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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Myanmar's military says it has taken control of the country for one year, after detaining a numbe...

Military's rogue move puts Myanmar at dangerous and disturbing crossroads

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The warning signs have been growing but many hoped the military would not drag Myanmar onto this peri...

Aung San Suu Kyi: From symbol of human rights to fighting claims of genocide

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Aung San Suu Kyi was seen as one of the greatest hopes for human rights around the world for most of ...

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi detained in early morning raid - report

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained alongside the country's president and other mem...

Double murder suspect duck hunter found dead at same lake where alleged victims were killed

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The body of man suspected of shooting dead two fellow duck hunters has been found at the same lake wh...

Something is shifting in Russia - and Putin is facing a huge internal challenge he hates

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J This last day of January deserves a mark in the history of Putin's Russia. Read more

AstraZeneca set to supply nine million more COVID vaccine doses to EU after row over shortages

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J AstraZeneca is set to supply nine million more doses of its COVID vaccine to the EU after a high-prof...

'The battle of our lives': New variant blamed for surge in coronavirus deaths in Los Angeles

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Scientists in Los Angeles searching for signs that the UK COVID variant had crossed into the US have ...

Portugal to send COVID patients to Austria as infections surge leaves hospital ICUs full

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Germany's military is to send medical staff to Portugal, where hospital intensive care units are ...

Hero dogs alert rescuers to owners trapped in avalanche 'by barking loudly'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Two people caught in an avalanche in Switzerland were rescued after their dogs barked for help. Read...

Donald Trump parts with lawyers a week before impeachment trial

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Former US President Donald Trump has abruptly parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers little mo...

Health experts visit Wuhan wet market as they investigate coronavirus origin

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Experts from the World Health Organisation looking into the origins of coronavirus have visited a wet...

Hundreds arrested as Navalny protests break out across Russia

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Hundreds of people have been arrested in Russia as rallies have broken out across the country in dema...

Putin's childhood judo partner claims to own £1bn palace linked to Russian leader

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg has said on he owns a £1bn Black Sea palace which jailed Kremlin...

Lionel Messi's Barcelona contract 'most expensive ever' for an athlete

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lionel Messi's current contract with Barcelona is reportedly worth up to €555m (£492m) over four ...

'It's killing democracy': India cuts internet as farmers begin hunger-strike

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J India has blocked mobile internet services around New Delhi where hundreds of farmers are staging a o...

Water cannon deployed at Paris protests amid anger over COVID rules and vaccine rollout

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Thousands of demonstrators in Paris were met with water cannon as protests against a new privacy law ...

UK to ask to join 11-nation free trade pact including Australia and Japan

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The UK will formally apply to join a huge free trade pact including Australia, Canada, Japan and Sing...

Real Wolf of Wall Street gives his advice to people investing in GameStop

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The man known as the Wolf of Wall Street has offered his advice to small investors buying shares in G...

EU 'recognise they made a mistake' in move to block vaccine exports, says Gove

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The EU "recognise they made a mistake" by invoking a Brexit deal clause to prevent coronavi...

Family of black man shot dead by Irish police at family home call for unity after protests

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The family of a man believed to be the first black person shot dead by Irish police have called for c...

Life won't return to normal for at least two years, expert warns, saying pandemic 'isn't over until it's over globally'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Life globally will not return to normal for two or three years based on the rate of the current vacci...

96 foreigners, including Brits, found in breach of coronavirus rules at top Austrian ski resort

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Austria has found 96 foreigners - including British people - at a top ski resort in breach of travel ...

Alaska to review number plate screening system after issuing '3REICH' registration

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Alaska plans to review its screening systems after issuing personalised number plates including ...

What is Article 16 and why did the EU make a U-turn after triggering it?

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A row over COVID vaccine supplies prompted the EU to use the "nuclear" option of invoking A...

EU withdraws plan to control COVID vaccine exports to Northern Ireland

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The EU has withdrawn its plan to control the export of COVID-19 vaccines into Northern Ireland follow...

EU withdraws plans to control exports of COVID vaccines into Northern Ireland

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The EU has withdrawn its plans to control the exports of COVID-19 vaccines into Northern Ireland foll...

France to close borders to all non-EU countries from Sunday

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J France is to close its borders to all countries outside the European Union from Sunday, according to ...

'Incredible act of hostility': EU introduces controls on vaccine exports to Northern Ireland

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The EU has introduced controls on the export of COVID-19 vaccines from the bloc to Northern Ireland -...

EU authorises use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine - as bloc tightens rules for exports

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The European Commission has authorised AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine after EU regulators said...

Extracts from AstraZeneca contract released - and EU refuses to budge

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The European Commission's position remains the same - that AstraZeneca has breached its contract ...

EU regulators recommend use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine for adults in all age groups

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J EU drug regulators have announced AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine can be given to adults in all...

Single-shot COVID vaccine from Johnson & Johnson 85% effective

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A single-shot vaccine developed by the healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is 85% effective in pre...

Dutch court rules Shell Nigeria responsible for Niger Delta oil spills

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Oil giant Shell's Nigerian subsidiary is responsible for oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta, a...

UN report demands answers about deadly Yemen airstrike investigated by Sky News

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The United Nations has today demanded more answers about an airstrike on a family home in Yemen which...

European regulators set to give limited approval to AstraZeneca jab

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J EU drug regulators are due to grant only restricted approval of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, a...

