Kevin Spacey will go to trial in London at the end of June, a judge has confirmed, to face several sexual offence charges. The Hollywood actor appeared at Southwark Crown Court via video link from an undisclosed location, under his full name, Kevin Spacey Fowler, for a pre-trial review on Friday. He has previously pleaded
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Apart from the odd roadblock and uniformed men carrying weapons and checking your car, in certain parts of Ukraine, it’s very easy to forget there’s a war going on. In a completely non-descript town in central Ukraine, parents with their children in tow walked to restaurants and cafes, played in playgrounds, or waited for older
Dominic Raab says in his resignation letter as deputy prime minister it is “important to keep my word”, but adds the inquiry into bullying claims against him sets a “dangerous precedent”. In the lengthy two-page letter to Rishi Sunak, he reveals that senior lawyer Adam Tolley upheld two of the eight allegations against him. Mr
A team of Cornell Tech researchers studying how people interact with roboticized objects designed remote controlled trash cans so they could roam New York’s Astor Place. The compiled footage shows a wide range of reactions. #CNN #news
A Florida woman who spent her life savings on breast cancer treatment for her daughter won $2m (£1.6m) the day after she finished hospital care. Geraldine Gimblet claimed the top prize in a $2m scratch card lottery. But when she went to buy the card, the shop assistant told her they didn’t have any left.
A second woman has come forward to claim she was raped while working at the CBI. The Guardian said it was contacted by the person after it reported on the first, historical, allegation to be made that a female CBI worker was attacked during a London party in 2019. The second woman claimed there was
All NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member, says secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. Speaking ahead of a meeting of the Ukraine defence contact group at Ramstein air base in Germany, he also told reporters that, once the war in Ukraine ends, Kyiv must have “the deterrence to prevent new attacks”. He said
Dominic Raab has resigned after allegations he bullied staff members while working as a cabinet minister across different departments. In a letter posted on Twitter, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary revealed a report into his behaviour upheld two claims against him. But he took issue with the findings, calling them “flawed” and claiming
SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft exploded minutes after liftoff in an uncrewed test flight from South Texas on Thursday, cutting short a key step in Elon Musk’s development of a rocket vessel to eventually take humans to the moon and Mars. The flight test was the first for Starship mounted atop the company’s new Super Heavy
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Reusable shopping bag with logo at Whole Foods Market grocery store in Dublin, California. Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Amazon‘s Whole Foods is letting go some corporate employees as part of a planned reorganization of select teams, and as its parent company
US car buyers are going electric at a record pace. The overwhelming demand is causing some states to temporarily pause EV incentives designed to promote adoption. Despite overall auto sales falling, electric vehicles were a bright spot in the industry last year. According to data from Cox Automotive, total US auto sales fell 8% year-over-year
16 April 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Neckarwestheim: The Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant. The era of commercial power generation with nuclear power plants in Germany came to an end on Saturday with the separation of the Isar 2, Neckarwestheim and Emsland nuclear power plants from the power grid. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images As of
Joe Biden is set to announce he will run for a second term as US president next week, according to US media. Mr Biden’s advisers are planning to launch his re-election campaign as soon as next Tuesday, three sources familiar with the plans have told Sky News’ US partner network NBC News. The 80-year-old president’s
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Twitter removed blue legacy checkmarks from non-paying users’ accounts on Thursday, weeks after the Elon Musk-owned company initially announced that the changes would begin. The company confirmed on Wednesday that it would begin removing the blue checkmarks from users who didn’t pay for the company’s subscription service, Twitter
More than 300,000 people in the US have now died from Covid-19. CNN’s Jake Tapper asks HHS secretary Alex Azar why the US is struggling to deal with this pandemic. #CNN #News
All criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Rust movie have been dropped. Prosecutors in Santa Fe had been pressing forward with two involuntary manslaughter charges against the Hollywood star. A statement from Baldwin’s lawyers, Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro, said: “We are
SpaceX has launched its Starship rocket system, the biggest and most powerful ever made, for the first time in a landmark test. Three days after an inaugural flight was scrapped due to a last-minute glitch, it blasted off from Boca Chica in southern Texas as thousands of spectators watched on nearby. Starship is made up
7:43 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Boxing fans love to predict outcomes. Project winners. And ahead of this weekend’s superfight between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, we’re sure to get plenty of wild predictions. Some will pick a winner based on the size differential or which is
Dogs and their owners lined the streets for the funeral procession of Paul O’Grady – TV star, LGBTQ campaigner and animal lover. A private funeral for O’Grady, who died on 28 March, will follow the procession through the village of Aldington in Kent. Dogs from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home will form a guard of
A long-awaited report into bullying allegations against Dominic Raab has been handed to Number 10 – with the prime minister “carefully considering” its findings. Mr Raab, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, has been subject to an independent investigation by senior lawyer Adam Tolley KC since November last year. Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson said the