A lack of confidence in renewable energy's capacity to meet France's 2050 energy needs will see France will build at least six new...

A geomagnetic storm has disabled at least 40 of the satellites newly launched by SpaceX, a day after they were sent to a preliminary...

State prosecutors in Germany have taken over an investigation into a Czech millionaire seen driving at 417 kilometres per hour on an...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has responded to human rights accusations about Israel subjecting Palestinians to an apartheid by saying...

Russia must explain its troop movements amid fears that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine, the US ambassador to the UN says. The US...

A new cluster of COVID-19 cases has been traced to a pet shop in Hong Kong, prompting the cull of 2000 hamsters. Authorities are also...

Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans,...

The Great Bell of the striking clock, or otherwise affectionately known as the iconic London tourist attraction, Big Ben, will bong for...

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has decided to celebrate her first Christmas since the death of her husband the Duke of Edinburgh at...

A WTO panel says India provided domestic support to its sugarcane producers in excess of the maximum level of 10 per cent permitted by a...

Long-running protests by India's farmers will be called off after the government agreed to concede to a clutch of pending demands. The...

A Dutch man has died while trying to help three acquaintances whose car had landed in a ditch while they were driving under the influence...

Chinese authorities have hit back at the WTA after the women's tennis tour suspended all events in the country in support of missing...

Czech President Milos Zeman, who has COVID-19, has begun talks with ministerial candidates while in a transparent plastic box. The talks...

"Welcome to the Hotel Yorkshire Dale" doesn't quite have the same ring as 'Hotel California' but guests in the highland British pub are...

The shadow foreign minister, Penny Wong, has accused the government of “amping up” the prospect of conflict over Taiwan in order to...

Controversial farm laws that have sparked more than 12 months of sometimes violent protest in India are to be withdrawn, Prime Minister...

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration agency says last month was the warmest October in the northern hemisphere since...

Australia needs to do more to help tens of millions of Afghans facing starvation and death just months after the Taliban seized control,...

There has been a radical shift in the international payments system: central banks are giving serious consideration to introducing...