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
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Emily Griffiths wants to have an operation to remove her womb, known as a hysterectomy. At 26, with no children, she knows it is a big step. But endometriosis and adenomyosis have left her housebound, in
California has reported the first US case of mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – that is part of a new outbreak. The state’s department of health, the CDPH, said the new
Two top Senate Democrats have called for an investigation into Elon Musk’s reported contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides. The lawmakers have urged the Pentagon and Justice Department
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have once Donald Trump becomes US president. Zelensky said he had a “constructive
Valencia’s under-fire leader Carlos Mazón has conceded mistakes were made on the day that floods overwhelmed his region but said it was down to two government agencies that people were not given
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that Russia’s deployment of North Korean troops against Ukraine was a “grave escalation” of the conflict, according to government sources. In
President-elect Donald Trump has announced he wants to appoint vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr as the head of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The position has a broad
A Texas Supreme Court has said the execution of Robert Roberson – a Texas man who was convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter – can proceed. He was set to be the
As the world waits to see how the return of Donald Trump will reshape relations between Washington and Beijing, China has just taken decisive action to entrench its position in Latin America.
Donald Trump’s pick for US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, was investigated over a sexual assault allegation in 2017, officials in California have confirmed. Hegseth was never arrested or charged and denies wrongdoing.
They fought the law for Donald Trump. Now, they will help him enforce it. On Thursday, Trump announced he had chosen members of his defence team for senior justice department roles. Todd
Elon Musk met Iran’s ambassador to the UN a day before he was made joint head of Donald Trump’s new cost cutting department, the BBC’s US partner CBS has confirmed. The meeting
Three-time continental champions Nigeria were among five sides to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in the penultimate round of fixtures played on Thursday. Ten-man Tunisia netted a 93rd-minute
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to “smoke them out” and arrest them. The miners
Tulsi Gabbard – a former Democratic congresswoman who joined the Republican Party to back Donald Trump – is the president-elect’s pick for director of national intelligence. The wide-ranging role would mean she
A former professional American football player has been charged in connection with the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Antwoine Williams is facing felony charges of civil disorder and
New York City will adopt congestion pricing on certain roads in January, Governor Kathy Hochul announced, after an 11th-hour delay earlier this year cast the programme into doubt. The revised plan features
Hollywood actress Eva Longoria has revealed that her family no longer lives in the United States, and is splitting time between Mexico and Spain. In an interview with French magazine Marie Claire
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