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Sterling and UK equity markets skidded lower after the Prime Minister warned that it was “very, very likely” that the UK will exit the EU without a trade deal.

A Wisconsin judge has ruled against Donald Trump's lawsuit seeking to overturn Joe Biden's election win in the state, another in a string of defeats in the president's extraordinary attempts...

Convicted former film producer Harvey Weinstein will remain in a New York state prison for now after his lawyers and prosecutors agreed to postpone efforts to send him to California...

Donald Trump's campaign is returning to a Wisconsin court to argue for the state's election results to be overturned, with the electoral college vote just three days away and a...

A US student who has just graduated has thanked rap star Nicki Minaj for paying his tuition.

Referee Nigel Owens has announced his retirement from the international game after controlling 100 Test matches.

The Trump administration plans to continue its unprecedented series of post-election executions by putting to death a truck driver who severely abused his two-year-old daughter for weeks in 2002, then...

A Hampshire zoo is playing Cupid for its endangered Amur male tiger by welcoming the arrival of a female called Valentina to be his companion.

New games consoles and Black Friday are expected to have buoyed sales at Dixons Carphone as the tech retailer group reports its latest set of figures.

A giraffe has been given the name Margaret in honour of the first patient in the world to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside clinical trials.

Ferrari says chief executive Louis Camilleri has resigned for personal reasons.

Estate agency Foxtons has revealed improved sales in recent months as it said it will hand cash back to shareholders.

Engine maker Rolls-Royce has said it expects to spend more cash than previously thought as the second surge of coronavirus kept planes on the tarmac and delayed any recovery.

Banks in the UK can deal with a shock that is much worse than economic problems caused by Covid-19 and still continue to lend, the Bank of England has found.

Banks in the UK can deal with a shock that is much worse than economic problems caused by Covid-19 and still continue to lend, the Bank of England has found.

A 33-year-old man is going on trial in Berlin on allegations that he threatened to blow up a British hospital unless he was paid £10 million in cryptocurrency.

A 33-year-old man is going on trial in Berlin on allegations that he threatened to blow up a British hospital unless he was paid £10 million in cryptocurrency.

French Connection has been boosted by “encouraging” trading since stores in England and Wales reopened following the latest lockdown, as it secured more funding for its US arm.

French Connection has been boosted by “encouraging” trading since stores in England and Wales reopened following the latest lockdown, as it secured more funding for its US arm.

The darkest time for student nurse Sonia Connaghan was during the height of the pandemic when the Covid-19 crisis was at its worst.

Nicola Sturgeon has revealed she is starting to worry Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “actually now almost planning for” a no-deal Brexit.

People will self-register online to get the Covid-19 jab under plans for a new high-tech system which the HSE is purchasing for the country's biggest-ever vaccination roll out .

Housebuilder Bellway has seen a short-term slowdown in customers using the Government's Help-to-Buy scheme, due to a gap between the current programme ending and a new one launching.

European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding...

Banks in the UK can deal with a shock that is much worse than economic problems caused by Covid-19 and still continue to lend, the Bank of England has found.

On a page featuring a flying, talking tiger in a newly released comic book, a line from a child cuts through the surreal scenery and strikes at a too-real reality...

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city's national security law, amid a widening crackdown on dissent, according to local media reports.

Disney's streaming plans shifted into hyper speed on Thursday, as the studio unveiled a galaxy's worth of new streaming offerings including plans for 10 Star Wars series spinoffs and 10...

The Trump administration carried out the first execution during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years on Thursday, putting to death a Texas street-gang member for his role in the...

Federal prosecutors in America have been investigating Hunter Biden, US President-elect Joe Biden's son, to determine if he failed to report income from China-related business deals, according to people familiar...

Ireland is still at high risk of a January coronavirus surge as 15 more Covid-19 related deaths – 10 of which happened this month – were reported yesterday.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the shooting death of a female TV presenter and women's rights activist in Afghanistan yesterday, an attack that underscored a rising trend of violence against...

An Italian boy aged four contracted Covid-19 as far back as November last year, Italian scientists believe, 
in a discovery that could rewrite the timeline of the pandemic.

At the end of the USA's deadliest day so far during the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump emerged at an indoor Hanukkah party to speak with a crowd mostly wearing...

With Covid-19 continuing to have a devastating impact on our lives we are bracing ourselves for a rather different Christmas this year. Restrictions mean the traditional large gatherings of families...

Global carbon emissions from using fossil fuels fell by a record amount in 2020 as a result of Covid-19 lockdowns around the world.

Bíonn súil le muir – ach ní bhíonn súil le huaigh”.

A prototype of the massive spacecraft Elon Musk's SpaceX is building to take people to the moon and Mars exploded upon landing in Texas on Wednesday after a seemingly successful...

THE Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been deemed a “triumph” by one of the most prestigious peer-reviewed journals worldwide as US health officials met on Thursday to consider its emergency approval.

Demonstrators have clashed with police for a second day in the Albanian capital during a protest over this week's fatal police shooting of a man during curfew hours.