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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail, pay a fine or be put on probation for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn ...

Britain’s gas storage levels are worryingly low, with less than a week’s worth of gas in storage after a cold snap, energy company Centrica CNA.L said on ...

Russia welcomes the stated willingness of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to resolve problems through dialogue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, reaffirming Russian President Vladimir Putin’s readiness ...

The world just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists said on Friday. The milestone was confirmed by the European Union’s ...

Sterling continued its slide on Friday, its fourth day of falls, as elevated global bond yields kept the currency under pressure. The pound was down 0.17 per cent against the dollar ...

Wildfires menacing Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night on Thursday, as dry desert winds fanning the flames ...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court to protest its issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former ...

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway ...

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was “violently intercepted” leaving a march, her first public appearance in months, the opposition said on social media on Thursday. The opposition are protesting ...

President Joe Biden is expected to unveil new sanctions targeting Russia’s economy this week, according to a U.S. official, as part of measures to bolster Kyiv’s war ...

Hundreds of mourners including all five living current and former U.S. presidents packed into Washington’s National Cathedral on Thursday to mourn, Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president ...

Rachel Reeves is facing her first major test as Britain’s finance minister after the government’s borrowing costs jumped sharply this week and the pound tumbled, potentially forcing her ...

More than 12,300 civilians have been killed in the Ukraine war since Russia invaded nearly three years ago, a U.N. official told a U.N. meeting on Wednesday, noting a ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday presided over the first in a year-long series of events to mark 50 years since the death of dictator Francisco Franco, with a warning ...

British businesses expect to raise prices and reduce headcount in response to an increase in employers’ social security contributions that will take effect in April, a Bank of England survey ...

Turkish officials will tell U.S. Under Secretary of State John Bass during talks in Ankara this week that Syria needs to be rid of terrorist groups to achieve stability ...

A home reportedly belonging to Hollywood actors Leighton Meester and Adam Brody and another owned by actor Billy Crystal were among more than 1,000 buildings destroyed by wildfires raging across Los ...

Billionaire Elon Musk has held private discussions with allies about removing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer from his position before the next general election, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is serious about trying to acquire Greenland, both to expand America’s sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere and as a way to cement ...

A pair of massive wildfires menacing Los Angeles from the east and west were still burning uncontained on Thursday, two days after they ignited, but firefighters managed to beat back ...

UK investors added a record 27.2 billion pounds ($34 billion) to their stock holdings in 2024, funds network Calastone said on Wednesday, as a surge in investments in index-tracker funds dominated. The net ...

Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 27 people on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said, as international mediators stepped up efforts to seal a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal between Israel ...

France urged the European Union to use its laws more robustly to defend itself against outside interference and Spain’s prime minister lambasted Elon Musk on Wednesday, as the U....

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has dismissed a suggestion by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that he might use “economic force” to make Canada the 51st U.S. state. “There ...