US The $99 Million Wrench: How John Deere’s Right-to-Repair Settlement Rewrites the Rules of Industrial Ownership April 8, 2026 For years, American farmers have owned some of the most sophisticated machinery ever built — and been legally prevented from fixing it. A broken sensor on a $500,000 combine harvester…
Politics US The Pivot Nobody Wanted: How the Fed Is Being Pushed Back Toward Rate Hikes April 8, 2026 The Federal Reserve spent the better part of 2025 loosening its grip on interest rates — three cuts in the back half of the year, each one telegraphed as a…
Business Politics US World The Ceasefire Premium: Why Markets Are Celebrating a Deal That Isn’t Finished Yet April 8, 2026 Global markets staged one of their sharpest single-session reversals in years on Wednesday, driven by a two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran — a deal thin on…
Business US The Refinery Advantage: How Delta Beat the Oil Shock and Why the Rest of the Airline Industry Is Watching April 8, 2026 The airline that built its own oil refinery just proved why that decision was prescient. On the morning of April 8, 2026, as WTI crude traded above $110 and jet…
US World The $10 That Sticks: How a Wave of Airline Bag Fee Hikes Is Quietly Rewriting Travel Costs for Good April 8, 2026 Airline executives have spent years insisting that baggage fees exist to give travelers choice. Right now, the industry is quietly closing that choice — and this week’s round of coordinated…
Health Politics US The $13 Billion Lifeline: How Washington Just Rescued America’s Largest Health Insurers April 7, 2026 A Regulatory Reversal That Sent Billions Surging Through the Health Sector On the evening of April 6, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services delivered a decision that transformed…
US Trump’s fraud trial temporarily halted after he sues judge September 15, 2023 Donald Trump’s New York fraud trial has been temporarily halted after the former US president turned the heat on the judge overseeing this case by suing him directly. The trial,…
US Elon Musk refuses to answer if his ‘ignorance and ego’ cost Ukrainian lives September 13, 2023 Billionaire Elon Musk has refused to answer Sky News questions about claims he foiled a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships. The businessman behind SpaceX and X, formerly known as Twitter,…
US World’s tallest dog dies September 13, 2023 Zeus, the world’s tallest male dog, has died from complications following treatment for bone cancer, Guinness World Records has said. The Great Dane, who stood at one metre tall, was…
US Iran’s president says it will spend $6bn US prisoner swap funds ‘wherever we need it’ September 12, 2023 Iran’s president has said his government will decide how it will spend $6bn (£4.8bn) released by the United States under a prisoner exchange deal. The US has issued a sanctions…
US Google accused of rigging market in landmark antitrust court case September 12, 2023 A landmark antitrust lawsuit against Google begins today, with the California-based company accused of using illegal means to keep its monopoly power. The historic legal battle against federal government lawyers…
US Elon Musk reveals third child with Grimes – and the baby’s unusual name September 10, 2023 Elon Musk has revealed he has a third child with singer Grimes. The 52-year-old billionaire entrepreneur shared the news in his new biography – and went on to confirm his…
US Police officer who ‘shot motorist dead inside car’ charged with murder September 8, 2023 A policeman who allegedly shot a motorist dead as he sat in his car has been charged with murder. Body-camera footage played at a news conference showed officer Mark Dial…
US Climate activists interrupt US Open – and glue their shoes to the ground September 8, 2023 Climate activists have interrupted the women’s semi-final at the US Open. The protesters were wearing shirts that said End Fossil Fuels – and began causing disruption from the stands at…
US Burning Man festival attendees urged to seek shelter and conserve food amid heavy rainfall September 2, 2023 Burning Man festival attendees were urged to remain indoors and ration their supplies of food and water on Friday due to persistent heavy rainfall in the Black Rock Desert of…
US World’s longest female mullet recorded September 1, 2023 An American woman has grown a mullet that’s longer than she is tall, setting a Guinness World Record for a woman’s longest mullet. Tami Manis from Tennessee hasn’t cut the…
US Driver pulled over after huge bull spotted in passenger seat August 31, 2023 Police in the US state of Nebraska responded to a bizarre emergency call after a bull was seen riding shotgun in the front passenger seat of a car. Norfolk police…
US Musk says X will introduce video and voice call features August 31, 2023 Elon Musk has revealed that his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will soon be introducing voice and video call capabilities for its users. Known for his ambitious proclamations…
US In Florida, you can see Hurricane Idalia’s sheer power – but people won’t leave a piece of paradise August 31, 2023 You can see why people would want to live in Florida’s Cedar Key. And you can see why they wouldn’t. This idyllic coastline on the Gulf of Mexico is paradise-found…
US Climate denial and disinformation is ‘costly’, US envoy John Kerry says August 25, 2023 US climate envoy John Kerry has told Sky News that climate denial and disinformation is “costly, very dangerous and wrong”. Mr Kerry was responding to a question about a recent…