President Putin has put Russia's nuclear forces on "special" alert, raising concerns around the world. But analysts suggest his actions should probably be interpreted as a warning to other countries not to escalate thei...
The United States continues to warn that Russia could invade Ukraine \\\\\"any day\\\\\" amid escalating tensions in the region, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken telling ABC News Wednesday the U.S. has seen \\\\\"no meaningful pullback&...
During her five-month journey, Zara Rutherford flew over 40 countries and five continents....
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Joe Biden's rule requiring workers at large companies to be vaccinated or masked and tested weekly. The justices at the nation's highest court said the mandate exceeded the Biden adminis...
A 57-year-old man who underwent a first-of-its-kind heart transplant involving a genetically-modified pig heart is in a "much happier place" after the transplant, according to his son. David Bennett Sr., of Maryland, suffered from ...
A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour procedure in Baltimore, doctors say. ...
Coldplay will stop recording music as a band in 2025, frontman Chris Martin has revealed. Martin made the announcement on Radio 2 on Wednesday, in a clip trailing ahead to his Christmas Show with Jo Whiley on the same c...
Germany has become the latest European country to ban most travellers from Britain, to try to slow the spread of the Omicron variant. German nationals and residents will still be allowed to enter from the UK. They must h...
An Australian state's health minister was giving a Covid update when a journalist pointed out she had a huntsman spider crawling on her. Yvette D'ath remained calm but was keen to get help. Huntsmans are large spiders with a leg span of up ...
The social media platform TikTok is making a big push into shopping. The video sharing app is famous for its short lip sync videos, dance routines and humour. And its popularity has soared during the pandemic. T...
The variant was first identified in Botswana and has now been detected in more than 12 countries. It hasn't been found in the U.S. yet, but officials are making changes to prepare....
Ten of the world's most protected forests have become net emitters of carbon, as they are degraded by human activity and climate change. The alarming insight is from a study of planet-warming gases emitted from and ...
A woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico film set. Police in the US state said Mr Baldwin discharged the weapon during filming for the 19th Century western Rust. ...
The official teaser trailer for \\\\\"Being the Ricardos\\\\\" is out now. The first look at the upcoming Aaron Sorkin-directed film, starring Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz, was released on Tuesday. Amazon St...
Scientists are beginning to paint a clearer picture on just how many people will be affected by climate change if current warming trends continue. About 85% of the world's population already lives in areas experiencing the affects of human-i...
PresidentJoe Bidenannounced on Thursday that federal government employees and contractors will now be required to be fully vaccinated againstCOVID-19, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will create a rule ...
School board meetings become hotbed for mask mandate debates...
Spider-Man breaks the web...
Chinese technology giant Alibaba will sack a manager accused of rape, according to a memo seen by the BBC. In the letter sent to employees of the firm, chief executive Daniel Zhang said two other bosses who failed to act on the a...
Two Belarusian coaches have lost their Olympic accreditations after allegedly attempting to force an athlete to leave the Games in Tokyo. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich ha...