The first prisoner to be executed in South Carolina in more than 10 years has chosen to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair. Richard Bernard Moore, 57, is also the first inmate in the US state to select his execution method after a law was enacted last year making electrocution the
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Tesla is now aiming to reopen Gigafactory Shanghai on Monday, April 18 after roughly three weeks of being shut down and missing out on the production of over 40,000 electric vehicles. Shanghai has seen a notable rise in COVID-19 infections over the last month, and in an attempt to curb the growth, the authorities implemented
Two childhood friends lived a few houses apart on Peace Street, a quiet road, tucked behind a small church in a rural village just outside Kyiv – until Russia’s war came. The bodies of Pavel Kholodenko and Viktor Balai, both 28, were found in early April buried in a shallow grave in forestland. The two
Small changes in the price of gasoline may not seem like much. However, every 10-cent increase at the pump costs consumers overall a combined $11 billion or more over the course of a year, according to Ryan Sweet, a senior director at Moody’s Analytics. Gas prices are up nearly 50% from a year ago and
You can watch our full interview with Putin’s spokesman here: https://youtu.be/L0WScHPbaPA Dmitry Peskov has admitted there have been “significant” losses of Russian troops and said it is a “tragedy”. Vladimir Putin’s spokesman denied Russia has carried out war crimes in Ukraine telling Sky News we are “living in days of fakes and lies”. For the
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent Kremlin critic who has survived two suspected poisonings, has been detained in Moscow on Monday, according to Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin and media reports. His detention came hours after an interview with CNN’s Sara Sidner. #CNN #News
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Britta Pedersen | Getty Images It’s not often that a company receives a takeover bid that amounts to an 18% stock premium only to see its shares fall on the
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a grand view while exploring patches of the sky. In an infrared image captured by the telescope and posted on social media by NASA, we see a cosmic cloud that resembles a butterfly. But don’t be fooled. This image is of a cluster of “baby stars”, a nebula of
The Ricketts family-led consortium has withdrawn its bid to buy Chelsea Football Club. The Chicago Cubs owners and their partners opted not to submit a final bid for the Blues, due to “unusual dynamics around the sales process”. Tom and Laura Ricketts had partnered with US billionaires Ken Griffin and Dan Gilbert to place a
Elon Musk is “not sure” whether his attempt to take over Twitter for $41bn will succeed, he has told a conference in Vancouver. The meme-posting billionaire added that he had a “Plan B” if his offer to buy to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share was turned down – and criticised Mark Zuckerberg’s model of
Finland is “highly likely” to join NATO following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its Europe minister has told Sky News. Tytti Tuppurainen said that the “people of Finland have already made up their mind” and that polls show huge support for membership of the alliance. “At this point I would say it is highly, but
Cardi B and Offset have finally revealed the name of their son – seven months after he was born. Sharing the very first picture of his face on Instagram, the couple announced his name is Wave Set Cephus. The rappers already share a three-year-old daughter named Kulture, but welcomed their son back in September. He
Good Friday has officially become the hottest day of the year so far after 22C (71.6F) was recorded in central London. Today’s temperature in St James’s Park beats the previous record of 20.8C (69.4F) set in London on 23 March and Cornwall on 25 March. The temperature is likely to climb further, the Met Office
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Hollywood star and the co-owner of Wrexham FC, Ryan Reynolds, has gifted a commemorative urinal to Rob McElhenney at the club’s stadium. The pair took full control of the National League club from the Wrexham Supporters Trust in February 2021, investing £2m. Reynolds posted a video on Twitter of himself in the toilet, wishing his
Concerns related to both the energy transition and energy security have been thrown into sharp relief by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, recent months have also seen commodity prices jump. Marcus Brandt | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The world’s governments have pledged more than $710 billion to “sustainable recovery measures” by
The government hopes it can start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda in a matter of “weeks”, according to Boris Johnson’s policy chief. The UK government is attempting to crack down on Channel crossings by small boats and as part of the plans, the Home Office has signed a “world first” deal with Rwanda to send
Professor Michael Clarke talks to Sky News about the south eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol and why it’s of important interest to Russian forces. For the latest developments in Ukraine: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog 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: https://www.instagram.com/skynews
CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports on a Russian military tactic that aims to cause destruction even after their forces have left cities in Ukraine. #CNN #News
In our analysis of the government’s new plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, we’ve looked at the moral and legal implications as well as the cost. There is one thing we’ve overlooked, though, and that is how those changes will impact the country which the government says will process “tens of thousands” of asylum