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Cryptocurrency worth more than $6.3bn (£4.7bn) has been stolen from a major exchange - with one industry insider telling Sky News it is "the largest bank heist in human history".

Artificial intelligence-powered "doorbell cameras" are being tested by a team of international experts in Canada to warn communities about approaching polar bears as climate change increases the risk of dangerous encounters.

Shares in Google's parent company Alphabet have suffered their worst-ever day on the US stock market, falling more than 12% and knocking around half a trillion dollars off its value.

Tickets are now on sale for a screening, followed by a Q&A, of Alex Crawford's new documentary, Banished: The Taliban's War On Women.

FIFA plans to double Women's World Cup prize money next year but will not deliver on Gianni Infantino's ambition to match the cash paid out at the men's tournament, Sky News has learnt.

Sky News has obtained copies of leaflets promoting medical clinics in illegal Israeli settlements by a company seeking to recruit British Jewish doctors at an event in London

On Wednesday, Flavio Bolsonaro, who last week lost Brazil's presidential election, was seen arriving in the US on a private jet after having fled in the dead of night.

North Korea has launched ballistic missiles off its east coast into the Sea of Japan, South Korea said on Thursday, as tensions continued to rise between the two countries.

The French head of the European Central Bank (ECB) is to step down from the role, just months ahead of the troubled country's presidential election.