Misc

Michael Jordan and his Nike-backed Jordan brand have pledged to donate $100m (£79m) during the next 10 years to organisations engaged in the fight for… Read More »Michael Jordan donating $100m to fight racial inequality

Seven people have been found shot dead inside a house in Alabama, police have said. Officers responded to a call about a shooting in Talacuh… Read More »‘Horrific scene’: Seven people and a dog found shot dead inside a house

Three of the scientists behind a controversial study that suggested that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine raised the risks of death for coronavirus patients have retracted… Read More »Scientists retract study that suggested hydroxychloroquine was dangerous

Two US police officers have been suspended without pay after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground. The footage emerged as… Read More »Elderly man in serious condition after being shoved to the ground by US police officers

Donald Trump’s former defence secretary, General Jim Mattis, has delivered a scathing assessment of the US president, accusing him of dividing the country and “abusing”… Read More »Trump ‘tries to divide us’: Former Pentagon chief blasts president

Barack Obama has added his voice to the national outcry over the death of George Floyd and the continued police brutality against black Americans. In… Read More »Tragedy of last few weeks gives people the opportunity to be awakened – Obama

The mother of George Floyd’s daughter has made an emotional plea for justice, sobbing as she insisted he was a good man “no matter what… Read More »‘He loved her so much’: George Floyd ex and daughter in tearful appeal for justice

Hackers have stolen confidential documents from a US military contractor which provides critical support for the country’s Minuteman III nuclear deterrent, Sky News has learnt.… Read More »Hackers steal secrets from US nuclear missile contractor

Hundreds of Twitter accounts have been suspended after spreading false information about authorities blocking access to mobile communications during the protests over the death of… Read More »Hundreds of accounts spread false information about DC protests on Twitter

After nearly four years covering the extremes of Donald Trump’s presidency, this felt like the symbolic culmination of just how unpredictable and unprecedented his tenure… Read More »Panic as Floyd protesters are hit with tear gas to clear path for Trump’s photo-op