Many travellers snap pictures during their trips, but others find that slowing down to illustrate a place helps them appreciate it in a more meaningful way. Back in the 1800s, French artists
Alec Baldwin has returned to US sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the first time since his trial over a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust was dismissed.
Happily married couples who are partial to pork products took part in a somewhat quirky 900-year-old tradition on Saturday. The Dunmow Flitch Trials, where couples have to prove in a mock courtroom
While Switzerland is full of Alpine huts and hard-to-reach hotels, Alp Grüm is a mountain anomaly like no other. “Happily, there are no roads. There is only nature. Sunrises. Sunsets. Stillness. Nothing
Winston Churchill’s aristocratic daughter-in-law and confidante Pamela Harriman is considered “the greatest courtesan of her era”. Decades after her death, she still divides opinion – was she a smart power player, or
King Charles and Queen Camilla are travelling to Australia. It is the King’s 17th visit to the country, and his biggest overseas trip since he began treatment for cancer in February. He
Children as young as 10 will soon be able to be jailed once again in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT), after the government there lowered the age of criminal responsibility. Australian states and
Kris Burlingame got a surprise on testing day. A long-time election volunteer and former clerk in the Wisconsin village of Alma Center, she is well-versed in election law, including the routine requirement
Liam Payne, the former One Direction star, has died aged 31 in Argentina after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, police say. In a statement, police said
The killing of Yahya Sinwar, who had been top of Israel’s most-wanted list, is a deeply significant moment in the war in Gaza. Israel accused Sinwar of having masterminded the unprecedented 7
A former East German secret police officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering a Polish man attempting to flee to West Berlin 50 years ago. The man, named
The father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif called police from Pakistan and admitted he killed her at their Surrey home, a court heard. Urfan Sharif made the confession in an eight minute-call about
A court in Moscow has sentenced a French researcher to three years in a penal colony for breaking Russia’s controversial law on registering as a “foreign agent”. Laurent Vinatier, who worked for
Monarchists in Australia have accused the state premiers of “insulting” King Charles as they will not be present at a reception welcoming him to the country. The King’s visit, which begins later
Our hectic modern lives can often leave us feeling sleep-deprived, but what if much of a good night’s sleep was down to our state of mind? How did you sleep last night?
Threats against aid workers fuelled by misinformation continue to affect hurricane recovery efforts in North Carolina, with workers briefly pulling out of one county over the weekend. In order to keep staff
At least 21 people have been killed and eight others injured in a rare Israeli air strike in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry says. The strike hit a residential building in
On a Tuesday morning in September, a 10-year-old boy was approaching the gates of a Japanese school in Shenzhen in southern China, when a stranger walked up and stabbed him. He died
“I feel sick if I don’t search for diamonds. It’s like a drug.” Prakash Sharma, 67, speaks about diamonds with a passion that has defined his life for the past five decades.
The chancellor has given the clearest signal yet that businesses will face an increase in National Insurance on the day the government announced billions of pounds in overseas investment had been secured.
There is growing speculation that the way pensions are taxed could be changed in the Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she needs to find £22bn and some experts say she could change
There is growing speculation that the way pensions are taxed could be changed in the Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she needs to find £22bn and some experts say she could change
A student got more than she bargained for when she opened a clothing parcel from fast-fashion firm Shein to discover a live scorpion. “I thought it was a toy – and then