After its massive order of Tesla vehicles, Hertz now announces another huge order of electric vehicles, this time for 175,000 EVs from GM. Last year, Hertz announced an important effort to electrify its fleet of rental cars, led by a massive purchase of 100,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles. More recently, the company added Model Y vehicles to
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In this article SCBFY Antonio Guterres photographed in New York last September. On Tuesday, he said fossil fuel firms and their “enablers” needed to be held to account. John Minchillo | Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.N. secretary general said Tuesday that developed economies should impose an extra tax on the
Ukraine’s President has visited the eastern city of Izyum, days after it was recaptured by Ukrainian forces. Security and defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke looks at the latest developments. #skynews #ukraine #russia SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram:
Ukraine’s counteroffensive has reshaped the war with Russia. CNN’s Clare Sebastian discusses with Neil Melvin, director of International Security Studies of RUSI. #CNN #News
Joe Biden will tell Liz Truss she must work with the EU to find a negotiated outcome to the Northern Ireland Protocol when they meet later today, the White House has said. The US president and the prime minister will hold a delayed meeting in New York on Wednesday, where world leaders have assembled for
Serial was the hit podcast that truly kickstarted true crime as an entertainment genre – and altered the course of justice as a direct result. It may have started the ball rolling, but Serial is far from the only show to take a true crime case and turn it into content for our listening and
Bret Taylor, co-CEO of Salesforce, speaks at the Viva Technology Conference in Paris on June 15, 2022. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ten months after his promotion to co-CEO of Salesforce, serving alongside famed founder Marc Benioff, Bret Taylor is gearing up to take the stage at the annual Dreamforce conference for the
The owner of Holland & Barrett, one of Britain’s biggest health food retailers, is plotting to buy back nearly £900m of debt as part of a restructuring aimed at restoring it to a stable financial footing. Sky News has learnt that LetterOne, the Russian-linked investment vehicle, notified Holland & Barrett’s lenders on Tuesday that it
Vladimir Putin is expected to deliver a national address later – his first since he ordered his troops into Ukraine in February. There had been speculation in Russian news media that he would speak to Russians on Tuesday evening but this did not happen, and no reason was given. It comes after separatist leaders in
Liz Truss has said she is prepared to be unpopular with her tax policy as she believes it will ultimately benefit the British economy. Talking to Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby in New York, the prime minister defended any tax changes her government will make at the end of the week and said she
A by-election will be held this autumn in a strong Labour seat after Rosie Cooper announced she was stepping down as an MP after 17 years. The Labour MP, who has represented West Lancashire since 2005, said the announcement “will come as a surprise to many people” as she had recently secured reselection to stand
Alexei Navalny has criticised the alleged recruitment of Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine, saying it is “kind of like in Suicide Squad”. The jailed Kremlin critic asked what an army made of “murderers, robbers, brigands” could accomplish in combat, comparing the strategy to the plot of the DC Comics films. The films see imprisoned
The actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather has accepted an apology from the Oscars almost 50 years after she was booed off stage. In 1973 she took to the stage in a traditional buckskin dress to turn down an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando and then made a speech about the film industry’s mistreatment of
Mars, by virtue of its tenuous atmosphere and proximity to our solar system’s asteroid belt, is far more vulnerable than Earth to being struck by space rocks – one of the many differences between the two planetary neighbours. Scientists are now gaining a fuller understanding of this Martian trait, with help from NASA’s robotic InSight
Dramatic cockpit video shows a military jet striking a vulture moments before it plummets to the ground in Texas. The newly released clip shows the large bird flying into the Navy T-45C Goshawk and being ingested into one of its engines during an incident in September last year. Sirens blare and in less than 30
Jeff Bridges’ new TV show was still in production when the veteran actor was diagnosed with lymphoma. He was given the news in 2020 as filming was on hold due to the pandemic – which led to what he describes as a two-year “health adventure”. Speaking exclusively to Sky News, Bridges says: “I got cancer
Kia will start producing electric vehicles in the United States starting in 2024 in order to qualify for new EV tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act, according to Korean news outlets Maeli Business News and SBS. The report is light on details and cites an unidentified source, but the news is not unexpected given
Defence and Security Analyst Professor Michael Clarke details the troop mobilisation of both Ukrainian and Russian forces. He mentions unconfirmed reports that Russian forces in the north are out of ammunition and are beginning to negotiate local surrenders. #Russia #Ukraine #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews
An attorney hired by Alex Jones to testify for Free Speech Systems, Brittany Paz, gave hours of testimony about Jones’ Infowars Show, admitting that false statements were made about the Sandy Hook shooting for money. A Connecticut jury is now determining how much money Jones and his company must pay in damages to the families
A Ukrainian man has alleged he was tied up, beaten and shocked with an electric charge during Russia’s occupation of his village. But instead of Russian soldiers abusing him directly, Andrii Matiazh, 46, alleged it was local Ukrainian policemen who had switched allegiance. “Someone tortured me,” he said, speaking at his home, which sits around