Brussels has 'binding orders' for AstraZeneca jab, says EU chief

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A contract between Brussels and AstraZeneca for its COVID-19 vaccine contains binding orders, EU chie...

New UK visa route to open for up to 3m in Hong Kong

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Just under three million people in Hong Kong will be able to apply to live, study and work in the UK ...

Agents seize ammunition, pipe bombs and 'White Privilege' credit card from pro-Trump supporter

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Donald Trump supporter who wrote about attacking high-profile Democrats and the offices of Twitter ...

Coronavirus blamed as US economy posts worst annual decline since 1946

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The US economy suffered its worst annual decline for 74 years in 2020 as the pandemic crushed busines...

EU told to consider legal action and blocking exports over AstraZeneca COVID vaccine row

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The EU should consider legal means and even block exports if it does not receive the vaccine doses pr...

Germany says Oxford jab should not be given to over 65s

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Germany has said the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine should not be offered to people over the age of 65, a...

Struggling to sleep? The moon may be to blame

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Superstitions about the moon have for centuries inspired humanity to blame it for our moods, sanity, ...

Six Britons among 89 foreigners fined for breaking COVID rules at Thai party

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Dozens of foreigners who violated coronavirus regulations by attending a party at a bar on an island ...

Plea to free Briton held in India who was 'tortured into signing confession'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A charity is calling on the government to get involved in the case of a Scottish man being held in In...

Bats living in Cambodia in 2010 carried 'nearly identical' pathogen to COVID-19 virus, scientists discover

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Bats that lived in a Cambodian cave in 2010 carried a pathogen that is "nearly identical" t...

Thousands protest in Poland as controversial abortion law imposed

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Poland's top court has enforced a controversial near-total ban on abortion in country which takes...

British-born man acquitted over journalist's murder to be released from Pakistan prison

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Supreme Court in Pakistan has ordered the release of British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh who was...

Kate Moss and daughter Lila star in Paris catwalk show together

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J She is one of the most famous supermodels in the world, and in recent years her daughter has been fol...

WHO team leaves quarantine in Wuhan to begin coronavirus origins study

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A World Health Organisation-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic is due to beg...

South African coronavirus variant 'between 20 and 200%' more infectious than original

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform does not exactly trip off the tongue. ...

European Union demands plan from AstraZeneca to deliver promised vaccines

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The discord between the EU and drug manufacturer AstraZeneca remains despite a meeting between senior...

Six Britons among 89 foreigners arrested at Thai bar after COVID crackdown

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Six Britons have been arrested after Thai police raided a party at a bar - in an operation targeting ...

Police take down botnet that hacked 'millions of computers'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Emotet, one of the world's most dangerous cyber crime services, has been taken down following one...

'Masked men' search Navalny's flat as UK considers Russia sanctions

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Masked men have broken into the Moscow flat of detained Vladmir Putin critic Alexei Navalny, accordin...

Boeing 737 MAX declared safe in Europe after deadly crashes

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The 737 MAX has been cleared to resume passenger flights in Europe in a boost for Boeing as it reveal...

'We can cope', Capitol riot prosecutors say as FBI identifies over 400 suspects

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Prosecutors say they will not be overwhelmed by the number of cases being pursued over the US Capitol...

Breakthrough COVID treatment may stop '100% of symptomatic infections'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The makers of an experimental drug, now being trialled by the NHS, say it is 100 per cent effective i...

AstraZeneca boss blames 'glitches' for vaccine supply delays in Europe

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J AstraZeneca's chief executive has hit back at the EU by saying that "glitches" in the s...

Holocaust Memorial Day widened to include all genocide victims

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Britain's landmarks will be bathed in purple light this evening as people stop to remember the ho...

'People are demanding change': Youngsters lead call for green businesses and jobs

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Demand for green businesses and jobs is higher in the UK than anywhere else, according to a global Un...

Biden confronts Putin over his critic's arrest, in a phone call the Kremlin describes as 'frank'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Joe Biden has spoken to Vladimir Putin for the first time since taking office, with the US president ...

US Capitol police chief apologises for 'failings' during deadly riots

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The head of Capitol Police has apologised for "failings" during the deadly rioting in Washi...

Xbox surge and cloud computing deliver boost for Microsoft

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A surge in demand for new Xbox consoles as well as further growth in cloud computing has helped Micro...

Elliot Page files for divorce from wife of three years

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Elliot Page is divorcing his wife Emma Portner after three years of marriage. Read more

'We will either win or die here': Farmers armed with sticks and spears march into Delhi

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A young man on a horse charges into a wall of policemen securing the outer ring road of India's c...

HSBC says 'we can't cherry pick laws' as bank accused of aiding democracy crackdown

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The head of HSBC has told MPs that he "can't cherry pick which laws to follow" as he de...

Ireland's coronavirus lockdown extended until 5 March, prime minister says

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ireland's coronavirus lockdown has been extended by several weeks until 5 March, Prime Minister M...

Senior North Korean diplomat 'defects to south'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A North Korean diplomat who served as the country's acting ambassador to Kuwait has defected to S...

WHO's new COVID treatment guidelines - what's changed and why

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J New advice on how to treat coronavirus has been issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO) - as it...

Grindr faces £8.6m fine over claims it mishandled personal data

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Grindr is facing a fine of £11.7m (£8.6m) for its handling of personal user data, Norway's privac...

Live music experiment in Luxembourg could help 'prepare for return to live events'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A live music experiment is set to take place in Luxembourg, with organisers saying it is hoped the sh...

