7,000 people fill St. Peter’s Basilica after several years of Covid imposed restrictions on attendance Pope Francis warned in a solemn Christmas Eve Mass that the level of greed and hunger for power was such that some wanted to “consume even their neighbours”, in an apparent reference to the war […]
Motorists facing ‘traffic nightmare’ as more people opt to drive in bid to beat the disruption Millions of Britons are facing a potentially chaotic Christmas getaway amid strikes on railways and by airport border staff, as unions accused ministers of causing the disruption by “going missing” rather than negotiating over […]
French media say a 69-year-old opened fire on group of people, and government says incident seemed to have been racially motivated Clashes have erupted in Paris after three people were killed in a shooting at a Kurdish cultural centre that the French government said appeared to have been racially motivated. […]
Power outages leave more than 1.4 million homes and businesses in the dark, while thousands of US flights were canceled The winter storm that forecasters dubbed Elliott intensified into a bomb cyclone near the Great Lakes on Friday, bringing high winds and blizzard conditions from the Northern Plains to western […]
Sources say new owner sought removal of #ThereIsHelp feature that appeared at top of certain searches Twitter has removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter, who […]
Paper says that ‘as a publisher, we realise that with free expression comes responsibility’ The Sun has apologised for Jeremy Clarkson’s column, in which he said he “hated” the Duchess of Sussex, but has not stated whether any action has been taken against him. Last week’s column has become the […]
Exclusive: Better known for its work in developing countries, charity has supported thousands of UK households this year A leading charity has warned that the UK’s poorest families are in acute need and urged ministers to provide immediate extra financial support. Gwen Hines, the chief executive of Save the Children, […]
UK ministers considering ‘nuclear option’ after MSPs overwhelmingly back bill on transgender rights Rishi Sunak’s government is threatening to block a new law that would make Scotland the first part of the UK to introduce a self-identification system for people who want to change gender. In a significant escalation that […]
Ukrainian president’s visit had been planned for days and organised in secret because of concerns about his safety See all our Ukraine war coverage Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s surprise visit to Washington – the Ukrainian president’s first overseas trip since the Russian invasion 300 days ago – started with a secretive train […]
ByteDance said four employees were fired for examining data of two journalists in attempt to find leak source ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of popular video app TikTok, said on Thursday that some employees improperly accessed TikTok user data of two journalists and were no longer employed by the company, […]