World

Ecuador has declared a state of emergency after a gunman shot and killed presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio as he was leaving a political rally...

Virgin Galactic has taken its first tourists to the edge of space, with an 80-year-old British ex-Olympian saying the trip “exceeded my wildest dreams”....

At least 53 people have died following devastating wildfires in Hawaii – with the state’s governor describing it as a “heart-breaking day”. Speaking at...

Joe Biden has declared Hawaii a disaster area, clearing the way for federal aid to help Maui residents and businesses recover from devastating wildfires....

Ecuador has declared a state of emergency after a gunman shot and killed presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio as he was leaving a political rally...

The ex-husband of a woman who served a lunch that proved fatal to three people has claimed she tried to poison him. Erin Patterson,...

Cats in Cyprus are being given human COVID-19 medicine in an effort to slow the spread of a feline mutation of the virus that...

At least 36 people have died after wildfires rampaged through parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui. Maui County confirmed the deaths after fires,...

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has been shot and killed by an unidentified gunman while at a political rally in Quito. The killing comes...

At least six people have died after wildfires rampaged through parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials have said. Fires, fuelled by the...

Russia is planning to build up its forces at its western borders following Finland’s accession to NATO, the country’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu has...

The bodies of nine people have been found and two others are feared dead after a fire at a holiday home for disabled people...

Forty-one migrants have been killed in a shipwreck off the island of Lampedusa in Italy, according to local media reports. The ANSA news agency...

If you thought 10,000 steps always sounded like more of an epic quest than a casual stroll, researchers have good news for you. A...

China’s annual inflation rate has dropped to -0.3%, heightening fears the country’s sluggish recovery from COVID could have a wider impact on the global...

Someone in Florida has won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot – the third-largest ever in US history. The winning numbers drawn were 13,...

Eleven people are missing after a fire broke out at a holiday home for disabled people in eastern France. Seventeen others were led to...

Sinead O’Connor has been remembered as a singer and activist whose “voice moved a generation of young people”, as stars including U2’s Bono and...

It’s twice the size of India, spread across eight countries, a territory, and home to over 16,000 tree species – the Amazon rainforest is...