The SNP has retained its position as Scotland's biggest party in local elections while Labour has pushed the Tories into third place.
Decision bars federal courts from hearing new evidence not presented in a state court as a result of ineffective legal counsel
A Russian diplomat quit his post in a daring anti-Kremlin walkout on Monday as he condemned Vladimir Putin for trying to stay in power by unleashing an “aggressive war in Ukraine”.
The price of shares in Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras fell Tuesday in reaction to President Jair Bolsonaro firing its boss after only 40 days on the job.
Russia's blockade of Ukraine will lead to worsening starvation, famine and instability around the world if it cannot be lifted, the World Food Programme has said.
A group of climate change activists take part in a demonstration against the World Economic Forum (WEF) during the annual meeting in Davos.
Festival season is back after a two-year hiatus, and we can’t wait.
The European Union's top official has said the 27-nation bloc should avoid becoming dependent on untrustworthy countries, as it did with Russia and its fossil fuels, amid the transition towards a greener economy.
A dust storm swept across Kuwait and other countries in the Middle East on Monday, May 23, reducing visibility.Kuwait’s national weather service said that dusty weather and wind speeds exceeding 37 miles per hour were expected on Monday. The dust storm conditions were forecast to continue into the early hours of Tuesday.This timelapse video taken by Twitter user @Ftma_kuw, who said she took it in Kuwait City, shows the dust storm. Credit: @Ftma_kuw via Storyful
A metal detector located the phone when Harri Pullen’s cell at HMP Swansea was searched.
The ‘Wow!’ signal was a 72 second-long signal sent in 1977 that some believe is evidence of alien life
Former British Member of Parliament Imran Ahmad Khan was sentenced to 18 months in jail at Southwark Crown Court after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy, PA Media reported on Monday. Khan, who was a lawmaker from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party, resigned as a member of parliament last month after he was found guilty of assaulting the boy at a house in 2008. Khan had represented the Wakefield area in northern England.
Huw Edwards, the BBC newsreader, has claimed that senior Tories privately rubbished the Culture Secretary’s declaration that she will abolish the licence fee.
The crunch partygate report is expected to drop this week
Harry Styles realises he wasn't meant to be doing CBeebies story in PJs
Some 106,780 transactions took place last month, which was down compared with March and with April 2021.
The prime minister’s shamelessness is contagious, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
The report added that "while there is no excuse for some of the behaviour set out here it is important to acknowledge that those in the most junior positions attended gatherings at which their seniors were present, or indeed organised". The highly-anticipated publication of Ms Gray's full report comes after police last week said they had concluded their investigation into lockdown-breaking events at the heart of government, which resulted in 126 fines being issued for 83 people. Boris Johnson will make a statement in the Commons about the report - which covers 16 events in 2020 and 2021 - later.
Police are appealing to find a missing Hampshire man.
A Leeds United soccer fan from Telford, England, jumped and screamed with joy after the announcement of Jack Harrison’s 94th-minute goal, which secured his team the final spot in the Premier League on May 22.Footage recorded by Emma Maddox shows her husband, Kieran Maddox, sprinting around the living room following Harrison’s match-winning goal, which granted Leeds United another season in the Premier League.Kieran Maddox can be heard yelling: “Oh, my heart. I love this game!”Maddox told Storyful that he has been a Leeds supporter for 30 years. He said he felt “pure joy and relief at avoiding relegation, with the injuries the team have had it just felt written in the stars we would be relegated.”Leeds United’s victory and Burnley’s 2-1 loss to Newcastle kept Leeds from relegation to the EFL Championship, where the club spent 16 years between 2004 and 2020. Credit: Emma Maddox via Storyful
The prime minister says the effects of monkeypox do not appear to be as serious as Covid, after cases of the virus were reported in the UK. He speaks on a visit to a school in East London.
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