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BuzzFeed UK has been told it will be dissolved in two months if it fails to file its accounts with Companies House.

Climate change activists wearing gas masks blocked a central London road to demand the next government tackles "deadly levels of air pollution" in the capital.

Climate change activists wearing gas masks blocked a central London road to demand the next government tackles "deadly levels of air pollution" in the capital.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will meet on December 10 in Washington, DC, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on Monday. They will...

A Dutch company locked in a battle with one of its local rivals to take over takeaway delivery firm Just Eat has added an extra £200 million to its offer...

A 34-year-old transport minister is set to become Finland's youngest prime minister ever and its third female government leader.

The Yemeni government and southern separatists have failed to meet a deadline to establish a power-sharing government, AFP reported. Yemen's conflict erupted in 2014 when the government was forced out...

Nearly 1,000 tourists are stranded in a small New Zealand town after stormy weekend weather triggered landslides and flooding along its main road.

One person has died and more fatalities are likely after a volcano erupted on a small New Zealand island, police said.

FIVE people have been confirmed dead in a volcanic eruption, New Zealand police said.

Art is said to be in the eye of the beholder, but in the case of David Datuna it moved rather rapidly from his mouth to his stomach.

Former Australia prime minister Bob Hawke pleaded with his daughter not to report being raped by a Labour MP because he feared the case could damage his political career, it...

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who brought boyish vulnerability to Big Bird during 50 years on the children's television show 'Sesame Street' and even made Oscar the Grouch loveable, has died...

Let's just debunk the myth about a Christmas-time election being a clever idea.

The mass shooting at a US navy base in Florida is being treated as an act of terrorism, the FBI has said.

Hundreds of thousands of black-clad, masked protesters from all walks of life took part in one of the largest rallies of Hong Kong's six-month-long pro-democracy campaign yesterday, in a show...

Britain's political parties embarked yesterday on a final hunt for votes ahead of this week's general election, making last-ditch appeals to shore up support and persuade their backers to go...

At least 43 people have died in a fire in a New Delhi factory, many of who were sleeping there between long shifts.

Less than a third of people believe cancer is a disease that can be managed for years, a survey for cancer experts suggests.

Cory Booker has said the Democratic party's process for determining who gets on the debate stage puts “elites” and “money” in control.

Rene Auberjonois, a prolific actor best known for his roles on the television shows Benson and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, has died aged 79.

Graeme Souness believes more must be done to stamp out homophobia in football before any active gay players feel comfortable about coming out.

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who brought boyish vulnerability to Big Bird, the towering yellow-plumed character, during 50 years on the groundbreaking children's television show "Sesame Street" and even made garbage-loving...

Lil Nas X and Camila Cabello are among the figures from the music world who have paid tribute to US rapper Juice Wrld, who has died aged 21.

The FBI is working under the presumption that a fatal shooting at a Florida naval base carried out by an aviation student from Saudi Arabia was an act of terrorism.

US rapper Juice Wrld has died after a “medical emergency” at an airport, authorities have said.

If you duct-tape a banana to a wall at a posh art gallery and slap a title on it, is it really art?

Women in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to use separate entrances from men or sit behind partitions at restaurants.

Democrats in the House of Representatives are drafting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump and the Judiciary Committee may hold a vote this week, the panel's chairman said on...

Piero Terracina, one of the last survivors of Italy's tiny Jewish community who were deported to Nazi death camps during the Second World War, has died. He was 91.

French environmental activists brandished stolen portraits of President Emmanuel Macron at a protest on Sunday near the Eiffel Tower to try to push the government to do more to fight...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was nervous about his narrowing lead in opinion polls ahead of Thursday's election but pledged to deliver a "transformative" Brexit that will allow...

Boris Johnson was played by James Corden as Saturday Night Live satirised the Prime Minister ahead of the General Election.

Ilet a Brouee is a tiny sandbank island off the south coast of Haiti. It measures just 4,000 square metres in size. It is considered one of the most densely...

At least 43 people have died in a devastating fire at a building in a crowded grains market area in central New Delhi.

The father of a man killed in the London Bridge terror attack has launched a stinging attack on Boris Johnson, accusing him of using his son's death to "make political...

Yasuhiro Nakasone, who has died aged 101, did more than any of his post-war predecessors to raise Japan's political profile to match its formidable economic strength.

Once feted by the West as a human rights heroine, Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to The Hague this week to defend her regime over accusations...

The first thing Torbjorn Bjork does on being introduced is apologise that the vast majority of Rosana Simson's new neighbours will be close to 60 years older than her.

So what will be the outcome of the British general election at the end of the week? Yesterday, I consulted an authoritative source: my local turf accountant.