WASHINGTON – Singapore continues to believe that the United States’ military presence in the Asia-Pacific and its global leadership in finance and trade are crucial for the region’s prosperity, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen at a security forum in Washington on Wednesday (Nov 3). “South-east Asia nations needed a climate of confidence and continuing […]
GLASGOW (REUTERS) – The United States on Wednesday (Nov 3) announced its support for a new capital market mechanism that will issue investment-grade bonds and raise significant new finance for scaling clean energy and sustainable infrastructure in emerging economies. Underscoring the urgency of acting to stop global warming, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the COP26 […]
FAIRFAX (REUTERS) – Republican Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s election and another Republican was within striking distance in New Jersey’s gubernatorial contest on Wednesday (Nov 3), a warning that President Joe Biden’s Democrats are in trouble heading into next year’s congressional elections. Youngkin, a former private equity executive who surged in the polls in […]
An NFL player has been arrested following a car crash in which a woman died after one of the vehicles involved exploded in flames. Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is due to appear in court on Wednesday on multiple felony charges following the incident in Las Vegas. Police were called to a busy main […]
Opening statements in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial centered around whether the teenager acted in self defense when he shot three people, two fatally, during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. A jury panel of 20 people including 11 women and nine men were selected on Monday from a pool of about 150 prospective jurors who […]
In his closing remarks at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, US President Joe Biden slammed China and Russia for not attending what is being considered the most important environmental summit ever. Biden unleashed on China and Russia in response to a question on the matter from CNN’s Phil Mattingly on Tuesday. ‘I think […]
MOSCOW (REUTERS) – CIA director William Burns is making a rare visit to Moscow to discuss US-Russia relations, the latest in a series of high-level contacts that show both sides want to keep talking despite mutual distrust and a long list of disputes. A US Embassy spokesman said Burns was leading a delegation of senior […]
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video An Amazon driver has been sacked after a video of a woman of a woman stepping from the back door of his van went viral. The clip shows a blonde woman in a black dress and flip-flops sneaking out of […]
Mark Zuckerberg recently revealed his ambitions to be a dominant force in the virtual space – but just how much it may or may not change the way we live, work and play is up for debate. On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we are joined by our technology reporter Alexander Martin […]
Ghislaine Maxwell was forced to crawl “on her hands and knees” whilst wearing leg shackles to get into a prison van and attend a pre-trial hearing, her lawyer has claimed. Bobbi Sterheim said Ms Maxwell was woken at 3.45am and arrived at the courthouse at 5.38am but was prevented from looking at her legal materials. […]