China has reported the death toll from the coronavirus has risen by 73 to 563, with the number of confirmed cases jumping by 3,694 to 28,018.
February 6, 2020
The Israeli Defense Forces have launched a counter-attack on Gaza after a pair of mortars were fired into Israel, the second night in a row of tit-for-tat strikes. Though the...
February 6, 2020
Donald Trump was acquitted over impeachment by the US Senate last night, ending a historic and turbulent four-month ordeal and freeing him to seek re-election in November.
February 6, 2020
Britain wants a Canada-style agreement with the European Union which includes goods and services, Britain's Europe minister Christopher Pincher has said.
February 6, 2020
Thousands of passengers and crew on two cruise ships in Asian waters were placed in quarantine for coronavirus yesterday as airlines, car manufacturers and other global companies counted the cost...
February 6, 2020
American actor Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103, his actor son Michael said in a statement last night.
February 6, 2020
American actor Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103, his actor son Michael said in a statement last night.
February 6, 2020
After all the chaos it appears results from the Democratic caucuses in Iowa showed Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, with a narrow lead over Vermont senator...
February 6, 2020
Joe Biden's third US presidential bid has been left hanging by a thread after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses.
February 6, 2020
The final accuser at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial took the witness stand yesterday, where she is expected to detail how he groped her in a hotel bathroom as prosecutors push...
February 6, 2020
More new homes were registered in 2019 across the UK than in any other year since 2007, according to an industry body.
February 5, 2020
Kirk Douglas, legendary actor from the golden age of Hollywood, has passed away at the age of 103, his son and fellow actor Michael has announced. “To the world, he...
February 5, 2020
A Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, crashed into a ditch and broke apart while landing in bad weather in Istanbul Wednesday, killing three people and injuring dozens more.
February 5, 2020
President Donald Trump strode ahead in his re-election fight with a united Republican Party behind him as the final gavel banged down Wednesday on impeachment.
February 5, 2020
Two men have been charged after authorities found their stash of illegal substances in carriers labelled “bag full of drugs”.
February 5, 2020
When it was over, the impeachment of US President Donald Trump produced 135 days of partisan rancor, 17 witness accounts, more than 28,000 pages of documents and testimony, and one...
February 5, 2020
US President Donald Trump has been acquitted of all charges by the Senate, bringing an end to only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history.
February 5, 2020
President Donald Trump has won impeachment acquittal in the US Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested...
February 5, 2020
In Hollywood, it is called a false ending – where the story appears to be heading to a close but is not yet over.
February 5, 2020
US senator Mitt Romney said he will vote to convict President Donald Trump, becoming the first and probably only Republican to break ranks during the Senate's impeachment trial and favour...
February 5, 2020
An impaired driver taking a “joyride”along the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade route was put into a forced spin by law enforcement officers who then arrested the driver at...
February 5, 2020
The final accuser at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial testified Wednesday that he stripped off his clothes, pulled down her dress and groped her breast in a hotel bathroom in 2013,...
February 5, 2020
The final accuser at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial began giving evidence on Wednesday, where she is expected to detail how he groped her in a hotel bathroom as prosecutors push...
February 5, 2020
US President Donald Trump is on the verge of acquittal by the Senate, bringing an end to only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history.
February 5, 2020
Republican US Senator Mitt Romney on Wednesday issued a scathing criticism of Donald Trump as he broke with his party and said he would vote to convict the US president...
February 5, 2020
Thirty-four US senators on Wednesday voted to find President Donald Trump not guilty of abusing his powers as had been charged in articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives,...
February 5, 2020
US President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his US Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in...
February 5, 2020
The coronavirus continues to dominate movements on the stock market as claim and counter-claim left analysts and investors scratching their heads.
February 5, 2020
The director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked for 675 million dollars (£520 million) to help countries address the expected spread of the new coronavirus that emerged in...
February 5, 2020
A 23-year-old burglar is facing a life sentence after he changed his pleas part-way through a trial, admitting sexually assaulting and murdering a vulnerable 89-year-old woman in her own bed.
February 5, 2020
Foreign minister of Venezuela Jorge Arreaza called US President Donald Trump an “arrogant charlatan” and denounced the “interventionist rhetoric" in his State of the Union speech. In the joint address...
February 5, 2020
The LinkedIn professional networking service is getting a new chief executive.
February 5, 2020
Jurors in Harvey Weinstein's New York rape trial were shown naked photographs of the former Hollywood producer on Tuesday over his lawyers' objections.
February 5, 2020
Convicted terrorist Sudesh Amman managed to stab two people while under surveillance because the operations are not "man-to-man marking", Britain's most senior police officer has said.
February 5, 2020
A plane has skidded off the runway at an airport in Turkey, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces.
February 5, 2020
A plane has skidded off the runway at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport, crashing into a road and breaking into pieces.
February 5, 2020
The government in Baghdad has told its military not to seek assistance from the US-led coalition in operations against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), AP reported, citing Iraqi military officials....
February 5, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faced ridicule online after his attempt to troll Nancy Pelosi using a meme from The Simpsons backfired.
February 5, 2020
Romania's centrist government led by centrist PM Ludovic Orban lost a no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday, a development that raises the prospect of early elections. Lawmakers voted 261 to...
February 5, 2020
The next presidential election in Poland has been set for May 10, with a run-off two weeks later if no one candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote,...
