Pfizer and the French-Swiss firm Valneva say trials have shown a 70 percent efficacy rate in people aged five and above for a disease that currently has no approved vaccine. Despite a disappointing trial result earlier this year, the two firms said...

One is not dead yet A radio station volunteer fled his post in panic when he accidently broadcast a tape declaring Britain's King Charles dead. Former pirate station Radio Caroline had its knuckles rapped by the UK watchdog Ofcom after suspending no...

Farage, who triggered Thursday's polls by resigning from the parliamentary seat he had held since 2024 over an investigation into his finances, swept 63 percent of the ballots in the eastern English constituency of Clacton, results showed. While v...

This summer southwest France has been ravaged by forest fires which advanced quickly because of tinderbox conditions worsened by a series of heatwaves. A new fire broke out in the department of Landes on Thursday, with much of the country in the gr...

Paris Saint-Germain have reached an agreement with Barcelona to sign Ferran Torres, according to reports in French and Spanish media outlets on Thursday evening. The forward, who scored the match-winner for Spain in the World Cup final, is expected ...

Thailand's government has ordered schools nationwide to step up controls following the August 7 attack near Bangkok, when a 14-year-old killed his grandparents, five school staff and a pupil before turning the gun on himself. "An incident like this...

The torrential downpours late Thursday triggered landslide warnings and power outages, with forecasters issuing the highest-level heavy rain warning for the Chiba region for the first time. In Chiba's rural parts, more than a dozen cars were left a...

Reports of declining mental health and supply issues have been flagged by US sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln deployed to the Middle East, with some attempting to throw themselves into the sea. The ship has so far spent a record 260 u...

Southeast Asia's biggest economy has long battled corruption in its public and private sectors despite strengthening anti-graft laws, creating special investigative commissions and arresting several high profile people. "There are far too many unpr...

The 19-year-old Canadian clocked 4min 28.01sec in a wire-to-wire victory, relentlessly stretching her advantage over the last 200m to finish 3.49sec ahead of Australian runner-up Jenna Forrester, who claimed Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow last m...

"The United States remains unwavering in its support of its most important ally and in its recognition of Japanese sovereignty over the Northern Territories," George Glass said on X, using the Japanese name for the Kuril islands visited for the firs...

The 21-year-old's rise has sparked a rush of interest in a sport typically seen as the preserve of the elite in a country best known for its love of basketball, boxing and cockfighting. Racquet sales are up and scoring one of the few available play...

A Virgin Australia 737 had been cleared for take-off by air traffic control on Sunday morning when the crew saw a Qantas plane crossing the runway ahead of them, the country's transport safety investigator said. The crew brought the plane to a stop...

The comments by Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent illustrate the powerful leverage Tehran has gained by shutting down the Strait of Hormuz. Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon -- consistently touted by Preside...

The advances came after data showed the producer price index slowed sharply in July and came in below forecasts. The reading compounded bets on the Fed standing pat at its meeting next month, following the previous day's consumer price index readin...