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The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday as it halved its growth outlook for this year and said a jump in inflation will prove temporary, while two officials ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order attempting to exclude transgender girls and women from female sports, a directive that supporters say will restore fairness but critics say ...

London’s Grenfell Tower, which was engulfed in flames more than seven years ago in a disaster that killed 72 people, will be demolished, bereaved families and survivors said on Thursday. ...

Preparations for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are at an “advanced stage”, Russian state news agency RIA quoted a senior lawmaker as ...

Swedish police found three rifles near the body of the gunman amid a chaotic scene they described as an “inferno” after 11 people were killed and several wounded in the country’...

Moet & Chandon was confirmed as Formula One’s official champagne provider on Wednesday with French fizz returning to the podium after four years of drivers celebrating by spraying Italian ...

Israel’s defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to prepare a plan to allow the “voluntary departure” of residents from Gaza, Israeli media said, after President Trump drew widespread ...

The Bank of England looks set to cut interest rates on Thursday for only the third time since just after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, as it juggles ...

Oil prices edged up in Asian trading on Thursday after Saudi Arabia’s state oil company sharply raised March oil prices, but the increase was barely a blip on the ...

New signings Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso are available to play their first game for Tottenham Hotspur when they face Liverpool at Anfield in the League Cup semi-final second leg ...

Newcastle United reached a second League Cup final in three seasons as they overwhelmed Arsenal 2-0 at a feverish St James’ Park on Wednesday to complete a crushing 4-0 aggregate ...

Scientists in Cyprus have enlisted children to help recycle used cooking oil into biofuel under an initiative that has received international acclaim. The “Tiganokinisi”, or frying pan, initiative visits schools ...

Australia passed tough anti-hate crime laws on Thursday, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offences and displaying hate symbols, in a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism. The ...

President Donald Trump’s top aides staunchly defended his push to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza and have the US take over the war-ruined enclave, but they also backed away ...

British services firms lost momentum last month as a looming rise in employer taxes led to the fastest job cuts in four years but price pressures remained strong, according to ...

OPEC oil output fell in January for a second month, a Reuters survey found, as a drop in exports from Nigeria and Iran offset a rebound from the United Arab ...

A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday became the second one nationally to block Donald Trump’s administration from implementing the Republican president’s executive order aimed at curtailing birthright ...

The Philippine lower house on Wednesday impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country’s firebrand former leader, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the ...

The original line-up of heavy metal legends Black Sabbath will play together for the first time in 20 years at a one-off concert in Birmingham, England, this summer, organisers said on ...

Students and teachers recalled trying to save the lives of their comrades before fleeing the scene of a mass shooting in Sweden described by the prime minister on Wednesday as ...

 Hundreds more people were expected to leave Greece’s Santorini island on Wednesday as tremors shook the popular summer tourist destination for a sixth day. About 10,000 people have left on ...

The Aga Khan, known for his triumphs in horse racing, dazzling wealth and development work around the world, has died in Lisbon at the age of 88, according to the Aga ...

Tiger Woods announced over social media that his mother, Kultida, died on Tuesday morning. Woods did not reveal a cause of death for his mother, who reportedly was responsible for ...

With momentum on their side after a 5-1 mauling of Manchester City in the Premier League, Arsenal are ready to give their all to overturn a 2-0 deficit against Newcastle ...