Mandelson makes personal apology for continuing Epstein friendship
The former ambassador apologises "unequivocally" for maintaining links with Epstein after 2008 conviction
Can you name every EFL Cup-winning team in 10 minutes?
This season is the 66th edition of the EFL Cup... but can you name the winners of the other 65? You've got 10 minutes. Good luck.
Can you name every EFL Cup-winning team in 10 minutes?
This season is the 66th edition of the EFL Cup... but can you name the winners of the other 65? You've got 10 minutes. Good luck.
Can you name every EFL Cup-winning team in 10 minutes?
This season is the 66th edition of the EFL Cup... but can you name the winners of the other 65? You've got 10 minutes. Good luck.
Honduras electoral authorities reject vote recount
Honduras electoral authorities rejected Monday an order by the outgoing president to recount November's election won by Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura.
‘Resolution revolution’ pioneer Alexey Amunts leaves Max Planck to join China’s SMART
Alexey Amunts, whose pioneering work on mitochondrial ribosomes helped catalyse the cryo-electron microscopy “resolution revolution”, has left the Max Planck Institute in Germany to join China’s Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) this month.
Amunts confirmed he had joined SMART as a senior investigator and would “contribute to its international relations agenda”.
He is internationally recognised for his breakthroughs in visualising life’s molecular machinery at...
Thailand election: the cash splash pledges aiming to win votes
Thailand’s election season has triggered a dizzying array of cash giveaway offers from parties vying for votes, from a US$2,000 payment for newborns to debt write-offs and US$100 monthly top-ups for the poorest households to combat pay worth US$6,300.
But economists warn that in a slowing economy saddled with debt amid political gridlock, such lavish pledges are highly unlikely to revive growth.
Many Thais, like 34-year-old Ton, see the handouts as a distraction from the deeper problems...
Mum bitten in half by huge 20-foot great white shark as her children watched in horror
Shirley Ann Durdin, 33, was snorkelling for scallops in 1985 when she was attacked by the deadliest shark in the world in a rare case of a victim being eaten by the killer fish
Climber fell to her death while trying to become the first US woman to scale Everest
Marty Hoey was part of an American expedition climbing the North Face of the mountain when she died - her body has never been recovered
The pop star taking on one of the world’s longest-serving presidents
Bobi Wine is taking on President Museveni who has been in power since the star was 3
Le Pen's political fate rests on appeal trial opening in France
The head of her far-right party, Jordan Bardella, warns banning her running for president would be "deeply worrying" for democracy.
UBS conveys upbeat note on Chinese stocks in 2026 as global investors seek diversification
UBS Group conveyed a sanguine outlook on Chinese stocks in 2026, as the world’s second-largest economy proved to be an important alternative for global investors seeking to diversify away from US equities, which face headwinds from stretched valuations to jitters about the independence of the Federal Reserve.
Chinese stocks are expected to be energised by the nation’s growing innovation capability, greater adoption of artificial intelligence across traditional industries and potential inflows...