Scientists set out '10 golden rules' of reforestation amid tree planting warnings

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ten "golden rules" for reforestation have been set out by scientists as they warned poorly ...

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte resigns

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte has resigned, according to the country's president. Read m...

Winter storms hit Midwest US - with 'historic' snowfall forecast

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A major winter storm has caused disruption across Midwest America - with a warning of a "histori...

Hazmat room service, laundry in the sink and pacing the room - life in a quarantine hotel

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Three times a day the doorbell would ring. Read more

Dozens arrested during anti COVID curfew rioting in Netherlands

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J At least 70 people have been arrested after a third night of protests in the Netherlands. Read more ...

UK to share genomics know-how to help other countries identify new COVID variants

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The UK is to offer its genomics expertise to help other countries identify new COVID variants, Health...

Napping in the afternoon could keep you mentally agile - study

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Taking a regular afternoon nap could be one way to stay mentally agile, according to a new study. Re...

Biden hints at 1.5m jabs a day - but warns America's COVID death toll could top 600,000

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Joe Biden has suggested the US could soon be vaccinating an average of 1.5 million Americans a day - ...

Trump impeachment trial is triggered amid fears of further unrest

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The article of impeachment formally charging Donald Trump with inciting insurrection before the deadl...

Trump impeachment trial set to be triggered amid fears of further unrest

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The article of impeachment formally charging Donald Trump with inciting insurrection before the deadl...

Italian PM to offer resignation after defection leaves him short of majority

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte intends to resign after losing his majority, his office has sai...

AstraZeneca's reasons for cutting EU vaccine supply 'unacceptable', says official

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J AstraZeneca's reasons for its decision to slow down supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to the EU are ...

Brazil's COVID crisis like 'medieval plague' as patients suffocate without oxygen

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Conditions in the city of Manaus, deep in the Amazon rainforest where the Brazilian variant of COVID-...

How could hotel quarantine work in the UK?

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The UK could join a host of other countries that have imposed quarantines in hotels for arriving trav...

Man caught trying to smuggle 74 chameleons into Austria

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A man has been stopped at Vienna airport by authorities for attempting to smuggle 74 species-protecte...

Moderna to test out COVID jab against South African variant

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Vaccine manufacturer Moderna is to test out a jab against the South African variant of the virus that...

Trump lawyer Giuliani faces $1.3bn lawsuit over 'big lie' election fraud claims

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Former US president Donald Trump's lawyer is facing a $1.3bn (£952m) lawsuit over election fraud ...

Riots erupt in Netherlands during protests over lockdown curfew

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Riots erupted in the Netherlands over the weekend after a night-time curfew to prevent the spread of ...

Indian and Chinese soldiers clash at disputed frontier

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Indian and Chinese soldiers have clashed along the countries' disputed border, Indian officials h...

Food delivery app Wolt raises $500m from top investors

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Another of Europe's food delivery giants is raising hundreds of millions of pounds to fund its ex...

Nine found dead and one still missing in China mine explosion

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Nine workers have been found dead by rescue teams following an explosion at a mine in China, bringing...

Ugandan court orders military and police to leave Bobi Wine's property

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Ugandan court has ordered security forces to stop surrounding the home of opposition leader Bobi Wi...

Rich 'riding out pandemic in luxury' as frontline workers struggle to survive, says Oxfam

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The divide between rich and poor is "proving as deadly" as coronavirus, the boss of Oxfam s...

Into The Grey Zone: Hostile states and criminals using 'huge amount of innovation'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Hostile states and criminals are displaying a "huge amount of innovation" when using inform...

Is Trump's impeachment trial worth the trouble if it's likely to renew rancour and division?

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The starting gun for Donald Trump's second impeachment trial is fired today with the Article Of I...

Johnson calls for action against 'devastating' climate change with new coalition

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Boris Johnson will call for countries to do more to tackle the "devastating" effects of cli...

Israel bans all passenger flights in and out of country

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Israel is banning all passenger flights in and out of the country to tackle the coronavirus pandemic ...

Biden to reimpose travel ban on UK and European Union - reports

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J US President Joe Biden is set to reimpose a number of travel bans that were repealed by his predecess...

19 burned bodies found near Mexican town on US border

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Nineteen bodies have been found near a Mexican town on the US border which has seen a number of gang-...

New Zealand records first COVID case outside of a quarantine facility in months

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J New Zealand has reported its first case of COVID-19 outside of a quarantine facility in more than two...

11 Chinese miners rescued after 14 days trapped underground

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Eleven gold miners have been rescued a fortnight after they were trapped by an underground explosion ...

Momentum for protest is growing in Russia

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. An old maxim which may be giving some in Russia's c...

Dutch police arrest alleged Asian drug syndicate kingpin

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The alleged leader of an Asian drug syndicate and one of the world's most-wanted fugitives has be...

The White Tiger: Why the world has found a star in Adarsh Gourav

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J "It's the century of the brown man and the yellow man, and God save everybody else," as...

'Unacceptable' vaccine delays cause frustration across European Union

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J European countries are growing increasingly frustrated with delays in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccin...

Lebanon's health service near collapse with case numbers beyond 'wildest predictions'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The head of Lebanon's main coronavirus hospital has said the country's health system is close...

'Hundreds arrested' as mass Navalny protests expected across Russia

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Hundreds of people have reportedly been detained as a series of demonstrations in support of jailed P...

Navalny supporters clash with police as mass protests expected across Russia

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Police have clashed with protesters as series of demonstrations in support of jailed Putin critic Ale...

