The most notable thing about the first White House press briefing of Joe Biden’s presidency was the very fact that it took place at all. Appearances by the press secretary in the briefing room became a rarity in the waning days of the Trump administration. They used to joke the space would be better used
6:50 AM ET THE ONLY TIME Dustin Poirier wanted to fight an opponent outside of the cage was the week of UFC 178. Poirier remembers standing behind a curtain at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas in September 2014, waiting to get on the scale. He recalls seeing a few scuffles in the
Nine million people had borrowed more money during the coronavirus pandemic by the end of last year, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed the figure in a series of updates on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and suggested the self-employed were among those most likely to have taken on
8:11 PM ET Boxing’s most polarizing act will return to the ring this spring. Jake Paul will fight April 17 against an opponent to be determined, it was announced Wednesday. Paul, the YouTube star and social-media supernova, has signed with Fight Club, the new boxing promotion launched by the team behind the social-networking app Triller
Listing the ways in which Kamala Harris is breaking new ground as US vice president is exhausting. She’s the first woman, the first African American and the first South Asian American to hold the office. But her husband, Doug Emhoff, is also rewriting history, as the first man to be a spouse of a president
A crematorium is a sobering place to visit during a pandemic. Especially the one in the town of Meissen, eastern Germany, where coffins are stacked on top of each other in every available space. Attached to each simple wooden casket is a small piece of paper giving the basic details about the body inside. The
US President Joe Biden has stamped his own mark on the Oval Office with furnishings reflecting his own tastes and politics. Mr Biden revealed the new decor – which includes portraits and sculptures of American leaders and icons – as he invited reporters into his new office to watch him sign a series of executive
5:57 PM ET Professional gambler Billy Walters was granted a commutation by President Donald Trump during his final day in office, and it came with the help of letters written by, among others, Phil Mickelson. Walters was sentenced to five years in prison in 2017 for an insider trading case linked to Mickelson, who ended
Freight traffic between Britain and the EU is down almost a third following the end of the Brexit transition, with new red tape and soaring transport costs prompting some small firms to suspend exports to the continent. Data seen by Sky News shows lorry freight passing between Britain and its major European trading partners since
Roger Daltrey says he’s not changed his opinion on the EU and is “glad to be free of Brussels”, despite signing an open letter calling on the government to urgently establish visa-free travel for musicians. A prominent Brexiteer, Daltrey previously told Sky News arts and entertainment reporter Bethany Minelle that Brexit “had nothing to do
Almost two-thirds of elderly care home residents have had a COVID-19 vaccine – with vaccinations among all groups occurring at 200 jabs per minute, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told MPs. “I’m delighted to say 63% of residents in elderly care homes have now received a vaccination, that is a really significant increase over the
10:58 PM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Ash Barty is set to return to the tennis court for something other than practice for the first time in 11 months. The No. 1-ranked Barty on Thursday said she’ll play in a one-day exhibition event in Adelaide on Jan. 29 that includes Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka
TransferWise, the British-based payments group, has picked two of Wall Street’s biggest players to spearhead a bumper flotation that could be among the most prestigious in a bulging pipeline of London stock market debutants. Sky News has learnt that TransferWise has appointed Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as joint global co-ordinators for its long-awaited initial
Almost 6,500 coronavirus-related offences were prosecuted in the first six months of the pandemic – the majority of which were assaults on emergency workers, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Many of these involved police officers being coughed on and spat at – with others kicked, bitten and hit with heavy objects – after
At least 32 people have died and dozens more are wounded after a double suicide attack in Iraq’s capital. According to police in Baghdad, the explosions hit a commercial area in the centre of the city. Many of the wounded – of which there are at least 73 – are reported to be in a
12:40 AM ET The Golden State Warriors reside in San Francisco now, but for many of the players and coaches who brought championships to the Bay Area in recent years, the connection to Oakland — the city where the team played for 47 years and recently went to five straight NBA Finals inside Oracle Arena