Mariah Carey is facing a $20 million (£16m) lawsuit for copyright infringement over her iconic song All I Want For Christmas Is You. The five-time Grammy award winner and her co-writer Walter Afanasieff are both being sued by songwriter Andy Stone, who claims he co-wrote a track with the same name in 1989. In legal
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The City veteran John Allan is preparing to step down as chairman of Barratt Developments, Britain’s second-biggest housebuilder by market value. Sky News has learnt that Barratt has instructed headhunters at Russell Reynolds Associates to identify a successor to Mr Allan, who also chairs Tesco. The process, which is unlikely to be concluded until next
Ukrainian troops have recaptured a chunk of the city of Severodonetsk – a main focus of the Russian offensive and the site of heavy fighting – it is claimed. Serhiy Hayday, governor of Luhansk region, said Ukrainian forces have retaken 20% of the territory they had lost in the factory city as the conflict in
The US Navy says one of its fighter jets has crashed in the southern California desert, killing the pilot. In a statement, the navy said that the FA-18E Super Hornet crashed in the vicinity of Trona, on Friday afternoon local time. Trona is about 230 miles southeast of the fighter jet’s base at Naval Air
Johnny Depp has been mobbed by fans in Glasgow after a week of performances following his victory in a US defamation lawsuit. The Pirates Of The Caribbean star performed with Jeff Beck for the fifth time this week, after concerts in Sheffield, London, and Gateshead. On Friday night he played at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall
Tesla is finally preparing to honor its referral program prize and launch photos of owners who won into space. Back in 2018, Tesla had a referral program to help sell vehicles where owners could share a referral code with new buyers who would receive Supercharging credits. In exchange, referrers would get prizes based on how
The crypto market can be volatile, but it’s still attractive to young people who have “higher risk appetites,” said Chris Adam of SharpRank. Insta_photos | Istock | Getty Images More than 46,000 people say they lost over $1 billion in crypto to scams since the start of 2021, according to a report released by the
The Platinum Jubilee celebrations enter their third day on Saturday and, while many people will be enjoying street parties, this is what the royals will be doing: The Queen will no longer attend the Derby Day at Epsom Down racecourse in Surrey, but the Princess Royal is expected to be at the event at 5.30pm.
Ukrainian officials have said that they have lost control of around three quarters of the key Donbas city of Severodonetsk. Security and Defence Analyst Michael Clarke looks at the Russian advance on the city, and what this means for the war. #Russia #UkraineWar #Severodonetsk SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us
Denver Riggleman, a former Republican congressman who helped the January 6 committee link text messages sent to and from Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, tells CNN’s Anderson Cooper what scared him about what he uncovered about the January 6 insurrection. #andersoncooper #ac360 #CNN
A worker sorts out parcels in the outbound dock at Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images New York state lawmakers on Friday approved a bill targeting Amazon‘s use of productivity quotas in warehouses, the latest sign that public
4:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina — Michelle Wie West woke up on Friday morning and decided to solve a puzzle. On the day that would eventually feature her final LPGA round of the year, Wie West grabbed her phone and gave Wordle a shot for the very first time. With her
Through the dust I can see the brake lights of a van we are following, light up. It’s another checkpoint. We’d been through six or seven already as we headed towards the frontline of the Ukrainian forces, northeast of Kharkiv, Ukraine‘s second-largest city. I suddenly bolted upright. The checkpoint was being manned by a group
An ex-police officer has been arrested outside the US Capitol after he was found with a fake badge, body armour, a BB gun and ammunition that included high capacity magazines. Jerome Felipe was approached by US Capitol Police (USCP) officers after he had parked his car near the building in Washington DC at about 5am
In this article AMZN Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of worldwide operations. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon‘s worldwide consumer business and a top lieutenant of CEO Andy Jassy, will resign July 1, after 23 years at the company, Amazon announced in a regulatory filing Friday. Amazon did not name a
In this article TSLA Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China August 29, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an e-mail to all employees at the electric vehicle maker on Friday that the company will cut 10% of salaried workers and will
In this article AAPL Apple CEO Tim Cook will present the latest versions of Apple’s software for iPhones, iPads, Mac, Watch, and TV on Monday to kick off WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference. The new “bits,” as attendees often call the updates, are the biggest Apple software announcement of the year and set the public
The Queen will not attend the Epsom Derby on Saturday, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. The monarch is expected to watch the major sporting event on television at Windsor Castle. There had been speculation the Queen would not appear at the race due to her ongoing mobility issues. Royals attend Guildhall event – follow latest updates
A British man wanted in Denmark over a £1.3bn tax case has been arrested in Dubai and now faces extradition. The arrest of hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah, in one of Denmark’s largest-ever fraud cases, comes after the country signed an agreement in March allowing for extradition there from the United Arab Emirates. The 52-year-old
7:51 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN MELBOURNE, Australia — Devin Haney isn’t merely presumed to be a transcendent talent. He’s a bright, sincere, impossibly likable (for a fighter, at least) 23-year-old who suddenly finds himself in hostile environs 8,000 miles from home. What’s more, he’s here without the father who not only raised him but painstakingly