Hurricane Rafael made landfall in Cuba as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, shortly after winds knocked out the country’s power grid. Forecasters warned the could bring “life-threatening” storm surges, ...

The UK will make “strong representations” to Donald Trump about plans for tariffs which could hit British economic growth, Rachel Reeves said. The Chancellor added she is not “sanguine” about the ...

Donald Trump has spent his first day as president-elect receiving congratulatory phone calls from his defeated opponent, world leaders and President Joe Biden as he began the process of turning his ...

Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has said the injury that caused her to pull out of the competition was “nothing to do with any previous health scares”. Dowden, 34, returned to competing ...

Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before he takes office in light of Justice Department protocol that says sitting presidents cannot ...

Lahore, the provincial capital of 14 million people and Pakistan’s cultural hub, remained the world’s most polluted city on Wednesday with Air Quality Index readings of more than 1,100. Anything over ...

Keep It Cool, a Kenyan project helping farmers and fishers refrigerate their produce won Build a waste free world and the Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative, which has helped save the endangered Saiga ...

A counsellor who was constructively dismissed by a rape crisis centre over her gender-critical views has called for “meaningful change” and a “definition of woman” as she was awarded nearly £70,000.

Kamala Harris has said “we must accept the results of this election” as she encouraged supporters to continue fighting for their vision of the country after her loss to Donald Trump. The Democratic ...

The prime suspect in the murder of Suzy Lamplugh has died in prison at the age of 70, the Prison Service said.

The scale of Channel crossings is “significant” amid the “growing” threat from people smuggling, a police chief warned after the largest ever worldwide operation of its kind saw thousands of arrests.

Stock markets in the UK and across Europe faltered on Wednesday afternoon while Wall Street soared in reaction to Donald Trump’s election as president. The FTSE 100 – London’s top index – opened ...