Authorities in India’s capital have shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city on Monday after air pollution shot up to its worst level this season.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that “funding arrangements will be set out by the end of the year” amid concern about the impact of national insurance changes announced at the Budget on ...

Australian senators have voted to censure an Indigenous colleague who yelled at the King during a reception in Parliament House. The censure of independent Senator Lidia Thorpe is a symbolic gesture ...

A neighbour of Harshita Brella has revealed she heard two blistering rows, one involving a woman who “sounded scared”, in the days before the 24-year-old’s body was discovered in the boot of a car in ...

Survivors of the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami described how they were “fighting for our lives” on the day, ahead of the release of a new documentary marking the 20th anniversary of the ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has renewed his call for a “limitless” expansion of his military nuclear programme to counter ...

China’s economy is obviously the second biggest in the world … I will be having serious pragmatic discussions with the president when I ...

The G20 comes as US President Biden has authorised the use of US-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine to strike inside Russia for the first time.

Up to 20cm of snow may accumulate in the worst affected areas in the country’s ‘first taste of winter’, the Met Office said.

The Festivals Forward report surveyed 101 events such as the Edinburgh Fringe, BBC Proms, Cheltenham Festivals and Hay Festival.

Mr Anandaciva added: “We found several barriers blocking the benefits of industry collaboration, including a common mistrust of partnerships with pharmaceutical firms, often based on a suspicion of ...

Plaid Cymru is calling for Wales to be given the same powers of control as Scotland. Transport, crown estate, justice and policing, energy, taxation and welfare are among the powers held by Scotland ...