Viral TikTok videos call on young Russians to stage illegal pro-Navalny protests

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Momentum is building in Russia for widespread protests this weekend in support of jailed opposition l...

AstraZeneca to cut COVID-19 vaccine delivery to EU by 60%, reports

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J AstraZeneca will cut deliveries of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union by 60% in the fi...

Millions ordered to get COVID test in Beijing after city reports three cases

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Millions of people in Beijing are being tested for COVID-19 after the Chinese capital recorded three ...

Trump impeachment trial set to start next week

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump will be triggered next week, US Democrats have...

France vows Eurostar support to 'maintain this strategic link' with UK

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J French authorities have said they are ready to give financial support to the struggling Eurostar. Re...

Iran's supreme leader suspended from Twitter after post appearing to call for attack on Trump

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been suspended from Twitter after he appeared to post a ca...

People smuggling gang jailed for lorry deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The main members of a people smuggling gang have been given long jail sentences after 39 Vietnamese i...

Suspected shark attack in Australia as pieces of diving equipment found in search for missing man

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Rescuers trying to track down an Australian man, who went missing while snorkelling, believe he may h...

Holidays to Spain could be delayed 'until end of summer'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Britons hoping to escape to Spain could have their holiday plans cancelled following reports the Span...

Trapped China gold miners must wait another two weeks for rescue

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Rescuers trying to free a group of miners trapped hundreds of metres underground have said it may tak...

Google threatens to block search engine in Australia if forced to pay for news

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Google has threatened to block its search engine in Australia if it is forced to pay media outlets fo...

Queen's representative in Canada quits amid claims she bullied staff to tears

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Canada's governor general - the Queen's representative - has resigned amid allegations she pr...

Japan denies claims that Olympics are going to be cancelled, as report says Tokyo may host in 2032

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Japanese officials have denied claims the Tokyo Olympic Games are being cancelled because of the coro...

The Investigation: Why the story of Kim Wall's submarine murder ignores her killer

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J On 16 January 2018, more than five months after the man who murdered and dismembered journalist Kim W...

'A wartime undertaking': Biden urges Americans to wear masks - and says it could save 50,000 lives

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Joe Biden has warned that the fight to bring coronavirus under control in the US is a "wartime u...

Biden signs 10 executive orders to curb spread of coronavirus in US

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Joe Biden has signed 10 executive orders aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus across the United...

Coffins stacked high in crematorium of German town ravaged by COVID

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A crematorium is a sobering place to visit during a pandemic. Especially the one in the town of Meiss...

At least 28 killed and dozens injured in twin suicide attack in Baghdad

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J At least 28 people have died and dozens more are wounded after a double suicide attack in Iraq's ...

Police find stolen 500-year-old da Vinci copy - which museum did not know was missing

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A stolen copy of Leonardo da Vinci's 16th century Salvator Mundi painting has been found by Itali...

Make America green again? Why Biden already has climate activists breathing a sigh of relief

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Environmentalists and those on the front line of climate change have told Sky News of their relief at...

Djokovic: I am not 'selfish, difficult and ungrateful' over quarantine requests

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Tennis star Novak Djokovic has insisted he was not being "selfish, difficult and ungrateful...

'It's a new day in America': Joe Biden prepares to be sworn in as 46th US president

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Joe Biden is preparing to be sworn in as the next US president, replacing Donald Trump after a tumult...

'Extremely loud' explosion in Madrid city centre - reports of deaths

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J An "extremely loud" explosion has been reported in Madrid's city centre - with rescue t...

'We will be back': Trump leaves White House after four years as president

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Donald Trump has left the White House after four years as US president but insisted: "We will be...

Prada cuts ties with Chinese actress after surrogacy controversy

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Italian designer Prada has cut ties with a popular Chinese actress engulfed in a surrogacy scandal. ...

Chinese billionaire tech tycoon Jack Ma seen in public three months after mystery disappearance

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Chinese tycoon Jack Ma has appeared in public for the first time in nearly three months - after specu...

Washington 'like a warzone' with Biden inauguration just hours away

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A jittery United States still reeling from the attack on the Capitol Building is readying itself for ...

US says China is committing genocide against Uighurs and other ethnic minorities

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The US State Department has declared that China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity in...

Jailed Alexei Navalny releases investigation into Vladimir Putin's '£1bn palace'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J He may be behind bars, but the Kremlin has not succeeded in silencing Alexei Navalny. Read more

'Real-world' analysis of COVID vaccine raises questions about UK strategy

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The first real-world analysis of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine suggests it is matching its performan...

'Our movement is only just beginning': Trump gives farewell address

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Donald Trump will say he will "pray for the success" of Joe Biden's administration in h...

US National Guard troops removed from inauguration over 'links to far right', reports

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Two US Army National Guard members have been removed from duty during Joe Biden's presidential in...

One dead as snowstorm causes 134-car pile-up in Japan

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A snowstorm caused a 134-car pile-up which killed one person and left a dozen others injured in Japan...

Thai woman jailed for 43 years for defaming monarchy online

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Thai ex-civil servant has been jailed for a "record-breaking" 43 years and 6 months for s...

British man killed by avalanche while skiing in Swiss Alps

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A British man has been killed in an avalanche while skiing in the Swiss Alps. Read more

British pilot discharged from US hospital after 243 days of COVID-19 treatment

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A British pilot punched the air with delight as he was discharged from hospital in Texas after being ...

