Reuters News Service

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday directed federal agencies to prepare for more large-scale layoffs that would further thin the ranks of the U.S. civil service. ...

England were knocked out of the Champions Trophy after they suffered an eight-run defeat against tournament debutants Afghanistan in a Group B match on Wednesday. Opener Ibrahim Zadran smashed 177 off 146 ...

Title favourite Lando Norris was fastest for Formula One champions McLaren after a power cut disrupted the first day of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Wednesday. The track action was ...

Chris Eubank Jr smashed an egg into Conor Benn’s face at a press conference in Manchester on Tuesday, two months before their showdown at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. A ...

Police are on high alert ahead of Germany’s traditional carnival celebrations this week after social media connected to the Islamic State militant group called for attacks targeting revellers in ...

Apple (AAPL.O) shareholders voted to keep the tech giant’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies on Tuesday, a win for management which had opposed efforts by a conservative group ...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party will hold a press conference on Thursday to discuss talks with jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan and share an expected statement from ...

Israelis mourned the family that symbolised the trauma their country suffered in the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023, as the Palestinian militant group agreed to free the last hostage bodies included ...

Dozens of dignitaries walked out of Russia’s speech to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday in support of Ukraine. The delegates, including the ambassadors of ...

Oil prices held around two-month lows on Wednesday as a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine continued to weigh on prices while lower US crude stockpiles provided some support. ...

Britain’s Heathrow Airport forecast slower passenger growth in 2025, highlighting the need for a new runway weeks after the government threw its weight behind expansion at the hub as it ...

Manchester United’s lack of success in recent years is a contributing factor in the Premier League club’s financial struggles, manager Ruben Amorim said on Tuesday, stressing the importance ...

Manchester City are sweating on the fitness of striker Erling Haaland for their Premier League trip to Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday, manager Pep Guardiola said. Haaland, who has 27 goals this ...

Chelsea thumped hapless Southampton 4-0 on Tuesday,with scorers from all over the pitch, to climb to fourth in the Premier League and keep the visitors pinned to the bottom ...

Three men went on trial in an English court on charges stemming from the heist of an 18-carat golden toilet that had been on display as an artwork in an ...

The White House said it would decide which media organizations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done ...

Ukraine said on Wednesday it was set to approve a framework minerals deal with the United States but that its success would depend on talks with President Donald Trump. The ...

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways aims to announce the launch of a $1 billion initial public offering this week, two sources told Reuters, in what would be the first IPO of ...

The US administration’s 90-day foreign aid freeze has left a huge hole in funding worldwide for everything from HIV medicines to mosquito nets, but as calls go out for ...

Companies who use the genetic coding of the natural world to design products ranging from weight-loss drugs to cosmetics faced renewed calls on Tuesday to help pay to protect it ...

Republican US President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted the Keystone XL Pipeline built and pledged easy regulatory approvals for the project, which was opposed for years by environmentalists ...

The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth. In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several metres deep, have led the ...

Newcastle United will need to be near perfect to stand any chance of stalling Liverpool’s Premier League title march on Wednesday, manager Eddie Howe insists. His side moved into ...

Sepp Blatter, the former head of football’s global governing body FIFA, is looking forward to clearing his name at a new court hearing into allegations he made corrupt payments ...