In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Robert K. “Kelly” Ortberg is the Boeing’s new president and chief executive officer, effective August 8, 2024. Ortberg will also serve on Boeing’s Board of Directors. Courtesy: Boeing Aerospace veteran Robert “Kelly” Ortberg becomes Boeing‘s new CEO on Thursday with a singular mission: restoring the
The chancellor has confirmed she is considering plans to consolidate local government pension schemes and use their £360bn of resources to invest in the economy. Rachel Reeves said she was interested in following the example of Canada, where pension funds are used to invest heavily in infrastructure projects to help drive growth. It comes after Sky News
Humza Yousaf, the former first minister of Scotland, has revealed the recent days of violent riots have left him unsure whether his family has a future in the UK. Mr Yousaf – the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved government and the first Muslim to lead a major UK party when he became SNP
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has called accusations of two-tier policing “complete nonsense” – and said they are putting officers at risk. Sir Mark condemned the claims saying: “It’s complete nonsense. We operate independently under the law without fear or favour. “They are putting them at risk by suggesting that any of those officers
A newly elected Labour MP has apologised after a series of offensive tweets from more than a decade ago resurfaced. Lauren Edwards, who last month ousted the Tories in Rochester and Strood, said she had made a “significant error of judgement” which she “deeply regrets”. Politics Live: Starmer vows not to ‘let up’ on rioters
A sharp rise in families living in temporary accommodation has prompted calls from English councils for the government to deal with the homelessness crisis. The total number of people living in temporary accommodation across England rose by 12.3% to a record 117,450 households in the year up to March 2024, the latest government data shows.
Thousands of anti-racism protesters gathered across England and formed human barriers to protect asylum centres after police warned of more than 100 far-right-led rallies on Wednesday night. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Tawhid Islam, a trustee at the Liverpool Region Mosque Network, who we spoke to on the last episode, after
Number 10 will be breathing a huge sigh of relief this morning as the nation wakes up not to images of burned down buildings and looted shops, but community solidarity and peaceful protest. It appears that Sir Keir Starmer’s plan has worked. Swift arrests, speedy prosecutions, and the threat of being charged with terrorism offences.
The government’s policing minister has warned there is intelligence more protests could happen in the next few days after concerns about violence last night did not materialise. Dame Diana Johnson said: “I am cautious about what happened last night. “It’s good that we didn’t see the level of disorder and criminality on our streets that
A suspended Labour councillor has been arrested after allegedly telling a protest that fascists needed to have their throats cut. Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest in a tweet which included the original video of Ricky Jones, a local councillor in Dartford in Kent, appearing to make the comments. The force said: “Officers have arrested a
Sir Keir Starmer has told police chiefs to remain “on high alert” after anticipation of more disorder largely failing to materialise on Wednesday. The prime minister is understood to have told an emergency COBRA meeting that the levels of policing and swift justice in response to the past week’s unrest has “undoubtedly” worked as a
NASA said on Tuesday it pushed a routine SpaceX launch of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) back a month to spend more time analysing issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which remains docked at the station. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft was initially scheduled to launch four astronauts to the ISS on August 18, but
NASA officials said on Wednesday the two astronauts delivered to the International Space Station in June by Boeing’s Starliner could return on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon in February 2025 if Starliner is still deemed unsafe to return to Earth. The US space agency has been discussing potential plans with SpaceX to leave two seats empty on
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jaque Silva | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple could charge its users up to $20 for its advanced artificial intelligence features, analysts told CNBC, as the company looks to boost the growth of its lucrative services business. The Cupertino giant plans to
Kirill Kudryavtsev | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Ofcom, the U.K.’s media regulator, was chosen last year by the government as the regulator in charge of policing harmful and illegal content on the internet under strict new online safety regulations. But even as online disinformation related to stabbings in the U.K. has led to
In this article ROO-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A delivery worker with a backpack of Deliveroo rides a bike in Nice, France, October 25, 2022. Eric Gaillard | Reuters British food delivery firm Deliveroo reported a small profit in the first half of the year, inching into the black for the first time
Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images LONDON — E-commerce giant Amazon’s multibillion-dollar investment in the U.S. artificial intelligence firm Anthropic is formally being investigated by a U.K. competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday that it has begun a “Phase 1” investigation into Amazon’s investment and partnership with Anthropic to assess whether the deal
In this article PLTR MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alex Karp, chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies Inc., walks to the morning session at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir shares climbed
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk listens to President Donald Trump during a meeting with business leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Feb. 3, 2017. Evan Vucci | AP NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former President Donald Trump‘s highly anticipated keynote
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies resumed their rebound from their big sell-off earlier in the week, with bitcoin retaking $59,000. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 8% at $59,385.40, according to Coin Metrics, rising above the $55,000