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Britain is unprepared for the worsening impacts of climate change such as flooding and extreme heat, the country’s independent climate advisers said on Wednesday. Britain was battered by widespread ...

A Turkish court has jailed pending trial 18 employees of the Istanbul municipality on corruption charges, state-owned Anadolu and other media reported on Wednesday, amid a crackdown on the opposition and ...

Claudio Ranieri is insisting, once again, that this is his last season in football management, and if the 73-year-old stays true to his word then he could bow out having ...

Barcelona beat arch-rivals Real Madrid to win the Copa del Rey at the weekend, which will provide extra motivation rather than being a distraction when they face Inter Milan in ...

Thousands of Vietnamese celebrated the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday, in what the country’s communist leader said was a “victory of faith”. Celebrations ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that now is the time for concrete proposals from Moscow and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine and warned ...

Pakistan said on Wednesday it has “credible intelligence” that India intends to launch military action soon, as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours escalate following a deadly attack on tourists in ...

President Donald Trump arrived in Michigan to kick off a pair of events commemorating his first 100 days in office, aiming to reassure Americans about the country’s direction as many ...

Turkey’s monthly inflation rate is expected to climb to 3.1 per cent in April, driven by energy prices and lira depreciation following the imprisonment of President Tayyip Erdogan’s main ...

Paris St Germain took a big step towards reaching the Champions League final as Ousmane Dembele’s early goal sealed a 1-0 win at Arsenal in a tense first leg ...

More than a dozen people were killed in a predominantly Druze town near the Syrian capital on Tuesday in clashes sparked by a purported recording of a Druze man cursing ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will soften the blow of his auto tariffs through an executive order mixing credits with relief from other levies on parts and materials, ...

Three people were killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday and a murder investigation has been launched, police said. Police are searching for one suspected ...

Two men on a “moronic mission” cut down Britain’s ‘Sycamore Gap’ tree two years ago, felling the much-loved landmark whose dramatic silhouette featured in a Hollywood movie and was ...

Foreign nationals convicted of a sexual offence will be blocked from seeking refugee status in Britain as part of government efforts to tighten rules ahead of local elections and counter ...

Negotiations held in Cairo to reach a ceasefire in Gaza were on the verge of a “significant breakthrough,” two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday. There was no immediate ...

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Ukraine had not responded to many offers by Russia President Vladimir Putin to start direct peace negotiations, and that it was unclear whether it ...

A group of banks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays and Mitsubishi UFJ sold the final piece of debt tied to billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of social ...

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday said Malta needs to end its golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship, as it is an infringement of EU ...

Spain and Portugal switched their power back on after the worst blackout in their history, though authorities offered little explanation for what had caused it or how they would prevent ...

FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem said on Monday he was considering “improvements” to rules that impose heavy sanctions for misconduct, including swearing, in Formula One and other series. Competitors in ...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants the city to bid to host the 2040 Olympics as part of an ambitious plan to make London the world’s foremost sporting capital. The mayor’...

Arsenal’s ambitions extend far beyond reaching the Champions League semi-finals, coach Mikel Arteta insisted ahead of their first-leg showdown against French champions Paris St Germain. Meanwhile, PSG manager Luis ...

Migrant workers in Cyprus should have the same rights as all other Cypriot and EU workers, a European human rights watchdog said on Monday, warning that the poorly paid and ...