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COVID-19 has shaken up the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual ranking of most liveable cities, propelling Auckland to first place, replacing Vienna, which crashed out of the top 10 as the ...

The six English clubs that said they would join the European Super League will pay a combined 22 million pounds ($31 million) as “a gesture of goodwill” and face a 30-point deduction ...

Like supermarkets, restaurants and purveyors of sourdough bread, the illegal drugs trade went digital to serve its customers during lockdown, and could stay that way when the COVID-19 pandemic is ...

Rafa Nadal dropped a set at Roland Garros for the first time in two years but roared back to beat 10th seed Diego Schwartzman 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-0 on Wednesday ...

Some might cringe, but at one Maryland chocolate shop, 17-year-old insects are flying off the shelves. Sarah Dwyer, of Chouquette Chocolates in Bethseda, started coating cicadas in chocolate and selling ...

A retired California nun has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges for stealing more than $835,000 from a school to pay for personal expenses including gambling ...

France expects to raise several billions of euros in extra revenue from a global minimum tax rate currently being negotiated internationally, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday. Le ...

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it will use its experience centres in London, New York and Sydney to sell products to customers starting July 1. Microsoft, which shut its retail stores ...

Defending champion Iga Swiatek was knocked out 6-4 6-4 by Greek Maria Sakkari in the French Open quarter-finals, leaving the women’s draw wide open on Wednesday. The 20-year-old Pole, ...

Britain has set up a group of experts to help it classify climate-friendly assets and stop “greenwashing” of investments that don’t live up to their sustainable credentials. Britain is ...

Ryanair on Wednesday won its challenge against German state aid granted to charter airline Condor, a third victory in its fight against billions of euros in pandemic support granted to ...

World number two Daniil Medvedev said French Open organisers “preferred Amazon to people” by scheduling his quarter-final match against Stefanos Tsitsipas in Tuesday’s night session, when fans are unable ...

A microscopic organism has wriggled back to life and reproduced asexually after lying frozen in the vast permafrost lands of northeastern Siberia for 24,000 years. Russian scientists found the tiny, ancient ...

NASA announced plans on Wednesday to launch a pair of missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030 – its first in decades – to study the atmosphere and geologic features of Earth’s so-called ...

The leaders of the European Union and the United States are set to commit at a summit in Brussels next week to ending their transatlantic trade disputes, and to call ...

England midfielder Jordan Henderson said fans who booed players for taking a knee before matches proved racism is still an issue and that the team will continue to take a ...

A new concrete pathway to facilitate wheelchair access to the Acropolis in Athens has fuelled a row between authorities aiming to broaden access to Greece’s most famous ancient monuments ...

Around half of British adults visited a pornographic website or app in 2020, a year in which the COVID pandemic caused more activity of every kind to shift online, media regulator ...

By Megan Rowling Pressure is growing on leaders of the G7 club of rich nations to provide more funding to deal with climate change and surplus Covid-19 vaccines for developing ...

Britain’s competition authority said on Wednesday it was launching enforcement action against Ryanair and British Airways over their failure to offer refunds to passengers who were barred from taking ...

A global deal on corporate tax looks set to bring to a climax a deep-seated European Union battle, pitting large members Germany, France and Italy against Ireland, Luxembourg and the ...

Israel is looking to shut a major industrial zone in the coastal city of Haifa that health officials say has been hazardous for years and turn it into an ecofriendly ...

Almost 200 Nigerians filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to lift a ban on Twitter, describing the government’s decision to block the site as stifling “any dissenting voice” and digital ...

British finance minister Rishi Sunak is pushing for the City of London to be exempt from a new global minimum corporation tax system championed by the Group of Seven (G7) ...