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A new electric car battery that can be fully charged in five minutes has been manufactured for the fi...

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Snow has fallen in the Sahara desert after temperatures dropped to -3C (27F). Read more

Melania Trump says 'violence is never the answer' in White House farewell speech

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J First Lady Melania Trump has advised Americans that "violence is never the answer" in her W...

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'Help us': Uganda's pop star politician Bobi Wine 'made prisoner in his own home'

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Claims of widespread corruption and fraud involving millions of pounds of public money are being inve...

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A 36-year-old man lived undetected in a secure section of Chicago's O'Hare International Airp...

Navalny urges Russians to 'take to the streets' after detainment order

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Putin critic Alexei Navalny has urged Russians to "take to the streets" after a judge order...

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Around 2,000 Honduran migrants are said to be camped out in eastern Guatemala after security forces u...

Australian Open stars will not be given 'special treatment' as 72 now in quarantine

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Tennis stars stuck in quarantine ahead of the Australian Open will not be given any "special tre...

Navalny accuses Kremlin of 'highest level of lawlessness' at first hearing

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Putin critic Alexei Navalny has accused the Russian government of the "highest level of lawlessn...

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been sent back to jail after receiving a two-and- a-half year sentence ...

Raab calls for release of Putin critic after 'appalling' arrest

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Dominic Raab has called for the immediate release of Putin critic Alexei Navalny. Read more

Twelve trapped Chinese gold miners still alive following blast last week

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Twelve miners are still alive a week after an explosion trapped 22 workers underground at a Chinese g...

China confirms economic bounce-back with 2.3% GDP growth

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J China has confirmed its bounce-back from the coronavirus crisis as official figures revealed its econ...

Into The Grey Zone: Political violence 'much more likely' when facts undermined

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The risk of political violence increases when people are unable to agree on facts, a leading author o...

Two female Supreme Court judges shot dead by gunmen in Kabul car ambush

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan's Supreme Court in an early morning ambush, whic...

First person in Brazil inoculated as two COVID-19 vaccines approved

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A nurse has become the first person in Brazil to receive a coronavirus jab just hours after the count...

After contentious election, Ugandans needed answers but opposition could not provide any

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J We were expecting a cacophony of noise after the Ugandan Election Commission declared the result in a...

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Dozens of wooden coffins and mummies dating back over 3,000 years have been discovered in an ancient ...

Poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny returns to Russia

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny has arrived in Russia, where he faces the threat of arrest. Rea...

Biden to blitz controversial Trump policies hours after entering Oval Office

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J In his first hours as president, Joe Biden is set to roll back some of the most controversial decisio...

British tennis star forced to train in hotel room after Australian Open quarantine

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J British tennis player Heather Watson has been forced to train for the upcoming Australian Open in her...

US claims Wuhan lab researchers had COVID-19 symptoms before first reported cases

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The US says it has intelligence that researchers in a Wuhan lab became sick with COVID-19-like sympto...

Donald Trump needs affirmation like a toddler, former FBI chief James Comey says

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Donald Trump needs the same level of affirmation as a toddler - but prosecuting him would only give h...

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J NASA's deep space exploration rocket has briefly ignited its four engines for the first time. Re...

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A team of Nepalese sherpas has made history by scaling the world's second-highest peak during the...

Serious threat of 'armed, disturbed people' at Biden inauguration, warns ex-FBI boss

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Former FBI boss James Comey has told Sky News he is worried about the threat of violence from "a...

Incumbent Yoweri Museveni declared winner of Uganda presidential election

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of the Uganda presidential election with 58.64% of the t...

India begins vaccine roll-out and aims to administer 300 million jabs by August

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J India has began its ambitious project of vaccinating its 1.3 billion citizens - as it aims to adminis...

Poisoned Putin critic Alexey Navalny faces jail on return to Russia

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Alexey Navalny is flying back to Russia and straight into the hands of the authorities. Read more

Ice cream tests positive for coronavirus in China

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ice cream has been found to have been contaminated with COVID-19 in China after three samples tested ...

Anger as elite tennis players arrive in Australia despite travel restrictions

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A group of elite tennis players will have to self-isolate for 14 days after two flight passengers tes...

Indonesia vaccine rollout bucks trend by targeting younger generations

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J With shaking hands, broadcast live to the nation, a doctor administered Indonesia's first COVID-1...

Merkel has months left - here's who could end up leading Europe's biggest economy

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Every year, Forbes magazine produces a list of the most powerful women in the world. And in 14 of the...

How did Ireland find itself with the highest infection rate in the world?

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J "The situation is the most serious that it's been since the start of the pandemic in Ireland...

US gun advocacy group NRA files for bankruptcy

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced it has filed for bankruptcy petitions in a US cour...

'Brutal, medieval style combat': Police break silence on US Capitol riots

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Police involved in protecting the Capitol building last week have spoken for the first time describin...

Are armed government troops using intimidation tactics in Uganda?

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has a large house about an hour outside Uganda's...

Global coronavirus deaths pass two million - just over a year since outbreak began

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Global deaths linked to coronavirus have passed two million - just over a year since it was first ide...

Dutch government resigns over childcare subsidies scandal

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Dutch government led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte has resigned over a childcare subsidies scandal...

Nine injured after bendy bus plunges 49ft off bridge and into New York underpass

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J At least nine people were left needing hospital treatment after a bus fell 15m (49ft) off a bridge an...

Golfer Angel Cabrera arrested in Brazil for extradition, police say

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J South America's most successful golfer, Angel Cabrera, has been arrested in Brazil for extraditio...

