheduled announcement of a £1bn investment...

Technology

Tesla shares drop 9% after Cybercab robotaxi reveal ‘underwhelmed’ investors

Tesla unveils its “Cybercab” on October 10, 2024 in Burbank, California. Source: Tesla Tesla shares closed down nearly 9% on Friday after the electric...

World

Inside the ‘most bombed’ Israeli town that overlooks the invasion of Lebanon

They say Metula is the most bombed town in Israel. You needn’t be there for long to see why. The Israeli military has kept...

Science

Discover who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry!

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2024, recognising the significant contributions of three remarkable scientists. David...

Science

How the brain divides daily memories into ‘movie-like’ scenes

New research has uncovered how the brain organises daily experiences into meaningful segments, much like scenes in a film. While we perceive life as...

Science

Solar Storm May Cause Auroras and Power Grid Disruptions

A powerful solar storm is predicted to reach Earth on Thursday, 10th October, according to forecasters from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

Science

NASA’s Hubble and New Horizons Join Forces to Observe Uranus

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft have joined forces to observe Uranus, a planet known for its mysterious atmosphere. Hubble, from its...

Will there be more Atlantic hurricanes in 2024? Why Milton may not be the last

The Atlantic hurricane season got off to a slow start this year, but there have now been 13 named storms – and there could...

Hurricane Milton was not the storm people feared – but the storm of US politics is just getting going

I’ve spent the day driving north along Florida’s west coast from Fort Myers. The coastline from Fort Myers to Tampa and a little beyond...

World

Hurricane Milton was not the storm people feared – but the storm of US politics is just getting going

I’ve spent the day driving north along Florida’s west coast from Fort Myers. The coastline from Fort Myers to Tampa and a little beyond...