EVs would be banned from non-essential journeys, shop hours reduced and streaming services only permitted at low resolutions under proposed energy-saving measures.

One of the United States’ most senior intelligence chiefs says that the war on terror distracted them for more than a decade from the growing threat of China.

The hijab has been the subject of daily protests since the September death of Mahsa Amini after she was reportedly arrested for wearing her headscarf incorrectly.

Beijing residents have cheered the removal of COVID testing booths as the number of new daily cases hits almost record highs.

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Filmmakers are said to have examined the coverage of the Princess and the Duchess with the aim of demonstrating the different treatment by the palace and press.

An agreement to place a price cap on seaborne Russian oil has also angered the Kremlin which says it will not accept it and is now considering how to respond.

Four others were injured when the large, unexpected wave hit the Viking Polaris.

Analysts and strategists see his pivot towards the far right as an intentional strategy to re-create political momentum.

There are calls for an impeachment committee to investigate how a large sum of money was hidden in a couch belonging to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Hateful content on Twitter rose sharply in the week before Elon Musk tweeted on November 23 that impressions, or views, of hateful speech, were declining.

A supposed attempt to derail the Prince and Princess of Wales’s three day visit to the US has only widened the gap between the two camps.

Vladimir Putin is open to negotiations on Ukraine but the West must recognise Russia’s “new territories”, the Kremlin said.

An uninhabited, pristine archipelago in far eastern Indonesia is the subject of an auction in New York this week.

Jones claims to have between $US1 million and $US10 million worth of assets and between $US1 billion and $US10 billion of liabilities.

The planned criminal code overhaul will also ban cohabitation before marriage, insulting the president or state institutions and expressing any views counter to Indonesia’s state ideology.

The royal family is bracing for a new tell-all from Harry and Meghan, with a big hint today that a new docu-series will reveal what goes on behind palace doors.

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Alleged baby killer Lucy Letby left a newborn severely brain damaged after force-feeding her milk, a court has heard.

The resignation of a royal aide over alleged racist comments shows the monarchy is modernising and revisits earlier claims of some royals being racist.