Brazil suffers oxygen tank shortage - but UK only aware of country's variant 'since Sunday'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A mass transfer of COVID-19 patients in the Amazon's biggest city is taking place amid a shortage...

Why Europe is worrying so much about the UK COVID variant

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J In northern France, a sense of anxiety. The town of Roubaix is in the midst of an intensive programme...

Port chaos looms as France demands stricter COVID testing over 'English variant' fears

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J France is introducing strict new controls from Monday for anyone entering the country from outside th...

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The usual hordes of visitors have not come to Peru's Machu Picchu in recent months due to the cor...

Man pictured carrying Confederate flag into Capitol charged after his son brags to co-worker

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A man who was photographed carrying the Confederate flag after storming the Capitol building has been...

Thousands on no-fly lists ahead of Biden's inauguration as airlines ban guns from luggage

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J US airlines have put thousands of people on their no-fly lists for failing to wear face masks on boar...

Internet cut off as polls close in Uganda election - with reggae singer taking on president twice his age

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Polls have closed in Uganda after a presidential election marred by violence - with internet access c...

How did COVID-19 begin? If our journey is anything to go by, China won't make it easy to find out

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J We've come to Yunnan province, in southwest China, with a question: after all this time, after so...

Global climate crisis: Data shows alarming end to alarming decade

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Globally, 2020 was the second warmest year of the warmest decade on record, according to new data fro...

Australia to kill US racing pigeon which survived 8,000-mile trip across Pacific

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A racing pigeon that survived an 8,000-mile (13,000km) journey across the Pacific Ocean from the US t...

WHO scientists arrive in Wuhan to begin investigating origins of pandemic

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J World Health Organisation experts have arrived in Wuhan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus...

Billions in cocaine money: The group at the heart of Italy's huge mafia trial

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Italy's biggest mafia trial in decades has begun, with more than 300 defendants linked to the pow...

How Uganda’s election has been stacked against the pop star who would be president

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Everyone in Uganda knows the country is going to the polls on Thursday. Read more

'The state failed you': Irish PM apologises over mother and baby homes scandal

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Irish prime minister has issued an apology following a report into the deaths of 9,000 children i...

TikTok tightens privacy rules to protect under-16s

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J TikTok accounts of users aged under 16 will now be changed to private, in a bid to improve child safe...

Poisoned Putin critic to return to Russia despite risk of arrest

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Alexei Navalny - a long-time critic of Vladimir Putin - has said he will return home to Russia after ...

Insects crawl towards European dinner plates after human food approval

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Insects could soon start crawling their way into dishes on Europe's dinner plates after mealworms...

Rebel Wilson says she was kidnapped at gunpoint and held overnight in Mozambique

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Actress Rebel Wilson has said she was once kidnapped at gunpoint and held overnight while staying in ...

The Serpent: The story of the real-life hippie trail killer Charles Sobhraj

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Inspired by the true story of a fraudster and murderer who preyed on tourists travelling through Asia...

'You need nerves of steel': Prosecutor in Mafia 'maxi-trial' says he won't be intimidated

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J An Italian prosecutor, who has been called "dead man walking" by members of the Mafia, has ...

Investigators warn that hundreds of people are expected to be charged over deadly Capitol riots

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J More than 170 individuals are being investigated over their involvement in last week's riot at th...

China attacks PM after he suggests COVID-19 could have spread from people grinding pangolin scales

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J China has accused Boris Johnson of engaging in "groundless conjecture" after he suggested t...

Police officer 'who took selfie with rioters' among several suspended over Capitol violence

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Several police officers have been suspended and at least 10 others are under investigation following ...

Uganda turns off all social media amid fears of protests ahead of presidential election

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J In a sign that Uganda's government is preparing for protests and possible violence in the afterma...

New UK measures to tackle China 'human rights violations' against Uighur Muslims

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The UK government has publicly criticised China's treatment of Uighur Muslims as "barbarism...

Banned from Twitter and Facebook, which sites are the pro-Trump movement using now?

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The attack on the US Capitol prompted unprecedented action from Twitter and Facebook, amid criticism ...

Trump says impeachment calls causing 'tremendous anger' - but he wants 'no violence'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Donald Trump has warned that efforts to impeach him are causing "tremendous anger" but said...

9,000 children died at 'brutally misogynistic' homes for unmarried mothers in Ireland

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Unmarried mothers in Ireland faced a "brutally misogynistic culture" for decades, a ministe...

From hacks to sabotage: Behind the 'invisible' attacks that threaten to undermine democracies

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Invisible attacks by states like Russia, China and Iran risk unravelling the world's democracies ...

Driver's 'illegal' ham sandwiches seized at Dutch border under post-Brexit rules

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A driver travelling from the UK had his ham sandwiches confiscated by Dutch border guards, who said t...

F1 season rearranged due to COVID travel restrictions

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Australia's grand prix is being postponed for months and China's may not happen at all, after...

Divers recover 'black box' from jet that crashed into sea as first victim identified

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Navy divers have recovered a "black box" from an Indonesian airline which crashed into the ...

Israeli vaccination programme highlights complexities of the relationship with Palestinians

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Much has been made of the Israeli success in rolling out its vaccine program. Just as much has been m...

Endangered gorillas contract coronavirus at San Diego Zoo

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo are believed to have contracted coronavirus, in what is believe...

Trump puts Cuba back on terrorism list, days before Biden takes office

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Trump administration has re-designated Cuba as a "state sponsor of terrorism" - hitting...

