The government has announced a raft of gambling reforms, including a new statutory levy on big firms, in a bid to crack down on online addiction....
Self-exclusion systems designed to protect problem gamblers are failing because customers are still able to open accounts after registering, according to campaigners. They warn that industry...
Sarah Cardell, the chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority talks to Ian King about why it’s blocked Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard. Neil Banbury,...
A ceasefire in Sudan has been extended for three more days despite continuing reports of heavy fighting in the capital Khartoum and the western region of...
Spain is believed to have recorded its hottest ever April day. A temperature of 38.7C (101.66F) was provisionally recorded at Cordoba Airport on Thursday, according to...
A man accused of leaking US military documents had “troubling discussions” about violence and murder and said he was tempted to make an “assassination van”, prosecutors...
Many people are arriving in Cyprus utterly traumatised and too upset to talk about what they’ve been through to get here. We watched a hundred or...
A writer who claims Donald Trump raped her nearly three decades ago in a department store changing room has told a court: “I’m here to try...
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A man has gone overboard on a luxury cruise ship passing through waters south of Hawaii. The Australian passenger fell off the Quantum of the Seas...
Pope Francis has approved changes that will allow women to vote at a global meeting of bishops for the first time. Women’s groups in the Catholic...
Three Roman army camps dating back almost 2,000 years have been discovered in the Arabian desert. Researchers at the University of Oxford first traced the military...
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12:03 AM ET NEWARK, N.J. — The last time the New York Rangers played in New Jersey, they established a 2-0 series lead and had many...
Oil prices were rattled by the collapse of several U.S. and European lenders earlier this spring, which discouraged volatility-adverse investors from historically riskier assets, such as...
The Swiss National Bank has come into the spotlight following its assistance in UBS’ takeover of Credit Suisse. Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images The Swiss...
James Corden said “it’s been life-changing” as he signed off from his final episode of The Late Late Show, after eight years at the helm. His...
More than 3,000 people eligible to come to the UK are trapped in Afghanistan, the government has admitted. In 2021, the UK organised a hurried evacuation...
High in the California mountains, a ski resort sits buried under layers of snow and ice. Residents of Mammoth Lakes fear for their lives, and livelihoods,...