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The Oxford Covid-19 vaccine produces an immune response in older people, as well as the young, according to manufacturers of the inoculation.

Zeta has strengthened to a hurricane as it continues on a track for Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula resorts, and then a possible landfall on the central US Gulf Coast.

President Donald Trump is embarking on a final-week charge through key states ahead of the election, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the US and a fresh outbreak in...

A fast-moving wildfire has forced evacuations for 60,000 people in southern California as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility...

Lidl has responded on social media to accusations they fired over 700 factory workers in Burma.

There is water on the sunlit surface of the Moon, Nasa has announced.

There is water on the sunlit surface of the Moon, Nasa has announced.

A 150-pound white rhinoceros was born at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Florida over the weekend.

A 150-pound white rhinoceros was born at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Florida over the weekend.

The owner of a running shop has banned a Tory MP for life for “voting to starve children”.

The FTSE 100 sank on Monday as already shaky European indices were pulled further into the mire by a poor start to US trading.

Brad Pitt has narrated an ad for Joe Biden's presidential campaign.

Tesco has apologised after it suggested sanitary products were “non-essential” and so could not be sold due to new Welsh lockdown measures.

Muslims in the Middle East and beyond broadened their calls for boycotts of French products and protests as a clash over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed and the limits of...

The i newspaper has hailed a decade of “remarkable growth” as it celebrates 10 years since it first launched.

Five more people have died as a result of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Five more people have died as a result of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Tensions between the European Union and Turkey have risen further after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan questioned the mental state of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

Tensions between the European Union and Turkey have risen further after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan questioned the mental state of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Monday for Turks to boycott French goods and urged European Union leaders to halt French leader Emmanuel Macron's "anti-Islam" agenda.

China's Ant Group will try to raise nearly £26.5 million in its initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong, which would make it the largest share offering in history.

China's Ant Group will try to raise nearly £26.5 million in its initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong, which would make it the largest share offering in history.

NHS doctor and TV presenter Dr Ranj Singh has launched a Covid-19 puppet show to help educate children about the pandemic.

A kitten named after John Lennon when he was found on what would have been The Beatles star's 80th birthday has adopted the role of big brother to a smaller...

The Homeland Union party will lead a centre-right coalition in Lithuania after winning the most seats in the weekend's parliamentary election.

Finland's national carrier Finnair has started selling its business class meals in a supermarket to prevent job cuts at its catering unit due to COVID-19.

NatWest has introduced a gambling block feature on debit cards, giving customers who may suffer harm a 48-hour cooling-off period before they can make payments.

Insurance giant Aviva has been censured for a statement it made in 2018 that confused investors and sent shares plunging.

Savers can potentially earn more money by opting for ethical brands, analysis has found.

A former music teacher with dementia will release a single he recorded with the BBC Philharmonic orchestra, originally improvised from just four notes.

Recently floated online retailer The Hut Group (THG) has hiked its sales targets after demand surged by more than a third over the past three months.

Younger workers expect to retire around four years earlier typically than over-55s, a survey has found.

Virus patients now occupy more than half of France's intensive care units, and some doctors are urging tougher restrictions after another record jump in confirmed infections.

Japan will achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, prime minister Yoshihide Suga declared, outlining an ambitious agenda as the country struggles to balance economic and pandemic concerns.

Thailand's parliament began a special session that was called to address tensions as pro-democracy protests draw students and other demonstrators into the streets almost daily demanding the prime minister's resignation...

President Donald Trump plans to intensify an already breakneck travel schedule in the final full week of the presidential campaign, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the US and...

President Donald Trump plans to intensify an already breakneck travel schedule in the final full week of the presidential campaign, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the US and...

The COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc produces a robust immune response in elderly people, the group at highest risk, the Financial Times said...

Seven people have been detained after British armed forces stormed an oil tanker off the Isle of Wight following a suspected hijacking by stowaways.

President Donald Trump won in 2016 by the narrowest of margins, against a candidate with rotten personal ratings in an election influenced by Russia and by an over-eager FBI director....