The Tokyo Olympics – due to begin on Friday – could be cancelled at the last minute because of rising coronavirus cases, the Games’ chief has...
More than one million children in England were off school last week due to coronavirus-related reasons, official figures show. It is a new record high since...
Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus has told fans he has had the “best possible news”, revealing his cancer treatment appears to be working. The 49-year-old musician previously...
A man has been seriously injured after being attacked by an alligator while riding his bicycle in Florida. The victim was cycling along a nature trail...
Kanye West could be about to reveal new music after reports the rapper will drop the much-hyped Donda imminently. The global superstar, who is currently going...
Andrew Lloyd Webber has taken another swipe at the government after his new show Cinderella was forced to close down due to a coronavirus case. On...
Jeff Bezos is all set to blast off aboard his aerospace company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle for a suborbital flight today (July 20). The...
Boris Johnson is looking at raising National Insurance in order to fund long-promised reforms of social care, but any proposals won’t be set out until after...
A teenager in Singapore has been charged with murder after a 13-year-old boy’s body was discovered in a school bathroom, along with an axe. The 16-year-old...
The government will not draw up a list of critical jobs that will be exempt from full self-isolation if workers are “pinged”. Instead, employers will have...
Former reality TV contestant Katie Hopkins has arrived back in the UK after being deported from Australia for joking about breaching her hotel quarantine. Touching down...
A minister has not explicitly ruled out the prospect of the government requiring vaccine passports for people to go to pubs. Business minister Paul Scully told...
Easyjet has revealed that fewer than half of UK flights for this summer have been booked as customers leave it late to arrange trips. The budget...
More than 360,000 acres (531 square miles) have been destroyed by a wildfire in the US state of Oregon, where more than 2,000 people have been...
American billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos said on Monday he is excited and curious but not very nervous on the eve of taking part in his company...
Every single time NASA shares a picture of space on Twitter or Instagram and explains what it is about, many in the comments section ask how...
Ben & Jerry’s will stop selling its ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories. The company said sales in the territories are “inconsistent with our values”,...
A Premier League footballer has been arrested on suspicion of child sex offences. The player was arrested on Friday and has been bailed while police continue...
Solar power and wind power continue to dominate new power capacity additions in the United States. Following the trend of recent months — or years, to...
At least 35 people are dead after a suicide bomber struck a crowded market in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad. The bombing in the Sadr...