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Green desert. To my left, the waves of sand are broken by sparse scrubby trees. To my right, the towering skyscrapers of Dubai. But beneath my feet, a solar power station on top of a school. The petrostate is changing. Kings’ School Al Barsha provides some evidence, where 3,000 pupils study here beneath two megawatts

Saturday Night Live went with the big political news of the week for its cold open, giving a musical send-off to now expelled fabulist congressman George Santos. Bowen Yang plays Santos as a victimized con man, singing a new rendition of Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind.” Goodbye, Congress queen, they’ll never know anything about

ASLEF’s train drivers are to stage a number of strikes and overtime bans next month in their long-running dispute over pay. Union members at 16 train operating companies in England will walk out on different days between 2 and 8 December. Additionally, all members will refuse to work any overtime from 1 December to 9

Late Friday night and early on Saturday morning, expelled Rep. George Santos took to X to question the ethics of several former House of Representatives colleagues. Santos was ousted Friday for alleged ethics violations, including donor funds spent on racy subscription website OnlyFans and Botox treatments. Santos’ expulsion from the House is immediate and New

An Abu Dhabi state-backed vehicle has moved closer to taking full control of The Daily Telegraph just hours after the launch of a regulatory probe that prevents it from removing key journalists from their posts. Sky News has learnt that RedBird IMI has given the newspaper’s board and the government notice of its intention to

David Zaslav has been preaching the gospel of Tinseltown labor peace since the SAG-AFTRA strike ended, and now the Warner Bros Discovery CEO is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to his own backyard. Almost five months after dozens of Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network production workers began their efforts to unionize with The

The CBI is urging members to swallow a further rise in fees even as the lobby group battles to regain its former standing among political and business leaders. Sky News understands that CBI members will be asked at its annual meeting next week to approve a 5% rise in their subscription costs. It comes less

Fox News topped November ratings among cable news networks, but the numbers were down across almost all categories versus the same period in 2022, when midterm election news dominated coverage. MSNBC showed a slight gain in total day viewers versus November 2022, but otherwise networks saw declines. In primetime, Fox News averaged 1.73 million viewers,

The government is to prohibit the removal or transfer of key Daily Telegraph journalists during a public interest probe into the newspaper’s prospective takeover by a state-backed Abu Dhabi investor. Sky News has learnt that Lucy Frazer, the culture secretary, is preparing to make an interim enforcement order (IEO) that will impose a set of

UPDATE, NOV. 30: A federal judge in Montana on Thursday blocked a statewide ban of TikTok from taking effect on Jan. 1. Judge Donald W. Molloy said Montana must “act within the constitutional legal context,” and he granted a preliminary injunction to stop the TikTok ban. He added a ban of the app most likely

The culture secretary has launched an investigation into the takeover of The Daily Telegraph by a state-backed Abu Dhabi-based fund. An inquiry by communications watchdog Ofcom and competition regulator the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been triggered by Lucy Frazer, confirming reporting by Sky News. Ms Frazer on Thursday issued a public interest intervention

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of a huge week for their Adam Sandler-led Netflix animated feature Leo, co-directed with Robert Smigel, David Wachtenheim and Robert Marianetti have signed with Independent Artist Group for representation. A musical comedy also featuring voice work from Bill Burr, Cecily Strong and more, Leo tells the story of an elderly lizard

The culture secretary will on Thursday launch a probe into the takeover of The Daily Telegraph by a state-backed Abu Dhabi-based fund. Sky News has learnt that Lucy Frazer plans to issue a Public Interest Intervention Notice (PIIN) that will trigger an inquiry by Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority into RedBird IMI’s prospective

Henry Kissinger, who as national security advisor and secretary of state for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford became one of the most influential, famous and controversial diplomats of the 20th century, died Wednesday in his home in Connecticut. He was 100. A consultant to almost every President of the United States since leaving the State

Nottingham City Council has declared itself effectively bankrupt after issuing a section 114 notice. The Labour-run local authority confirmed the announcement on Wednesday, saying its chief financial officer had decided it “isn’t able to deliver a balanced budget for this year, which is a legal requirement”. As a result of the section 114 notice, all

Shifting away from sentiments he expressed in an interview last summer that Disney‘s linear TV networks “may not be core” to the company, Disney CEO Bob Iger said they are “not for sale.” Speaking at the New York Times DealBook Summit, Iger said his interview last July with CNBC never was intended to affix a

Suppliers of branded goods including baked beans and pet food have “pushed up prices by more than their costs”, according to the competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been examining 10 product categories in a bid to see if shoppers, already struggling amid the continuing cost of living crisis, are being ripped

Cynthia Nixon, the Sex and the City star and former New York gubernatorial candidate, announced that she is on a hunger strike along with other activists in protest of Israel‘s attacks Gaza, which came following Hamas’ brutal terrorist killings and kidnapping of Jewish residents. Nixon protested the death of civilians in Gaza during Israel’s counter-bombing

The National Grid is to pay some households to cut their energy use after activating its blackout prevention scheme during the current cold snap. Eligible properties with smart meters will be offered cash and other rewards in return for cutting their usage between 5pm and 6.30pm on Wednesday evening, it has been announced. It marks

Rupert Murdoch is being deposed Tuesday and Wednesday as part of Smartmatic‘s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox, according to Reuters. Murdoch, who recently stepped down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp., is not named in the lawsuit. But Smartmatic sued Fox News and Fox Corp., arguing that both the network and the