An agreement has been reached to settle for nearly $19 million two sexual misconduct lawsuits on behalf of multiple women against imprisoned former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, attorneys said on...
July 1, 2020
Two of Britain's biggest shopping centre owners have sought to assure over an improving picture in the hard-hit retail sector, but revealed ongoing difficulties for shops to meet rent demands.
July 1, 2020
Overdraft users who currently have a temporary three-month £500 interest-free buffer will be able to request another one under measures confirmed by the regulator to help those whose finances continue...
July 1, 2020
Hong Kong police have made their first arrest under a new national security law imposed by China, seizing a protester for carrying a flag calling for the territory's independence.
July 1, 2020
Hong Kong police have made their first arrests under a new national security law imposed by China's central government, arresting at least two protesters for carrying flags and signs calling...
July 1, 2020
Annual house price growth ground to a halt in June, with property values down by 0.1% year on year, according to an index.
July 1, 2020
Mississippi has officially retired the last state flag in the US with the Confederate battle emblem.
July 1, 2020
Mississippi has officially retired the last state flag in the US with the Confederate battle emblem.
July 1, 2020
Hong Kong's leader has strongly endorsed the new security law China's central government is imposing on the semi-autonomous territory in her speech marking the anniversary of its handover from colonial...
July 1, 2020
Hong Kong's freedoms were torn to shreds yesterday as China imposed a sweeping national security law that threatens activists with life in prison.
July 1, 2020
The King of Belgium has expressed his "deepest regrets" for the violence and suffering inflicted during Belgian rule over what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the...
July 1, 2020
'Put it this way, would I have any problem sending my kids back to sport? Absolutely not,'' offered Professor Mary Horgan.
July 1, 2020
Covid-19 has killed five people who caught the virus abroad and became seriously ill after returning with the infection, new figures revealed.
July 1, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has signalled he will delay annexing parts of the West Bank as the country grapples with rising coronavirus infections and reports of hesitation in...
July 1, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted that parts of his government's response to the coronavirus crisis were "sluggish".
July 1, 2020
President Donald Trump yesterday came under growing pressure to respond to allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan, with Democrats demanding answers and accusing Mr Trump...
July 1, 2020
'Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours..." It's a theme tune many of us can sing along to, but how many of us actually subscribe to the sentiment? The way we normally...
July 1, 2020
Donald Trump regularly "bullied and humiliated" Theresa May on phone calls, calling her a "fool" and "spineless" on Brexit, according to officials privy to their conversations.
July 1, 2020
As the US experiences a new surge in coronavirus cases and as deaths from the pandemic approach 125,000, President Donald Trump is addressing this crisis by trying to come up...
July 1, 2020
Politicians around the world have called for a United Nations probe into a Chinese government birth control campaign targeting largely Muslim minorities in the far western region of Xinjiang.
June 30, 2020
The government's top experts in infectious diseases on Tuesday criticised American Airlines' decision to pack flights full while the coronavirus outbreak continues to grow across much of the United States.
June 30, 2020
Cynthia Erivo, John David Washington, Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the 819 people who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
June 30, 2020
Nursing homes are to get financial support to see them through the Covid-19 crisis for another three months, new Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said today.
June 30, 2020
Pre-paid tickets, socially distanced seating, and old movie classics are some of the new features movie-goers can expect to see in action upon their first outing to the cinema.
June 30, 2020
A company wants to use an advanced balloon to fly customers from Earth's surface in Alaska to the highest reaches of the planet's atmosphere.
June 30, 2020
Dr Anthony Fauci has said coronavirus cases could grow to 100,000 a day in the US if Americans do not start following public health recommendations.
June 30, 2020
IT IS time for someone to step in and implement a coherent, planned strategy for return to travel.
June 30, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Tehran. “Iran will hold a sword of Damocles over the economic...
June 30, 2020
French and West African troops are having military success against Islamists in the Sahel, President Emmanuel Macron has said. However, the United Nations reported security was deteriorating and the humanitarian...
June 30, 2020
President Donald Trump has called for two “anarchists” to turn themselves in after vandalising statues of George Washington in New York City.
June 30, 2020
The Baltic nation of Latvia says it has banned the state-controlled Russian television channel RT for as long as network head Dmitry Kiselyov remains on the European Union's sanctioned persons...
June 30, 2020
A hen travelled 90 miles in a lorry after sneaking aboard without anybody noticing.
June 30, 2020
Investors in oil giant Shell sent the FTSE 100 tumbling on Tuesday as London's top index lagged far behind many of its global counterparts.
June 30, 2020
Astronomers have observed a "monster star" mysteriously disappearing into darkness in a nearby galaxy.
June 30, 2020
A bust of former Belgian King Leopold II was taken off public display in the city of Ghent as Belgium marked the 60th anniversary of the end of its colonial...
June 30, 2020
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said discussions with the US on his plan to annex occupied West Bank territory would continue “in the coming days”, indicating he would miss a...
June 30, 2020
The European continent reopened to visitors from 14 countries but not the US, where some of the states that pushed hardest and earliest to reopen their economies are now in...
