The singer, who was 80, was long heralded as one of the few celebrities that everybody loved. President Donald Trump announced the lowering of flags across the United States for a week, calling Parton's death a "true loss for millions of people." ...

The ruling -- which recognised that Sophie Lainault, a former flight attendant for Air France, had frequently worked at night and been exposed to passive smoking -- could pave the way for similar claims, the lawyer and the CFDT union said. Lainault...

With more than three billion users around the world, Meta is fending off accusations by a coalition of 29 states that it deliberately designed its products to hook children and gather their data while misleading the public. The states are claiming ...

Sri Lanka started their innings 213 runs behind after their first knock folded for 290 in the opening session. The home side reached 83-2 at lunch, still needing 131 runs to make India bat again. Pasindu Sooriyabandara, on 35, and Kamindu Mendis (...

Indonesia, a vast archipelago, has for weeks battled wildfires that have led to school closures and thousands of people requiring medical treatment, with smoke also reaching neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore. The health ministry said 3.4 million ...

Cameroonian midfielder Carlos Baleba has moved from Brighton to Manchester United for around €75 million.

The fire broke out on the third floor of the Mother and Child Health Ward at the public Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), the Islamabad district office said in a statement. The statement gave a death toll of 14, who according to Prime ...

Washington has announced fresh sanctions aimed at pressuring Iran into submission, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatening the Islamic republic with "economic asphyxiation". During talks in Tehran, foreign ministers from Iran and Oman dis...

The nuclear-armed state suspended participation in international sporting competitions during the Covid pandemic but returned at the Asian Games in China in 2023 and also took part in the Paris Olympics. The team for the regional Games in Nagoya an...

As news of Parton's death spread on Tuesday, hundreds of Americans gathered in her hometown of Sevierville to pay homage to their native icon. "We've always called her our patron saint of Tennessee," Callie Konane Rickards, a 43-year-old costume de...

"I didn't grow up listening to a lot of the gay icons that we typically think of, but she's the one that's been with me from the very start," the 28-year-old east Tennessee native said at a party honoring the country superstar on Tuesday night. "Do...

The molluscs have an estimated total value of Aus$350,000 (US$250,000) and were lifted from an oyster farm near the town of Taree, north of Sydney, New South Wales police said. Over three hundred bags, containing 400,000 oysters, were stolen. Poli...

The hosts ought to be in utterly buoyant mood after returning captain Joe Root oversaw an innings and 103-run thrashing of Pakistan inside three days at his Headingley homeground last week. But rather than speak about England's progress, Root spent...

Dozens of coordinated night-time attacks across the three southernmost provinces near Malaysia over the weekend injured three people and left government buildings and vehicles burned. They were followed on Monday by an explosion at a convenience st...

Ten players from Japan were registered with top-tier English teams when the campaign kicked off last weekend and more are potentially on the way before the transfer window closes. Zion Suzuki was the highest-profile arrival with his switch to Aston...