Official US government website goes down after 'prank' post says Trump's presidency has ended

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The official US State Department website has gone down after a post thought to be a prank said Donald...

'We are honoured': Yemen's Houthi rebels defiant after Pompeo labels them 'terrorist' group

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Yemen's Iran-backed rebels have dismissed the US move to designate them a terrorist organisation ...

Honduras president 'helped export cocaine to US', federal prosecutors claim

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J New York federal prosecutors have alleged that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández took bribes ...

Pakistan vaccination blitz aims to protect 40 million children against polio

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Pakistan has started a five-day vaccination campaign to try to protect tens of millions of children a...

Israel urges world to follow its rapid COVID vaccine rollout, but Palestinians are left waiting

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Israel's health minister has urged countries simply to "get out there" if they want to ...

Partner of missing British hiker says someone may have 'seen opportunity in a lone female'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The partner of a British hiker missing in France has said she could have been harmed by someone who ...

How an ex-pop star could finally threaten the 'big man syndrome' of African politics

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J If there is a powerful irony at work in the upcoming Ugandan presidential election, it is evident in ...

Australia 'sorry' after fans thrown out of stadium over alleged racist abuse of Indian cricketers

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Australian cricket chiefs have apologised to the visiting Indian team after its players alleged they ...

The pop star, the presidency, and how politics in Uganda can be a dangerous business

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J In Uganda, running for the presidency can be a dangerous business - especially for pop star turned po...

Relative asks for prayers as he awaits news of family on board crashed Indonesian plane

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A desperate relative hoping survivors will be found following a plane crash in Indonesia has urged pe...

Convoys deployed to dispense coronavirus vaccine and food in Spain after record snowfall

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Convoys containing food and the coronavirus vaccine are being sent by the Spanish government to reach...

Possible black box signal detected in search for missing Boeing 737-500 jet

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Authorities believe they have located the missing Boeing 737-500 jet that crashed in Indonesia with 6...

Pakistan plunged into darkness after national power grid breakdown

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Pakistan's national power grid has experienced a major breakdown, leaving millions of people in d...

Four dead as freak blizzard causes travel chaos in Spain

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J At least four people have been killed in Spain as freak blizzard conditions brought the heaviest snow...

Indian cricketers 'racially abused' by Australian fans in third test

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J India's cricketers allegedly suffered racial abuse from a section of the crowd on day three of th...

Iran under pressure over delays to investigation into shooting down of passenger plane

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Foreign ministers from five countries - including the UK - have banded together to up the pressure on...

Ten babies killed in hospital fire in India

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ten newborn babies have been killed in a fire at a hospital in India. Read more

Boeing plane missing in Indonesia after losing 'more than 10,000ft in less than a minute'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A search and rescue operation is under way in Indonesia after contact was lost with a Boeing 737-500 ...

Search and rescue operation in Indonesia after contact was lost with Boeing plane

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A search and rescue operation is under way in Indonesia after contact was lost with a Boeing 737-500 ...

Kim Jong Un calls for more nuclear weapons to combat 'US hostility'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Kim Jong Un has threatened to expand North Korea's arsenal of nuclear weapons and develop more so...

Vaccine boost for EU with medics now allowed to draw six doses from single Pfizer vial

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The European Union's drug agency is now allowing doctors to draw up to six doses from each vial o...

Trump rioters' treatment by police fuels claims of racist double standards

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Stark differences in the police handling of a pro-Trump mob that stormed Congress and last year's...

'Trump didn't concede': How QAnon conspiracy theorists reacted to president's speech

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The future of the QAnon movement is uncertain under a Biden administration whose existence would shat...

2020 was Europe's warmest year on record, new data shows

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J 2020 was the warmest year in Europe since records began, according to data published by the EU climat...

Teenager dies in suspected shark attack in New Zealand

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A teenager has died in what appears to be New Zealand's first fatal shark attack in eight years. ...

Australian city in lockdown over case of new COVID variant

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Brisbane has entered a three-day lockdown after a cleaner at a quarantine hotel was diagnosed with th...

Why riot by Trump supporters could see the creation of America's 51st state

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Questions around the security response to Wednesday's breach of the US Capitol continue to swirl....

Police officer dies after Trump supporter riots in US Capitol

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A police officer has died from injuries suffered when supporters of Donald Trump stormed Congress, br...

Radical cleric linked to Bali bombings that killed 28 Britons is freed

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A radical cleric linked to the Bali bombings has been released from an Indonesian prison. Read more ...

Will Trump remain on message for the final days of his presidency? No one can take that for granted

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J For the Speaker of the House of Representatives - the third in line of succession to power in the Uni...

Trump condemns supporters who stormed Congress and concedes to Biden for first time

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Donald Trump has conceded defeat to Joe Biden for the first time - a day after his supporters stormed...

Boeing will pay $2.5bn to resolve US investigation into 737 MAX disasters

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Plane manufacturer Boeing will pay out more than $2.5bn to resolve a US investigation into the deadly...

Hong Kong activist Wong arrested in prison after 53 Democrats detained

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested in jail on a new charge, while a detai...

Zara Holland fined $12,000 after Barbados COVID 'breach of quarantine'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Zara Holland has been fined $12,000 (£4,415) by a court in Barbados after breaching COVID-19 quaranti...

'It must end now': Biden demands Trump calls off mob as Republican urges president to quit

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J US president-elect Joe Biden has demanded that Donald Trump goes on national television "to fulf...

