Latest updates as fireworks and parties make a comeback around the world following a year of lockdowns and new variants New York presses ahead with New Year’s Eve party despite Covid records UK has warmest New Year’s Eve on record as temperatures top 15C Australia cautiously rings in 2022 with […]
The actor’s career spanned more than 80 years – but it was her role as Rose Nylund in the 1980s sitcom that cemented her status Betty White, the actor best known for roles in sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls, has died aged 99. White died […]
New customs checks will make imports more expensive and slower, says Cold Chain Federation Britain’s small businesses should expect trade with the EU to be “permanently damaged” from 1 January, the refrigerated supply chain trade body has said, after new customs checks take effect that it says will make imports […]
Thursday’s figure is new daily record, with the number of people in hospital and deaths also rising Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Confirmed daily Covid cases in the UK hit yet another high on Thursday, with 189,213 reported in the past 24 hours, while the number […]
Talks represent pair’s second conversation this month Russia massing tens of thousands of troops near border Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have exchanged warnings over the crisis in Ukraine during a 50-minute phone call that did little to lower the political temperature, according to their governments. Russia has […]
Experts say any deal depends on whether US government believes it is worth investigating network that may have been involved Now that the British former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted in her sex-trafficking trial, speculation is growing that she may try to cut a deal and become a government […]
The US Republican mistook a Facebook post by the Australian state on New Year’s Eve party restrictions for an edict by the Democrat-run state US senator Ted Cruz has been ridiculed for posting a tweet in which he mixed up the American state of Washington with Western Australia while criticising […]
Image shows justice secretary apparently ignoring club guidance to wear face covering while seated in stadium Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Dominic Raab has been pictured without a mask at a Chelsea match this week, despite the club having urged fans to keep face coverings on […]
Maxwell, 60, convicted on five of the six charges she faced as US prosecutors hail verdict and say ‘justice has been done’ This article contains descriptions of sexual abuse The British former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of sex trafficking in her Manhattan federal court trial on Wednesday afternoon. […]
Testimony during the case has painted a dramatic and intimate picture of Maxwell’s life at the center of Epstein’s world This article contains descriptions of sexual abuse For years, Ghislaine Maxwell operated in a social circle of the global elite so exclusive that its powerful members seemed insulated from meaningful […]