When the UK fully leaves the European Union on 31 December – the shape of that trade deal or no deal to be decided in the coming days – the man who was so instrumental in making Brexit happen will be leaving too. Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s chief adviser, was the architect of the
Donald Trump’s White House has fuelled tensions with Beijing by banning US investment in firms it says have ties to the Chinese military. The executive order, due to come into force on 11 January, is designed to stop American businesses, pension funds and others from buying stocks in 31 companies designated by the Pentagon earlier
Measles infections surged to a global 23-year high in 2019, and millions more are at risk this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report. The United States’ Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organisation (WHO) said nearly 870,000 people contracted measles last year and more than 207,000
Donald Trump has made a series of unsubstantiated allegations claiming he is being cheated out of re-election and calling for the outcome to be decided by the Supreme Court. The Republican alleged he was the victim of interference from “phony polls” along with “big media, big money and big tech” after his campaign launched a
Who’s Time Traveling In the corner of evil, we have several renegade Borg who have beamed on to the Enterprise-E, just as their Borg Cube is destroyed by Starfleet’s forces. One of their numbers happens to be the Borg Queen (Alice Krige), who plans to assimilate the Enterprise, and eventually the Earth. But standing up
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While there’s so much to say about the two-hour premiere of Grey’s Anatomy, it’s hard to process anything after that ending. So much was happening on Grey’s Anatomy Season 17 Episode 1 and Grey’s Anatomy Season 17 Episode 2, as they blended some of the remaining elements from the previous season into this one and tried
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on “An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC on October 23, 2019. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on
Dominic Cummings is to leave his role as the prime minister’s chief adviser by the end of the year, Sky News understands. A Downing Street source told Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby the controversial aide will leave Number 10, having been one of Boris Johnson‘s first appointments when he became prime minister in July last
The boss of the British company supplying a crucial ingredient of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has warned that avoiding Brexit border disruption will be “a crucial step” in ensuring it is available to millions of people. Yorkshire-based Croda International has provided a key chemical element of the vaccine to Pfizer in the trial phase, and
France’s R number has fallen below 1 but the number of people in hospital has hit a new high – with the prime minister saying someone is admitted every 30 seconds. Prime Minister Jean Castex said it would be “irresponsible” to ease the country’s strict second lockdown despite the fall in the R number. The
Joe Biden is the president-elect, but Donald Trump is yet to concede. His loyalists are pursuing legal challenges, but we still haven’t seen any evidence of electoral fraud. US correspondent Cordelia Lynch and Washington bureau chief Emily Purser Brown discuss why Washington has gone quiet, the global response to a Biden/Harris White House and whether
Play video content CBS Barack Obama is ripping Donald Trump and Republicans for continuing to make baseless claims of a fraudulent election … he says it’s a very slippery slope. The former president broke his silence on Trump’s unfounded claims of voter fraud in an interview with “60 Minutes,” telling Scott Pelley he’s troubled by
Conquering the to-do list takes a little extra motivation in 2020. Many of us have found ways to rise to the everyday, but thriving under the pressures of the new norm is just part of the job for Sandy Pierre. A marketer for Elle’s publisher, Hearst, Sandy navigates a demanding schedule while still finding time
The Netflix Top 10 list won’t tell you how many people are watching a show, but it will tell you which shows people are watching the most. The Top 10 list for Thursday, Nov. 12 finds Christmas rom-com series Dash & Lily rising from No. 5 to No. 2, but it’s still behind the excellent limited
NASA is underestimating the amount of time and money it will take to bring Mars rocks back to Earth in the coming decade, an independent panel said Tuesday. The review board suggested that NASA and the European Space Agency consider bumping the next launches in the sample-return effort from 2026 to 2028, given all the