A photograph published by the Daily Mirror newspaper showed a Downing Street table laden with wine bottles and doughnuts, and it said an accompanying WhatsApp message told staff: "Time to open the Covid secure bar." But the Mirror said that particu...

Since being removed from power through a no-confidence vote last month, the international cricket star-turned-politician has heaped pressure on the country's fragile new coalition government by staging mass rallies demanding fresh elections. In a c...

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries said she had issued a licence permitting the deal late on Tuesday, shortly after it won approval from the Premier League. "We are satisfied the proceeds of the sale will not be...

"An Accord for a Healthier World" focuses on five areas: infectious diseases, cancer, inflammation, rare diseases and women's health -- where Pfizer currently holds 23 patents, including the likes of Comirnaty and Paxlovid, its Covid vaccine and ora...

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries said she had issued a licence permitting the deal late on Tuesday, shortly after it won approval from the Premier League. "We are satisfied the proceeds of the sale will not be...

An academic specialising in Slavic literature, Chung was considered a "genre writer" and excluded from South Korea's mainstream literary scene. Until recently, she was relatively unknown to local readers. Her stories -- which combine science fictio...

The world's largest sugar producer and number two exporter after Brazil said on Tuesday that shipments would be limited to 10 million tonnes for the current marketing year to September. The decision was taken "with a view to maintain the domestic a...

The spaceship is scheduled to autonomously undock at 2:36 pm Eastern Time (1836 GMT) and touch down in New Mexico just over four hours later, at 2249 GMT, wrapping up a six-day mission crucial to restoring Boeing's reputation after past failures. O...

The South Asian island nation has suffered months of dire shortages and anti-government protests, with importers unable to finance vital food, fuel and medicines. Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in as finance minister after two weeks of wrangling amo...

Angelo Mathews was on 25 alongside Dhananjaya de Silva, 30, before rain forced an early lunch in Dhaka in reply to Bangladesh's first innings total of 365. Sri Lanka resumed on 143-2 but suffered a blow on the second ball of the day when Ebadot Hos...

Beijing is accused of detaining over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-western region as part of a years-long crackdown the United States and lawmakers in other Western countries have labelled a "genocide". Bachelet is expe...

Sheku Turay and others like him have found much-needed support and a new lease of life through his team of footballing amputees. "Playing football makes me feel like an important person in society when I see spectators cheering us during matches," ...

Since being removed from power through a no-confidence vote last month, Khan has heaped pressure on the country's fragile new coalition government by staging mass rallies across the country. The international cricket star-turned-politician plans on...

With her husband bedridden, the 79-year-old spends two to three hours a day hauling water back to her home. "I am very tired," she admits. And such trips are only likely to get more exhausting as late spring turns to summer. Since fighting alon...

Over his long years in public office, the 79-year-old Democrat has often spoken about the tragic death of his infant daughter. Naomi, aged one, died in a 1972 car crash, which also took the life of Biden's first wife Neilia. Biden has also publicl...