Keir Starmer, UK Labour's Brexit spokesman, has emerged as the front-runner in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader, according to a poll of members.
US Senator Bernie Sanders raised $34.5m (€30.8m) for his White House bid in the final three months of 2019, his campaign said yesterday, a massive sum fuelled by his online fund- raising machine that may send a financial jolt throughout the Democratic race.
Prince Andrew begged Jeffrey Epstein's alleged "madam" to clear his name by publicly defending him but she refused, it has been claimed.
The Australian prime minister was heckled out of a fire-ravaged town in New South Wales yesterday as a mass evacuation in the state got under way ahead of worsening conditions.
Former Obama administration housing secretary Julián Castro has ended a run for president which pushed the 2020 field on immigration but never found a foothold to climb from the back of the pack.
HSBC is being drawn into Hong Kong's turmoil with protesters attacking branches and graffiti daubed on the famous pair of lions guarding its city-centre headquarters.
An Irishman living in Australia told of his "very intense" experience after being trapped on a beach with his family while the raging bushfires broke out on the east coast.
