The American computer games giant Electronic Arts (EA) has gatecrashed the £725m takeover of Codemasters, the London-listed producer of some of the world’s most popular motor racing titles. Sky News has learnt that EA has tabled a potentially knockout bid for Codemasters, trumping an offer agreed last month with Take-Two Interactive Software, maker of the
Protests are continuing to grow over controversial new farming laws in India – but the country’s prime minister is refusing to back down. Demonstrations have been taking place across India and have now spread to other cities around the world, including the UK, the Netherlands and Canada. Farmers say the three federal laws, which deregulate crop
The first shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have left a factory in Michigan, just two days after it got safety approval in the US. Live TV shots showed the vials being moved from the freezer to be boxed and labelled, and workers clapped and whistled as the first shipments headed onto waiting trucks. US marshals
Refresh for more analysis, chart, etc. Even in a normal, healthy economy, the major studios are typically skittish about opening big movies before Christmas with many busy with holiday activities, so it comes as no surprise during a pandemic where just north of 40% of all 5,500 domestic movie theaters are open that there wouldn’t
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I imagine that many of those who had anticipated the December 4th premiere of Mank were especially excited to see the long-awaited return of David Fincher to feature-length filmmaking. I would also hope that most of the film’s biggest champions had seen Citizen Kane or at least had some knowledge of its place in cinematic
Post-Brexit trade talks between the UK and EU could slip beyond tonight’s deadline, the foreign secretary has suggested. Speaking to Sky News’ Sophy Ridge On Sunday, Dominic Raab said “I can’t close the door” on that possibility but admitted “there is still a long way to go” before an agreement is possible. Prime Minister Boris
Tess Pawlisch, right, has been living nomadically in out of Airbnbs in Tulum, Mexico, since October. Courtesy of Tess Pawlisch Tess Pawlisch worked in San Francisco for the last four years. But this year, Pawlisch has found herself writing work emails, holding team meetings and taking client calls from hotel rooftops, hammocks and beaches in
The embattled engineering giant Rolls-Royce Holdings is kicking off a search for its next chairman, potentially paving the way for the company’s first foreign figurehead since it was privatised by the government more than 30 years ago. Sky News has learnt that Rolls-Royce’s board has begun the process of identifying a successor to Sir Ian
The UN secretary general has called on all countries to declare a climate emergency or face “catastrophic” results. Dozens of world leaders spoke at the virtual Climate Ambition Summit on Saturday – from the smallest nation’s worst-hit by climate change to the world’s worst polluters. Nations at the UN summit were urged to “stop the
A snow leopard at a zoo in the US has become the first of its species to test positive for COVID-19. Neecee, Kimti and Meru at Louisville Zoo in Kentucky all experienced COVID-19-like symptoms, including a “dry cough” and a “wheeze”, despite staff taking precautions around them. Samples were sent to vets for tests, which
Did Lifetime give us a near-perfect Christmas film while breaking new ground in the process? Why yes, indeed they did. The Christmas Setup had everything you could possibly ask for, and it just so happened to be the network’s first queer holiday rom-com too. And given their successful execution of this one, while filming during
Online shopping is a godsend this time of year. And while it’s true that the convenience that comes with a digital cart and express shipping is appealing, there’s something about in-person browsing that gets the merry vibes going—especially after a homebound year that made leisure shopping a rarity. For those who take pleasure in scouting
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As negotiations on a UK-EU trade deal are set to continue overnight, a British government source has said that “as things stand the offer on the table from the EU remains unacceptable”. Both sides now concede that a no-deal outcome is more likely than not when the talks end on Sunday, and Royal Navy gunboats
Kuka robots work on Tesla Model X in the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Mason Trinca | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla informed employees in its Fremont, California, factory on Friday that its Model S and Model X electric vehicle production lines will close from December 24th to