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Anna Karina, the French New Wave actress who became an icon of the cinema in the 1960s and was the muse of Jean-Luc Godard, has died. She was 79.

A handful of major states resisted pressure on Sunday to ramp up efforts to combat global warming as a U.N. climate summit ground to a close, angering smaller countries and...

A Dorset beach was turned into a stadium for Santas as part of a fundraising effort that saw them chase runners dressed as Christmas puddings.

Boris Johnson refusing a second independence referendum will not be "the end of the matter", Nicola Sturgeon has insisted - as she warned: "Scotland cannot be imprisoned in the Union...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has tweeted a photo of herself sitting on the floor of a German train surrounded by lots of bags.

Several thousand people, some making heart signs with their hands, have turned out in Hong Kong in an unusual display of support for the police force.

Marathon international climate talks in Spain have ended with negotiators postponing a key decision on global carbon markets.

Around 54,000 people were evacuated from the southern Italian city of Brindisi on Sunday as experts worked to defuse a World War Two bomb, authorities said.

A strong earthquake has hit the southern Philippines, killing at least one person and causing a three-story building to collapse, officials said.

Sports Direct shareholders are set to vote on whether the group rebrands as Frasers Group, as it also reports how sales performed during a tough six months for retailers.

Finland's new prime minister made headlines last week after becoming the world's youngest head of state at just 34 years old.

In a momentous week for US politics, this week's virtually certain House impeachment of Donald Trump will underscore how Democrats and Republicans have morphed into fiercely divided camps since lawmakers...

North Korea yesterday said it had successfully performed another "crucial test" at its long-range rocket launch site. The test, the second in a week, possibly involved technologies to improve intercontinental...

Harvey Weinstein hobbled into a New York courthouse last Wednesday. He leaned on a zimmer frame, his swagger gone along with his tan. He looked older, maybe even chastened.

Harvey Weinstein hobbled into a New York courthouse last Wednesday. He leaned on a zimmer frame, his swagger gone along with his tan. He looked older, maybe even chastened.

In a momentous week for US politics, this week's virtually certain House impeachment of Donald Trump will underscore how Democrats and Republicans have morphed into fiercely divided camps since lawmakers...

Harvey Weinstein hobbled into a New York courthouse last Wednesday. He leaned on a zimmer frame, his swagger gone along with his tan. He looked older, maybe even chastened.

Security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas as violence between police and anti-government protesters in Lebanon flared up.

The black and white wedding picture from 1920 shows people outside the home of Evelyn Fine's grandparents in Grajewo, a town in north-east Poland.

The Hallmark Channel has pulled ads for a wedding-planning website that featured two brides kissing at the altar following pressure from a conservative advocacy group,

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has apologised for saying politicians should be put “against the wall”, after critics took it to mean that she was advocating violence.

A British tourist has been shot dead during an attempted robbery in Argentina, authorities said.

Harry Dunn's mother has said she is "distraught" after the American suspect in the crash that killed him was filmed back behind the wheel.

Tens of thousands of members of the Italian anti-populist Sardines movement gathered in Rome on Saturday for their first national rally, as people said disillusionment with traditional politics drew them...

A body found in a Cheshire village has been identified as a 15-year-old boy suspected of having been murdered.

Louisiana is suing the state of California over its decision to ban the import and sale of alligator products, saying the ban will hurt an important industry and ultimately could...

Vets in the UK have issued a festive warning to keep chocolate "safe from curious paws" this Christmas after a small terrier had to be rushed to hospital for life-saving...

Former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a “rehabilitation facility” for possession of illegal foreign currency, after the ex-leader stood trial on corruption charges. Bashir...

A court in Sudan has convicted former President Omar al-Bashir of money laundering and corruption, sentencing him to two years in prison.

The United Sates' unilateral sanctions regime imposed on Iran violates the UN charter and international law, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. Speaking at a conference in Qatar on Saturday,...

China has put a positive face on a first-step trade agreement that seeks to avoid a trade war it blames the US for starting.

As Jeremy Corbyn signals he could quit as Labour leader in the early part of next year, after a bruising General Election defeat, here is a look at how any...

Divers have been working in contaminated waters with near zero visibility attempting to find the bodies of two people killed in the White Island eruption in New Zealand.

North Korea says it has successfully performed another “crucial test” at its long-range rocket launch site that would further strengthen its “reliable strategic nuclear deterrent”.

So the big question now is which Boris Johnson will sign in for the next, far more important, phase in this never-ending torture saga?

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged yesterday to heal his country's divisions over Brexit after voters rewarded him with a commanding majority in parliament and a new mandate to leave...

The oldest known record of amphibian tracks in Britain has been discovered in a sandstone fossil.

Greta Thunberg has hit back at Donald Trump after the US president told her to "chill" and "go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend".

A New Zealand military team in gas masks and hazmat suits recovered six bodies yesterday from the volcanic island which fatally erupted earlier this week, as doctors worked to save...

Harvey Weinstein has been photographed walking unassisted around a supermarket near his New York home, days after arriving at a court hearing dishevelled and using a walking frame.