Botswana has lifted its ban on elephant hunting in a country with the world's highest number of the animals, a decision that has brought anger from some wildlife protection groups.
May 24, 2019
Donald Trump has directed the US intelligence community to "quickly and fully cooperate" with attorney general William Barr's investigation of the origins of the multi-year probe of whether his 2016...
May 24, 2019
The chairman of Fever-Tree will tell shareholders in the drinks giant to temper their excitement this summer when it comes achieving record sales, pointing out how unique and successful last...
May 24, 2019
A tentative deal is close to settling lawsuits brought against the television and film company co-founded by Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women.
May 24, 2019
The stand-off between Iran and the United States is a "clash of wills", a senior commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards said yesterday, suggesting any enemy "adventurism" would meet a...
May 24, 2019
Botswana has lifted its ban on big game hunting, with officials blaming a rise in "human-elephant conflict" for the decision.
May 24, 2019
Rogue chemical plants have been targeted in a Chinese government crackdown on the discharge of illegal gases.
May 24, 2019
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to unite the country after a big election win, with his party on course to increase its majority on a mandate of business-friendly policies...
May 24, 2019
Michael Avenatti, a prominent attorney who became a figure of the resistance against Donald Trump by representing a porn star who claimed to have had an affair with the US...
May 24, 2019
Pressure is intensifying on Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi to launch impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump.
May 24, 2019
Waiting patiently in single file, exhausted and within touching distance of their goal, hundreds of climbers this week became stuck for hours in a human traffic jam near the summit...
May 24, 2019
The US Justice Department unveiled 17 new criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange yesterday, saying he unlawfully published the names of classified sources and conspired with and assisted ex-Army...
May 24, 2019
Donald Trump has directed the US intelligence community to “quickly and fully cooperate” with attorney general William Barr's investigation of the origins of the multi-year probe of whether his 2016...
May 23, 2019
Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci's litany of exquisite but unfinished work shows he probably had an attention disorder common to modern society.
May 23, 2019
A serial killer who terrorised Florida with a 1984 spree that claimed the lives of 10 women has been executed.
May 23, 2019
A serial killer who terrorised Florida with a 1984 spree that claimed the lives of 10 women has been executed.
May 23, 2019
The Brexit Party is on course to win more than a third of votes in the European elections, a new poll has suggested.
May 23, 2019
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been charged in the United States with receiving and publishing thousands of classified documents linked to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
May 23, 2019
Basketball player Steph Curry's distinctive playing style has been expertly recreated by an impressionist, in a comedic effect that is taking the internet by storm.
May 23, 2019
Senior Democrat Nancy Pelosi has questioned Donald Trump's fitness to remain in office and suggested a family or staff "intervention" for the good of the nation.
May 23, 2019
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been charged by the US Justice Department with receiving and publishing classified information.
May 23, 2019
Senior Democrat Nancy Pelosi has questioned Donald Trump's fitness to remain in office and suggested a family or staff “intervention” for the good of the nation.
May 23, 2019
EU citizens living in the UK have been denied the chance to vote in the European Parliament elections, with the Electoral Commission blaming “short notice” of the UK's participation in...
May 23, 2019
Markets in London and across Europe were dented on Thursday after US-Chinese trade tensions ratcheted up once more.
May 23, 2019
Facebook says it has removed more than three billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous six months.
May 23, 2019
Cuba's railway system is undergoing a major overhaul, with the government pushing a programme to revamp the decrepit and ageing network with new cars and locomotives in the hope of...
May 23, 2019
A couple who tortured and killed their nanny before burning her body on a bonfire in their garden have lost a Court of Appeal challenge.
May 23, 2019
Marks and Spencer's entire workforce will miss out on a bonus this year, according to the high street stalwart's annual report.
May 23, 2019
The boss of banking giant Lloyds has been called before MPs to defend the bank's executive pension policies.
May 23, 2019
A company backed by tech billionaire Elon Musk has been granted a nearly 49 million US dollar contract to build a transit system using self-driving vehicles underneath the Las Vegas...
May 23, 2019
The competition regulator has taken steps to block Sainsbury's and Asda from reviving their failed merger bid for at least 10 years.
May 23, 2019
North Korea has labelled Joe Biden a “fool of low IQ” and an “imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being” after the US presidential hopeful called North Korean...
May 23, 2019
Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan has congratulated his Indian counterpart for success in a massive general election.