'Disgraceful' and 'distressing': World leaders react to storming of US Capitol

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J World leaders have condemned the storming of the US Capitol building in Washington, with many express...

Democrats seize control of US Senate in dramatic power shift

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Democrats have seized control of the US Senate in a dramatic shift of power in Washington. Read ...

In pictures: Turmoil as pro-Trump protesters break through US Capitol security

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Striking scenes of protesters breaking into the US Capitol building have shocked people around the wo...

'Pence didn't have the courage': Trump turns on vice president as he refuses to intervene in election result

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J US President Donald Trump has turned on his deputy, accusing him of lacking courage after Mike Pence ...

Britons must take COVID test before travelling to Ireland

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Visitors to Ireland will have to produce a negative COVID-19 test taken within the previous 72 hours,...

Single vaccine dose leads to 'greater risk' from new coronavirus variants, experts warn

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Britain is putting vulnerable people at risk from mutant variants of the coronavirus by delaying the ...

Moderna vaccine approved by EU drug regulator

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use by the EU's drug regulator. Read more

Netanyahu blames Israel's spike in COVID cases on 'British mutation'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed the "British mutation" of COVID-19 for a big spike in coronav...

Footage shows naked fugitive being rescued from tree by fishermen

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Two fishermen have rescued a naked fugitive who they found sitting on a tree branch in Australian cro...

Kim Jong Un admits his economic plan for North Korea has failed

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has admitted his economic development plans for the country are a fai...

China blocks WHO team from entering country to study coronavirus origin

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The head of the World Health Organisation has said he is "very disappointed" China has deni...

Hong Kong: Dozens of arrests look more like a purge than law enforcement

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Critics of the National Security Law (NSL) imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong have described its powers ...

Olympics official says prioritise athletes for COVID jab so Games can go ahead

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Olympic athletes should be given priority access to coronavirus vaccines to save the Tokyo Games from...

America awaits election result that holds the key to the Senate

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J If the election fever was a little low-key at the Dunbar Neighbourhood Center polling station in Atla...

China's troubled tech tycoon 'laying low' after clash with Beijing

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group and China's best-known billionaire, has disappeared from the pu...

Dog found alive in rubble six days after deadly Norway landslide

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A dog has been found alive in the rubble of a deadly landslide in Norway, boosting hopes among rescue...

Top sumo wrestler tests positive for COVID after sense of smell fails

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A top-ranked sumo wrestler has tested positive for the coronavirus, officials in Japan have said. Re...

FBI asked to investigate after Trump pleads for extra votes in Georgia

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by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Two Democratic members of Congress have asked the FBI to open an "immediate criminal investigati...

Iran flexes its muscles before Biden comes to power as it seizes tanker in Gulf

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Iran's Revolutionary Guard has seized a South Korean tanker in the Gulf, according to Iranian med...

Death toll from suspected militant attacks in Niger rises to 100, PM says

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J At least 100 people are now known to have been killed in attacks by suspected jihadists on two villag...

Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US, UK judge rules

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US, a judge at the Old Bailey has said. ...

Death of teenager Nora Quoirin: Coroner rules out involvement of others

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J A coroner in Malaysia has ruled the death of British teenager Nora Quoirin was most likely a misadven...

Extraordinary audio recording reveals worrying insight into Trump's state of mind

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Donald Trump's hour-long call urging Georgia's Republican secretary of state to "find 11...

'I just want to find 11,780 votes': Trump recorded pleading with election official for help to overturn Biden win

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Donald Trump has been recorded pleading with Georgia's election chief to "find enough votes...

Why Putin's efforts to paint Alexei Navalny as western agent appear to have paid off

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J "Putin seems to be just hysterical". Read more

Veteran talk show host Larry King, 87, 'in hospital with coronavirus'

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Veteran US talk show host Larry King is in hospital with coronavirus, according to US media reports. ...

'Ban treats us as lesser people': US transgender soldiers waiting to serve their country again

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Nic Talbott has dreamt of a career in the military for years. Read more

Vandals target homes of Pelosi and McConnell after Congress fails to increase COVID payments

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Vandals have targeted the leaders of the US House and Senate after Congress failed to increase the am...

Three bodies recovered and several still missing after Norway landslide

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Three bodies have been recovered and seven people are still missing after a landslide in Norway. Rea...

Eurovision star and Bagatelle frontman Liam Reilly dies

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Liam Reilly, lead singer of Irish band Bagatelle, has died aged 65. Read more

'These are Mr Johnson's crabs': French fishermen working in UK waters before receiving licences

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J On the quayside in Boulogne-sur-Mer, a small crowd is gathering. As they watch, a boat ties up and st...

More than 2,500 break coronavirus restrictions at illegal rave in France

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J More than 2,500 people have attended an illegal rave in France, clashing with police who attempted to...

Execution of only woman on US death row can go ahead, judges rule

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J The only woman on death row in the US is set to be executed after a court overruled a decision to del...

Iran to increase uranium enrichment in breach of nuclear deal

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Iran has signalled that it intends to start enriching uranium to 20% purity, in its most significant ...

Hundreds of roosting starlings die after fireworks set off

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Hundreds of birds have died after fireworks were set off in Rome on New Year's Eve, animal rights...

Norway lifts COVID ban on flights from UK

by skynews.com https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Norway is lifting its ban on UK flights that was brought in to stop the spread of a new coronavirus v...

Australian national anthem changes to reflect 'spirit of unity' and indigenous population