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A mountain of tumbleweeds closed a US highway and buried vehicles in a phenomenon that has been dubbed “tumblegeddon”.

A British man has died in Thailand after a firework reportedly exploded in his face during New Year's Eve celebrations.

A British man has died in Thailand after a firework reportedly exploded in his face during New Year's Eve celebrations.

A British man has died in Thailand after a firework reportedly exploded in his face during New Year's Eve celebrations.

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has pushed back a planned trip to Ukraine, after protesters stormed the fortified American embassy in Baghdad. Pompeo was due to meet with Ukrainian President...

Iran-backed militiamen have withdrawn from the US embassy compound in Baghdad after two days of clashes with American security forces.

US Chief Justice John Roberts will be a central figure in the ongoing drama of the Donald Trump presidency in the coming months. He is due to preside over a...

US Chief Justice John Roberts will be a central figure in the ongoing drama of the Donald Trump presidency in the coming months. He is due to preside over a...

US Chief Justice John Roberts will be a central figure in the ongoing drama of the Donald Trump presidency in the coming months. He is due to preside over a...

A fire at a zoo in western Germany in the first minutes of 2020 has killed more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys, bats and birds, authorities have said.

A fire at a zoo in western Germany in the first minutes of 2020 has killed more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys, bats and birds, authorities have said.

A fire at a zoo in western Germany in the first minutes of 2020 has killed more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys, bats and birds, authorities have said.

Pope Francis apologised on Wednesday for having angrily slapped a woman's arm when she had grabbed hold of his hand and yanked him towards her, saying he had lost his...

Pope Francis apologised on Wednesday for having angrily slapped a woman's arm when she had grabbed hold of his hand and yanked him towards her, saying he had lost his...

Pope Francis apologised on Wednesday for having angrily slapped a woman's arm when she had grabbed hold of his hand and yanked him towards her, saying he had lost his...

Pope Francis apologised on Wednesday for having angrily slapped a woman's arm when she had grabbed hold of his hand and yanked him towards her, saying he had lost his...

Pope Francis has apologised for hitting the hand of a well-wisher who grabbed him and yanked him towards her.

After more than 60 years spent sealed up in a library storage facility, about 1,000 letters written by poet TS Eliot to confidante Emily Hale will be unveiled this week,...

There was a stunning sunrise over the North East coast on Wednesday morning as the country ushered in 2020.

There was a stunning sunrise over the North East coast on Wednesday morning as the country ushered in 2020.

There was a stunning sunrise over the North East coast on Wednesday morning as the country ushered in 2020.

There was a stunning sunrise over the North East coast on Wednesday morning as the country ushered in 2020.

There was a stunning sunrise over the North East coast on Wednesday morning as the country ushered in 2020.

There was a stunning sunrise over the North East coast on Wednesday morning as the country ushered in 2020.

A fire at a zoo in western Germany in the first minutes of 2020 has killed more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys, bats and birds, authorities have said.

A fire at a zoo in western Germany in the first minutes of 2020 has killed more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys, bats and birds, authorities have said.

A fire at a zoo in western Germany in the first minutes of 2020 has killed more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys, bats and birds, authorities have said.

A fire at a zoo in western Germany killed a large number of animals in the early hours of the new year, authorities said.

Severe flooding hit Indonesia's capital as residents were celebrating the new year, killing at least nine people, displacing thousands and forcing the closure of a domestic airport.

Severe flooding hit Indonesia's capital as residents were celebrating the new year, killing at least four people, displacing thousands and forcing the closure of a domestic airport.

Severe flooding hit Indonesia's capital as residents were celebrating the new year, killing at least four people, displacing thousands and forcing the closure of a domestic airport.

Severe flooding hit Indonesia's capital as residents were celebrating the new year, killing at least nine people, displacing thousands and forcing the closure of a domestic airport.

Severe flooding hit Indonesia's capital as residents were celebrating the new year, killing at least nine people, displacing thousands and forcing the closure of a domestic airport.

Australia deployed military ships and aircraft on Wednesday to help communities ravaged by devastating wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead nationwide and sent thousands of residents and...

Australia deployed military ships and aircraft on Wednesday to help communities ravaged by devastating wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead nationwide and sent thousands of residents and...

Australia deployed military ships and aircraft on Wednesday to help communities ravaged by devastating wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead nationwide and sent thousands of residents and...

Australia deployed military ships and aircraft on Wednesday to help communities ravaged by devastating wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead nationwide and sent thousands of residents and...

Australia deployed military ships and aircraft on Wednesday to help communities ravaged by devastating wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead nationwide and sent thousands of residents and...

Australia deployed military ships and aircraft on Wednesday to help communities ravaged by devastating wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead nationwide and sent thousands of residents and...

A huge crowd gathered in Hong Kong on Wednesday for an annual New Year's Day protest march as the months-long pro-democracy movement extended into 2020.